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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steve Rubin > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cable-Tying with Waxed Twine > > > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > This seems a wee bit off topic, but definitely relates to network > > operations (somewhere below layer 1) and I can't think of a better > > place to ask. > > > > Upon leaving a router at telx and asking one of their techs to plug > in > > the equipment for me, I came back to find all my cat5 cables neatly > > tied with some sort of waxed twine, using an interesting looping knot > > pattern that repeated every six inches or so using a single piece of > > string. For some reason, I found this trick really cool. > > > > I have tried googling for the method, (it's apparently standard, I've > > seen it in play elsewhere), and for the type of twine, but had little > > luck. I was wondering if any of the gurus out there would care to > > share what this knot-pattern is actually called, and/or if there's a > > (illustrated) howto somewhere? > > > > -Dan "Tired of getting scratched up by jagged cable ties" Mahoney > > > > > > Best site I have seen so far: > http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/ I have recently fallen in love with lacing. It is definitely a very clean method of securing cables, and is an art form that seems to be dying with old telco guys. There are a couple of different stitches, including the Chicago and Kansas city stitch. The best cord to use is a 6 ply poly lacing cord that can be purchased from western filament, inc. part#9PRT125W. I believe that it is about $7.00 per half pound roll, with a $50 minimum order. Check out chapter 5 of the following Qwest technical publication for details on how to tie the knots. http://www.qwest.com/techpub/77350/77350.pdf On another off topic note, does anyone know the origin of including mints with telco rack gear? I often see this in rack screw bags, shelves, adaptors, etc.. -Chris
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