I always wanted to try that daisy chain method to coil cords so when I saw how to do it in the magazine I gave it a try on a heavy 100′. Everything coiled up OK but I still had this long chain of a cord to fold in half and then quarters to try and store it. I knew I didn’t like it so started to uncoil it. It took me almost 20 minutes!! Was I doing something wrong? What’s the advantage to coiling cords this way? I don’t see it.
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I have never seen the point of it and I used to have a framing crew with at least 3 or 4 cords every day to roll up.
Ej,
If you go to the videos section, you'll find a motion depiction of the process. The dasiy chain will untie itself with a pull from the right end.
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Where's the video section? Thanks,Scott.Always remember those first immortal words that Adam said to Eve, “You’d better stand back, I don’t know how big this thing’s going to get.”
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/videos/index.aspx?id=102784&c=1'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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It's just a slip knot if you pull the right end. If you don't it take a while. I've been doing this to cords and air hoses for the last 20 years.
Never any issues.
ML
It works nice for short lightwieght cords like 25 foot or so, longer cords result in just as you said, too much to fold up/stuff somewhere.
I think it works for the type of guy who just throws everything in the middle of the truck at the end of the day (makes it easier to untangle the mess in the morning)
no offense,anyone !
I don't see the point either. I would guess that's why you rarely see cords wound this way on the backs of tradesmen's trucks.
Jon Blakemore
RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
I was taught that method as an apprentice and have always done it since. I would then either stuff them in a compound bucket or a milk crate. Just give it a good whip and the cord plays out nice.
Side story, I was in the Bahamas at Atlantis and I saw an electrician having trouble doing the daisy chain, so I showed him a couple of times and a little audience gathered around.
Anyways, I was trying to sneak onto a construction site to get some pics (industrial espionage) so after he had mastered the technique, I asked if I could borrow his hardhat, complete with company logos, and I walked right in past security onto the site.
Edited 11/18/2008 7:46 pm ET by TGNY
Anyways, I was trying to sneak onto a construction site to get some pics (industrial espionage) so after he had mastered the technique, I asked if I could borrow his hardhat, complete with company logos, and I walked right in past security onto the site.
Now, now, iz dat sumtin a good democrat should do, sounds like Nixon's 'plumbers'?
I'm a bad democwat, vewy, vewy bad.But a good capitalist!
I saw the video also but did not really get how it is an advantage.I was working on a large, spread out job of condos last year. I had to take everything with me when I left each day and the power was only on in every other building.The tested method I finally settled on- plastic buckets
A 100' cord will usually fit in a 3 1/2 gallon, but i just use a 5 gallon bucket. I leave the plug out of the bucket about 2 feet, step on it so it won't flop around, and then start loosely, without forcing,to hand over hand the cord into the bucket. It will start winding around the perimeter and start stacking up, then fall into the hole created etc- the main thing is not to force it in. When I'm done I fold in the plug. This is the same way ropes are packed by climbers etc. I learned the trick in medic school in a high angle rescue class in another life.
The next time I go to use the cord, I simply take out the plug, plug it in, and start walking to where I want to go. As long as you don't force the packing part, it will come out without hesitation until the bucket is empty.
The purpose of the daisy chain:
There's always one smart aleck new kid on a job site that thinks he knows everything.
You give him the 100' daisy chained cord first thing in the morning to determine if he's ever actually been on a job site.
Can be entertaining at times.