[Shop-talk] For my next trick...

[Jimmie Mayfield]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 02:35:10PM -0500, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Scott <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is there any way to glue or 'weld' the strap back together? It takes a fair
> > amount of tension when it's used.
> 
> I've found those Velcro cord straps useful for all sorts of
> cord-restraining jobs around the shop, including laptops in the
> pre-Dell Strap era...these links might work:

I second the Velcro strap idea.  For power tool cords, I usually use 
something like these since they can't get lost:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10520&cs_id=1052003&p_id=5816&seq=1&format=2

For just about everything else, I use double-sided 3/4" Velcro strapping.  The
Velcro product name is "One Wrap" and I've seen it for as little as $18 for 25yd
online.  But there are lots of clones of varying quality.  The version sold by
Monoprice is fuzzier and not as "grippy" but it's no less useful.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10520&cs_id=1052003&p_id=5830&seq=1&format=2

You'll be surprised how many uses you find for this stuff so you'll definitely
want to buy it by the roll.


JM