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lavenders · 1st July 2009

Hi everybody,

I've looked around for solutions to this simple construction problem ALL over the internet to no avail...

I work at an online radio station that hosts live bands several times a week in a bit of a makeshift space ("live" as in pre-recorded Pro Tools sessions with everyone playing at the same time). We've been running cables from our live room to our control room for years, but just recently purchased a stage snake!

So now, I have to run the snake cable from control to live (control room desk is directly behind the wall of live room), and will obviously have to do some drilling through the existing wall. We opted not to wall mount it as we have very eclectic sessions and need the snake to move around the live room.

I'd like to just feed the snake cable through about a 3" hole in the wall, but I obviously don't want sheetrock dust all over it every time it grazes the sides of the holes... plus I don't want it to look ghetto.

So I'm looking for something like a bass drum port "O"... but for a wall. Some sort of tube (

) that the cable can rest in within the wall. Home Depot looks at me like I'm crazy, and like I said, the internet hasn't been much help.

Any ideas, suggestions, or simple workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

PS We're a pretty diy non-profit and hiring someone to do this doesn't seem like much of an option considering our budget this year...

1st July 2009	#1
lavenders Gear interested Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 11 Thread Starter	Drilling holes through a wall for a Stage Snake Hi everybody, I've looked around for solutions to this simple construction problem ALL over the internet to no avail... I work at an online radio station that hosts live bands several times a week in a bit of a makeshift space ("live" as in pre-recorded Pro Tools sessions with everyone playing at the same time). We've been running cables from our live room to our control room for years, but just recently purchased a stage snake! So now, I have to run the snake cable from control to live (control room desk is directly behind the wall of live room), and will obviously have to do some drilling through the existing wall. We opted not to wall mount it as we have very eclectic sessions and need the snake to move around the live room. I'd like to just feed the snake cable through about a 3" hole in the wall, but I obviously don't want sheetrock dust all over it every time it grazes the sides of the holes... plus I don't want it to look ghetto. So I'm looking for something like a bass drum port "O"... but for a wall. Some sort of tube ( ) that the cable can rest in within the wall. Home Depot looks at me like I'm crazy, and like I said, the internet hasn't been much help. Any ideas, suggestions, or simple workarounds would be greatly appreciated! PS We're a pretty diy non-profit and hiring someone to do this doesn't seem like much of an option considering our budget this year...