Cablebone (excess cable organiser)

Cablebone (excess cable organiser)
There are very few things in life that get right under my skin, triping over cables is one of them. I think I may have seen a product like this somewhere - not sure, inspriation being the mother of invention and these are fairly easy to make.

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With the cut-offs left over from the laptop case project I cut out little bone shapes. The mat is 1/8", after a little testing I found that the bones had to be a little stiffer. I glued two together. They dont have to match up perfectly.
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Jul 7, 2006. 9:32 PMcompudude86 says:
this is gonna generate some serious EMI
Sep 14, 2011. 1:21 AMbkampl says:
electromagnetic interference. further reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil
Mar 10, 2008. 6:25 PMLinuxH4x0r says:
I think the inspiration was popular science magazine
Feb 19, 2007. 6:49 PMbloodniece says:
We used to cut up old cardboard boxes and fashion something, albeit a bit more crude, for storing xmas tree lights. Cords would wrap around the cardboard "bone" and be placed in 5-gal buckets stacked ready for next season. Great for storing extension cords too.
Sep 17, 2006. 1:12 PMBrobru says:
Just commenting so I can refer back later. Love the idea!
Aug 19, 2006. 8:09 PMWonderground says:
Brilliant, I say market it.
Apr 7, 2006. 7:22 AM2FishInATank says:
This is a great idea for storing cables, fantastic! Though I'm guessing it wouldn't be a such good plan to actually use the cables while they're on the bone due to the capacitance created by the current flow..... Corrections welcomed!
Apr 11, 2006. 9:15 PMradiohead says:
I remember noticing (many years back) that a quick power drop (1-2 seconds) caused all the computers on a shared circuit to reboot, except for 1. That 1 computer was connected to the circuit with an exceptionally long extension cord, which was wrapped around itself in a similar fashion, as on the bone. At the time, I remember thinking that the cord must have created enough inductance to keep the one machine powered up for the additional 'second' that it took for the power to come back on. I'm sure that I witnessed this more than once, as well. Anyhow, I found it curious.
May 27, 2006. 4:58 PMdig412 says:
With the thin cables, rubber coating, and non-metallic core theres going to be barely any inductance at all
Apr 6, 2006. 1:11 AMJohntron says:
Cool. I've used empty spools of thread for smaller wires before. This will help with the AC power cords. Thanks.
Mar 10, 2006. 5:36 PMCoffee bean says:
It works with fun foam and duck tape also.
Mar 10, 2006. 5:13 PMCoffee bean says:
Just what I need.
Mar 4, 2006. 3:43 AMveggiemom says:
Great idea! I also hate wires all jumbled up.
Mar 1, 2006. 12:27 AMThe.Plague.Keepers says:
I made something like this out of Lego, it's a bit bigger but it's a bit more me.
Feb 27, 2006. 1:27 AMcode_slacker says:
Will it generate electro-magnet field...!? That will cause inteference to the device...
Feb 16, 2006. 11:37 AMShmulkey says:
What's the material? It's not clear from the description.
Feb 7, 2006. 2:17 PMScwounch says:
I thought "necessity" was invention's mama.
Dec 19, 2005. 2:32 AMelemenoh says:
I like it! Simple yet useful.
Dec 10, 2005. 4:31 PMimarunner2 says:
Nice idea. I think I have some rigid packing foam that would work well for this.

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