Stingers | How to wrap, and everything else you need to know

Dapper Gaffer 006 - how to wrap stingers on a film set. Over-over or over-under? There's one right way to do it! And everything else you need to know.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:17 Why do we call them Stingers?
01:53 Common lengths and storage
03:21 The right way to wrap a Stinger
06:26 Tying the knot
08:05 Crating
09:03 Stingers vs extension cords / shop cords
11:03 Where to buy?
12:14 Amperage and line loss
13:58 Why over-over vs over-under?
16:28 What cables do you over-under?
17:28 How to over-under (just not Stingers!)
18:39 Conclusion

[@12yfilms]

I just discovered your channel. I'm heavily invested in the Creamsource ecosystem and YT suggested your Gemini vs Creamsource video. I love your content!

[@dappergaffer]

@@12yfilms thanks for the feedback! Creamsource makes some great units

[@cobralyoner]

Great video Josiah. I do think theres definitely a point where really big cables get wrapped over-under again and that is when they get to big to hold in one hand while wrapping them. having them lay on the floor and just putting loops over-under on top of it is much easier and faster then trying to wrap them over-over with a cable you can't easily just untangle with a little flick.

[@dappergaffer]

Thanks for the comment. In my experience - heavier cables are always over-over in the film industry. However, you are correct that they would be wrapped laying on the ground. All the way up to 2/0

[@dymonmein]

In jail, you make a “stinger” by cutting the cord off an appliance. Then you can cook with the ends by contacting them to a metal surface. You get shocked a lot during all this, hence the term “stinger.”
Jodi is another jail word, which the military share. It’s not uncommon for jail words to cross reference into other lexicons, or vice versa.

[@dappergaffer]

@@dymonmein this seems like a plausible origin 😁

[@worldbfr3e263]

I believe it's called a Stinger after it's creator, Alfred R. Stinger. Pronounced stin-jer.

[@dappergaffer]

For realz?