[geeks] nerd reading for a Friday night ... old-skool waxed twine lacing

Rick Hamell hamellr at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 21:24:21 CST 2007


>> Ever been in a colo, usually one run by a telco or
>> telco-trained techs,
>> and seen their waxed-twine wrapping of cabling?
>> 
>> Here is how to do it:
>> 
>> http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/
>> 
>> Neat ...
> 
> ... and amazingly close to how sailmakers, and sailors generally, do similar
> things.
> 
> Thanks for the ref!

That's what I was thinking. That looks like stuff I learned in Boy Scouts
long ago.


Rick



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