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OT: I had an idea!

I know someone somewhere has invented this already, but I invented it today. So, hah! I have a little spool of string like you get at the hardware store: bundle of string wrapped around a cardboard tube, no flanges at the ends. So, it invariably comes unraveled and tangles over time. That's where my idea came in: I folded a sheet of standard notebook paper in half longways, wrapped it around the spool, and put a couple of rubber bands around the paper. So when I need string I just pull it out and the paper and rubber bands keep the remainder neatly bound. And it's easy enough to redo if I ever need to put some string back onto the spool. The paper will protect the string from abrasion and crud as a bonus. I figured I'd share it for all of you who have spools of string unraveling around the house.

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B.B.
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Good idea!

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Don Foreman

We use a lot of a very expensive Italian linen twine in our work. It's about $9.00 a roll -- comes "scramble wound" in a ball, with no core.

Because it's expensive, it's baaad to waste twine. So we masking-tape over the entire outside of each ball before use. We withdraw the twine from the inside of the roll, and never get tangles or waste.

LLoyd

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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh

Reminds me of my Grandmas ceramic strawberry . It hung on her wall for as long as I can remember with a ball of string inside . The backside had a cone shape so the ball dropped lower as the ball got smaller . One end dangled from a hole in the bottom . Just pull out what you needed . I never knew it to tangle or unravel Ken Cutt

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Ken Cutt

That's where my idea came in: I folded a sheet of standard notebook

I tried this and it works. Thanks for the tip!

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Aftershock

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