# Cutting long rope into a short rope

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cutting-long-rope-into-a-short-rope/27624>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cutting-long-rope-into-a-short-rope/27624 "2022-02-23T04:18:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cutting-long-rope-into-a-short-rope/27624/1 "2022-02-23T04:18:50Z")

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turning a long rope really shouldn’t be so complicated enough to require a spinning wheel, or at least require several hours. It should take only a minute a best just to simply cut a rope in half.

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cutting-long-rope-into-a-short-rope/27624/2 "2022-02-23T15:26:16Z")

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If you stand over long rope you can hit “B” to butcher it into short rope. Atleast in stable you can