The solution that I’ve been using for a long time are binder clips, you know these black clips that are used to keep large amounts of papers at the office. The reason for using these are several and a few of them are:
They are available in different versions, as the bulldog clip that pinches I’m going to show how you make those cables that always slide behind the desk become easily available and yet neatly tucked away. |
And attach the arm again. And – Voila! You’re done. Now here’s something to think about. I usually remove the top arm and attach the cables on the lower arm as this will make the cables hang a couple of cm below the surface of the table. |
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July 5th, 2006 at 19:47
Hi. Yep, good idea which works well. I’ve just looped the cables through the “jaw” of the clip & clipped it onto something.
Using the arms is clever.
You can get stainless steel ones (we bought some for use in our laboratory at work) but they were very very expensive.
Benjamin
July 12th, 2006 at 7:05
Great idea. I’ve now got the cable of my Dell Axim put away where my pet rat can’t get to it… Thanks!
July 24th, 2006 at 10:44
I’ve got another solution for cable mess. At http://tinyurl.com/mrrkl you will see industrial, open slot trunking with a lid. It’s 50mm high, 50mm wide (i.e. roughly 2″x2″) with slots and a lid.
It has an incredible amount of uses: tidy cables under the desk, duct cables up a table leg, trunk complex cable setups over the wall (speaker, sat, aerial, network – and that’s just one side of my workroom :-). Best of all, if you want to change something you just rip the lid off and get on with it. Lid back inplace and presto – all tidy again.
Worth buying a couple, it’s industrial stuff so it’s likely to be available at your local ‘pro’ electricity wholesales. PB
September 29th, 2006 at 21:30
Adopted – works great, nice pointer.