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I make Paracord sleeved power cables for the film industry. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you buy the paracord sleeve on its own or do you buy bulk paracord and just remove the inner strands?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I buy ParaMax cord (with the core) I only found standard Paracord without core, not the larger ParaMax. Also core-less Paracord seems usually a bit tighter than with a core somehow and that can be an issue with thick cables.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for actual interesting content that can be engaged with, love it.
What do you do with that much unsleeved core?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sadly I trash it 😟 I offered it to my wife for craft projects but it’s hard to find a use for hundreds of slippery synthetic white core wires multiplied by the number or strands in the core.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yea I was thinking of ways to reuse the cores and couldn't think of anything, hence the question.
Without the sleeves it frays a lot.

Maybe filing for a pillow, idk.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Could be rather interesting pet toys if stuffed into a plushie or something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah. It can’t even be used as candle wick as it’s fire retardant (at least the good ones are, the cheap one burn with a thick smoke.