Abstract: A method and apparatus for precisely controlling the tension of a cabling assembly is described. The control loop includes a triple-feedback-loop to allow the manufacture of a large number of cable pairs. The control loop may be used with any take-up and payoff assemblies and compensate for wide variations in take-up reel weight, cable weight, process line speeds, and pay-off tension. One of the loops of the triple-feedback-loop is under-damped and unstable and allows the control loop to compensate for the wide variations without changing control systems or cabling apparatus.