Installation Auditor for Tellabs for 7 years here; FWIW, on power cable, we always ran positive cables on a separate rack from negative ones; so that looked odd, but customer engineers might spec something else, but Southwestern Bell sure wouldn’t have it, also, if that twist in the waxed twine across the top of the bundle was still there when he finished, and I SAW it, that was a ‘gig’. I worked with an older auditor for a while who could spot a twist a mile away. I also worked with some contracted installers who, if they had an assistant who could help wrestle cable, pre-cut lengths of twine, and keep that stitching tool close at hand, they could lace that cable in so fast you couldn’t even see what he was doing, and when finished, every stitch was tight as a drum, evenly spaced, no twists … it was a sight to behold.
A Chicago is used to bundle cables tightly to each other. To keep your form in free space. A Kansas City is used to bundle everything to something else, like a rung of ladder rack.
So for everybody out there that has laced in the past. Who has the good lacing cord? You know what I'm talking about. The 9 cord cotton. Not this nylon crap that flattens out and won't hold a knot for shit. I intentionally kept a label from the inside of a roll... and you think I can find it now? Nope. You telecom guys know what I'm talking about.
Dam bro after that comment on taofledermaus's vid I started to creep on you. Its to bad TH-cam took away the activity tab. Cause I'd probably sub if i could see what you were up to. You've got some interesting interest.
Very nice video, most helpful. The clearest instructions I've seen anywhere on tying the Chicago stitch. One question though: at the start of the video, there was another stitch already tied. It didn't look like a Kansas City stitch to me...what was it?
12 hours later 1 foot of cables are anchored and secured. There just has to be a more efficient way of doing this. Is this to prepare for a tsunami that's about to roll through?
Could've been informative, but the knots aren't shown in detail. The very first knot was done as if I already knew it. Instructional show and tell video needs to be more visually detailed.
Are you asking about the stitch thats holding all the cables to the ladder rack, or the first knot he makes while bundling the cables together? Question needs to be more detailed.
Thank You for posting, brings be back to the old times with the 12 cord and Evan’s needle.
That is way faster and easier the what I've seen so far. Thank you for video
Installation Auditor for Tellabs for 7 years here; FWIW, on power cable, we always ran positive cables on a separate rack from negative ones; so that looked odd, but customer engineers might spec something else, but Southwestern Bell sure wouldn’t have it, also, if that twist in the waxed twine across the top of the bundle was still there when he finished, and I SAW it, that was a ‘gig’. I worked with an older auditor for a while who could spot a twist a mile away. I also worked with some contracted installers who, if they had an assistant who could help wrestle cable, pre-cut lengths of twine, and keep that stitching tool close at hand, they could lace that cable in so fast you couldn’t even see what he was doing, and when finished, every stitch was tight as a drum, evenly spaced, no twists … it was a sight to behold.
This brings me right back to my Lucent days
Thxs a million been so long since did one. this video made my month since going back into a AT&T project. Ur a Savior buddy thxs again.
Can you give me the dumb down version on why to use a Kansas City and Chicago stitch. Which would be better to use in which situation. Many thanks.
A Chicago is used to bundle cables tightly to each other. To keep your form in free space. A Kansas City is used to bundle everything to something else, like a rung of ladder rack.
Easy as long you have it in front of you , the problem is when it’s up. Can you shoemaker it that way?
So for everybody out there that has laced in the past. Who has the good lacing cord? You know what I'm talking about. The 9 cord cotton. Not this nylon crap that flattens out and won't hold a knot for shit. I intentionally kept a label from the inside of a roll... and you think I can find it now? Nope. You telecom guys know what I'm talking about.
As much as velcro is great in datacenters, there is nothing quite a clean as the old tried and true method.
Dam bro after that comment on taofledermaus's vid I started to creep on you. Its to bad TH-cam took away the activity tab. Cause I'd probably sub if i could see what you were up to. You've got some interesting interest.
Just someone who knows a lot of stuff about a lot of different stuff.
Nicholas Michels obviously ... you solved that problem. Thanks bro.
You work in DC's too?
What's the trade name for this type of work... DC power installer??
Wonder if this technique can be used for new cables on top of existing stacks of old cables?
It can, and is.
Very nice video, most helpful. The clearest instructions I've seen anywhere on tying the Chicago stitch. One question though: at the start of the video, there was another stitch already tied. It didn't look like a Kansas City stitch to me...what was it?
Thank you sir.
12 hours later 1 foot of cables are anchored and secured. There just has to be a more efficient way of doing this. Is this to prepare for a tsunami that's about to roll through?
Could've been informative, but the knots aren't shown in detail. The very first knot was done as if I already knew it.
Instructional show and tell video needs to be more visually detailed.
Are you asking about the stitch thats holding all the cables to the ladder rack, or the first knot he makes while bundling the cables together? Question needs to be more detailed.
@@darronhansen9508 that first knot at the start of it, it's a little hard to follow
@@pencilears pretty much all these stitches start with the string made into a loop and some form of bringing the two end through.