Wrapping a bridge cable - GIF

Wrapping a bridge cable.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...109#post141264
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...384#post166045
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...029#post164588
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...092#post145275
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...877#post179281

What was the guy loading into that thing in front of him and where did the casing for it go when he threw it over the edge? Looked like he was tipping ashes into an ashtray.