cable tree or stand?

numbertalk · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: cable tree or stand?

Looking for something portable (i.e. not a wall-mount rack) to manage my patch cables. What do you guys use?

Apologies if I should not have posted this in the DIY section because I'm not really that interested in building my own (I have limited time for projects and would rather spend it building circuits Very Happy

) but figured someone here would be able to recommend something.

Thanks.

Adam-V · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject:

I drape my cables over a cheap "X" type keyboard stand that is only expanded to its minimum extent. It's easy enough to pick up and move when I need to.

Cheers,
Adam-V

guitarfool · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject:

I don't know of anywhere that you can BUY one, but it's not hard to MAKE one. The trick is to get a sturdy mic stand that's tall enough if you have 6-foot cables. Scott Juskiw's is the fanciest one, detailed instructions here:

http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/cabletree/cabletree.html

Hope this helps.

EdisonRex · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject:

I always thought it would be really cool to take an old coat stand (pick your preferred era) and make a cable hanger out of it. Depending on the era you could use wire, wood, plaster, etc to make a comb to hold the cables.

I just use a slab of wood with slots cut in it, it is counterweighted by the oscilloscope... Sad

I wish I had space for patch coat racks...

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bugbrand · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:16 am Post subject:

BananaPlug · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:38 am Post subject:

I made this years ago out of wood scraps and some screw-in hooks. It's still good enough.

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fluxmonkey · Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 708 Location: cleve

BOB-SNARE · Joined: Sep 26, 2008 Posts: 30 Location: Australia

I always thought a tie-rack would work.
Maybe an electric one.

http://www.proidee.co.uk/shop/SID_0123456789_02_GB/F=produkt_formular/P=02_GB_561423/K=02_GB_2461/HI=produktuebersicht_text

Cheers

Adam-V · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

Only if it can be controlled by gate and CV signals!

Cheers,
Adam-V

numbertalk · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:48 am Post subject:

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I'd seen Scott Juskiw's design and it's perfect. However, and this is going to make me sound really lame, the triangular pieces of wood is what made me hesitant to go with this one. I might still try this anyway because it does look great, but some of the other suggestions here sound like they'd work just fine for me as well, even if it's just till I feel I have the time to build something nicer myself.

Pehr · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

Photon · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

When I take the synth out, I have a couple Pamona cable 'combs' that I attach to the edge of the table where I'm playing with small c-clamps. Works fine and doesn't get any cheaper.