# Tether mount tutorial

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742>\
**Category:** Build/Make\
**Tags:** guide\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742 "2021-05-21T23:54:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![luc-rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/luc-rossi/32/1149_2.png) [@luc-rossi](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/luc-rossi)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742/1 "2021-05-21T23:54:02Z")

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Hi blue robotics enthusiasts,  
Here is a simple, efficient and economical method of making an attachment point on the umbilical cable of your favorite ROV. I use it for years without any problems and i think it’s now time to share it ! 😃

But rather than explaining it to you with a long boring text, I did a short video …

https://player.vimeo.com/video/553548496?h=31ddae1913&app_id=122963

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**Author:** ![EliotBR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/eliotbr/32/6937_2.png) [@EliotBR](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/EliotBR)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742/2 "2021-05-24T04:49:42Z")

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Nice video 🙂

Given your use of the soldering iron, I’m assuming your string is nylon or some other thermoplastic, and you’re sealing it so it doesn’t come apart once ‘cut’?

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**Author:** ![luc-rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/luc-rossi/32/1149_2.png) [@luc-rossi](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/luc-rossi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742/3 "2021-05-24T09:16:35Z")

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Thank you !

yes, you’re perfectly right, i use a nylon lacing cord, which is commonly used to tie wires harness.

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**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/Ben)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742/4 "2021-05-25T18:57:37Z")

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What is the black “sock” material called?

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**Author:** ![luc-rossi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/luc-rossi/32/1149_2.png) [@luc-rossi](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/luc-rossi)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/tether-mount-tutorial/9742/5 "2021-05-25T21:15:07Z")

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Generally, these expandable braided Cable Sleeve are made of rilsan ( Polyamide ) or PET