Cable lacing introduction
December 23, 2008 – 9:04 pmOne of the arcane arts of telco is cable lacing with wax string. I’ve been given a crash course by Juston, and I managed to demonstrate on some test cables and ties that the CEO hasn’t lost his knack.
Here are a couple examples of some simple cable lacing used to manage a set of large cables. Yup, I tied these myself. The third image is a cable end itself, with an AMP Champ tool and the connector just after termination.
Check out Wikipedia’s cable lacing article out for more infomation. For additional info, tools and supplies (you can do this at home!), see Tecra Tools.
3 Responses to “Cable lacing introduction”
I remember the first time I saw this in a CO; did some research and learned that most telcos have an exact spec about how the lacing is to be done for different cable styles.
For a while, cable lacing has seemed to be a dying art… nice to see someone learning the trade. Very cool!
I wish we could lace all of our telecom cabling, but I just don’t have the time and end up using velcro wraps…
By Kameron on Dec 23, 2008
Nice job Dane! There’s some sort of satisfaction had by knowing the guy who’s running my circuit at home isn’t just a numbers guy, but actually a telco nerd like me
I don’t think I can ever move out of the Bay. I don’t know what I would do without Sonic.
By Jonathan Lassoff on Dec 28, 2008
Now you’re bringing back memories – the time before zip ties. I used to build military systems (had real honest to god magnetic core store – emp proof) and we had to lace all the cable bundles to tight specs.
By John Pettittt on Jan 8, 2009