Cable/wire dressing tool

A cable/wire dressing tool including a main body in substantially the form of a doughnut-shaped member formed of two releasably interconnected semi-circular parts having a center hole and front and rear surfaces and having an outer periphery, the outer periphery of the doughnut-shaped member having spaced slots thereon, each sized to slidingly accommodate a single cable or wire therein, with the center hole of the member sized to accommodate a plurality of wires or cables passing therethrough.

A cable/wire dressing tool including a main body in substantially the form of a doughnut-shaped member having a center hole and front and rear surfaces and having an outer periphery, the outer periphery of the doughnut-shaped member having spaced slots thereon, each sized to slidingly accommodate a single cable or wire therein, with the center hole of the member sized to accommodate a plurality of wires or cables passing therethrough;

• and a releasable band for encircling the outer periphery of the doughnut-shaped member to maintain wires or cables in the slots in the periphery thereof during use.

A method for dressing bundles of cables or wires including placing a doughnut-shaped tool around some of a plurality of cables or wires and placing others of the plurality of cables or wires in slots on the periphery of the tool, followed by moving the tool through the plurality of cables or wires to thereby align the cables or wires passing through the slots on the perimeter of the tool in a predetermined pattern around the cables or wires passing through the center of tool, followed by securing the bundle of cables or wires together after moving the tool through the plurality of cables or wires.