Comments on: Custom cable management

By: Antoine

Antoine — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:38:12 +0000

@logan

The whole point was to be able to still move things around (as wwhat said) so yes, it does look a bit messier than neatly tie-wrapped cables.

On another note, I wish wordpress would include a function like this one: http://xkcd.com/481/

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:44:44 +0000

WTF ! If this “wire management” was any more Sloppy it would be your moms pussy…. sorry dude ! you fail!

By: Wwhat

Wwhat — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:29:15 +0000

The problem for me is that as soon as I bundle some cables I find I need to move one of them, for some reason I never has a configuration that I don’t end up needing to change and then when it’s all tied up and bundled things get nasty.

By: mojo

mojo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:12:58 +0000

“management” seems to mean bundling a load of cables up rather than actually planning their deployment in any real sense…

I suppose the problem is trying to cable up an existing room. I’d love to see some purpose built furniture etc though. Maybe a false floor like server rooms have.

By: Ryan Leach

Ryan Leach — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:55:14 +0000

University of South australia has almost this exact system in place….

kudos for making it yourself tho

By: pod

pod — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:02:43 +0000

heh, i use the ikea one.
my room’s much better now, and my cats plays no more with hanging wires

By: colin r

colin r — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:17:30 +0000

I like to use 2″ black hot water pipe insulation and some velcro straps for my cable management.
The tube insulation already has a slice cut in it wich makes it easy to ge the wires in. It can also be easily cut to length with a pair of scissors and it takes a coat of latex paint well too.
I then use the velcro straps to keep it all together.

It looks neat and tidy and stops the pets from getting at the wires.

I use it for the back of the tv and for behind the computer desks.

By: Metalwolf

Metalwolf — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:04:16 +0000

Im sorry to say this, but it is pretty sad when they post stuff like this on Hack a Day. I was able to manage my cables without a article on how to do it. I hope others don’t NEED an article in order to do that properly.

By: CollinstheClown

CollinstheClown — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:00:34 +0000

bill, your my hero

By: Bill Hates

Bill Hates — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:35:50 +0000

You call this custom wire management ? go fuck your grandma with this shit…..

By: stevediraddo

stevediraddo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:11:31 +0000

cool thanks! i live in chateauguay. as for the job, well.. army :)

By: nick

nick — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:32:27 +0000

@stevediraddo: Canadian tire sells them.
«un crochet en laiton» should work

what city in Québec do you live in where staff doesn’t speak English, but you can find an anglophone job?

By: stevediraddo

stevediraddo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:49:42 +0000

i like the box in the picture. canadian forces standard issue. also available at canadian tire! also i have the same speakers and they are a godforsaken mess of wires.. brass hooks work but i cant for the life of me figure out how to say ‘brass hooks’ in french. i hate this province sometimes.

By: Antoine

Antoine — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:10:50 +0000

Yeah, I know about this ready made wire management system, but they are somewhat expensive compared to this solution. On top of that, the Ikea was out of them at that time.

Either way, this might give ideas people that do not have an Ikea nearby as I am pretty sure you can find coat hangers like the ones I used at any hardware store.

By: M4CGYV3R

M4CGYV3R — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:58:16 +0000

What if you have a mess of cables behind your *glass* desk? No screwing in there.