Always like your content Tony, insightful and educational; I'd certain welcome more of the knowledgeable vids, it's stuff that your residential and commercial (Upto a point) spark don't see or deal with often, If at all. Not seen much jointing though 😜 "ConnecTech" does the same ring to it though. Beard envy is strong 😂🤘
I have been a spark for 35 yrs and I can appreciate when jointers come to site and gland cables off and make it look easy and nice and tidy respect to you sir.
Thank you very much. I can see why sparks don't want to mess about with the big stuff. Why would you want to pull your body to bits and be on the same money as a fella doing lights and sockets
Thanks mate, I love comments like this coz it means I'm doing something right. I hope you get something from the channel, even if it's just watching an old man talk a load of shite while he's at work😂😂😂😂
Massive respect for what you do. I don’t normally comment on videos but hope a comment like this can help keep you going on the days that aren’t going so well and that you have some fans watching your videos 💪🏽
Thank you very much for watching and for the comment. It's lovely to read the comments coz it does spur me on to make more videos. I really appreciate this👍🏻
It's nice to see soneone who takes pride in his work. I work on transformers at power stations all over the UK and some of the cables look like they have just been dragged in by elephants. Not that I've seen many elephants on site 🤣
Well done mate, I'm not to sure how many people understand how bloody hard that is on your own,most sparks I know would refuse to do it unless there was two people, you ern every penny mate!
Hi Tony, Another belter of a video! Planning and design ……. what a joke. You did a fantastic job again of putting away those cables considering what you were up against - blizzards, high winds etc. You are ‘King of the chain blocks and straps.’ Catch you on the next one bud. Take care, stay safe. 👍⚡️
Thanks for watching. It is a fart on but over the course of a week, even with editing, it's about 2-2.5 hours. I enjoy doing it too coz it's new and interesting. I want to get better at it as well.
How’s it going Big T??, another week in the wild 😂, I 💯 get with the straps/chain pulls, used them for years I served my apprenticeship in heavy vehicle/equipment engineering and now on trains so all that gear is a god send
When I worked in the electrical contracting industry, cable jointers were recruited from the plumbing freternity. If you are looking for good marker pens try Milwaukee pens they don't dry out easily.
Geo-graphics and bio-graphics. Joe Scott and Tom Scott. I follow the stoltman brothers and bits and bobs of strongman stuff. I watch Still Game and Burnistoun, unbelievable Scottish comedy, oh and chewing the fat. I watch a fella called David bull. He makes wood block prints in Japan. He's incredible. Joolz Guides and John Rogers are good for showing you around London too.
My father said this to me when I was younger "don't let it beat you"! And I never have. I'll always try and find a way around a problem without walking away from it.
Some sites you get some, some sites you don't. I just go along with the rules of the site coz the last thing you need is being branded a thief. It is a good price at the moment though.
28:51 the hat you wear is much safer than the safety helmet, because if you drop the safety helmet from the eifel tower, it will be broken, while the hat will be fine :-)
I practiced the cutting depth on a bit of scrap cable before I used it for real but I found it relatively straightforward. I couldn't be without it now.
Yeah, it's a 90amp/hr battery. I only charge my phone and tablet and have two lights to power so I don't need much. I reckon a full charge would last me 3 weeks but every time I start the engine it charges up.
Sadly all the nuclear sirens were binned off in the 90’s. What you have to do now is keep an eye on your local Facebook group, if nobody is moaning about dogshit or unruly kids - you know that the nukes have landed.
I was a bit disturbed when someone told me what it was! They then said it was just a drill that happens every month so I stopped shitting myself and went about my day as normal.
The life of a spark , putting your heart and soul (or blood sweat and tears ) to make something look beautiful that no one else will ever see .
Hahahahahaha it is a strange occupation in that sense isn't it.
Always like your content Tony, insightful and educational; I'd certain welcome more of the knowledgeable vids, it's stuff that your residential and commercial (Upto a point) spark don't see or deal with often, If at all. Not seen much jointing though 😜 "ConnecTech" does the same ring to it though. Beard envy is strong 😂🤘
Good job,from Portugal
Cheers kid👍🏻
I love how in our trade there’s a lot of innuendo’s like “ it’s a pain in the arse but could do with another inch” 😂
I have been a spark for 35 yrs and I can appreciate when jointers come to site and gland cables off and make it look easy and nice and tidy respect to you sir.
Thank you very much. I can see why sparks don't want to mess about with the big stuff. Why would you want to pull your body to bits and be on the same money as a fella doing lights and sockets
Your knowledge and skill let alone experience is second to none a man who knows his job inside out and takes pride in his work thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate, I love comments like this coz it means I'm doing something right. I hope you get something from the channel, even if it's just watching an old man talk a load of shite while he's at work😂😂😂😂
Massive respect for what you do. I don’t normally comment on videos but hope a comment like this can help keep you going on the days that aren’t going so well and that you have some fans watching your videos 💪🏽
Thank you very much for watching and for the comment. It's lovely to read the comments coz it does spur me on to make more videos. I really appreciate this👍🏻
It's nice to see soneone who takes pride in his work. I work on transformers at power stations all over the UK and some of the cables look like they have just been dragged in by elephants. Not that I've seen many elephants on site 🤣
Thanks mate. That's the trouble these days, a lot of people just turn up and take the money. They have no pride instilled into them.
Well done mate,
I'm not to sure how many people understand how bloody hard that is on your own,most sparks I know would refuse to do it unless there was two people, you ern every penny mate!
It is a bit harder but the ratchet straps and the chain block make life easier. Thanks👍🏻
Hi Tony,
Another belter of a video!
Planning and design ……. what a joke. You did a fantastic job again of putting away those cables considering what you were up against - blizzards, high winds etc. You are ‘King of the chain blocks and straps.’ Catch you on the next one bud. Take care, stay safe.
👍⚡️
Cheers fella
It's always the same these days, design is far too generic! I was quite pleased with myself getting those two 185s in.
Thank you👍🏻
Cheers for all the videos mate. It's easy to forget how much time it takes faffing about with cameras and editing.
Thanks for watching.
It is a fart on but over the course of a week, even with editing, it's about 2-2.5 hours. I enjoy doing it too coz it's new and interesting. I want to get better at it as well.
Amazing patience ! 👍
Thanks mate. It is satisfying when they go in though. Makes it all worth it. 😬😬👍🏻
Another great video , to be fair that looked awkward but you persevered and got it done 💪
Thanks man. It was awkward and bastard freezing but it wasn't gonna beat me.
Love your channel! Keep up the amazing content
Thanks mate, glad you're enjoying it b👍🏻
another great video Tony, please keep em coming, really interested in seeing in depth ratchet straps and block and chain
I thought his name was YNOT
Thank you👍🏻 and thanks for watching. There's a video coming up about ratchet straps and the little bits of rigging I do.
How’s it going Big T??, another week in the wild 😂, I 💯 get with the straps/chain pulls, used them for years I served my apprenticeship in heavy vehicle/equipment engineering and now on trains so all that gear is a god send
It's going great mate thanks👍🏻. Even if you're working with another bloke he couldn't hold the cable as long as the ratchet strap could.
@@jointechcabling9103 ideal for many uses
When I worked in the electrical contracting industry, cable jointers were recruited from the plumbing freternity. If you are looking for good marker pens try Milwaukee pens they don't dry out easily.
Interesting segway from plumbing sparks to indelible markers 🤪
Yeah they have been mentioned before. I'll give them a whirl.
BT used to recruit plumbers to train up as jointers, back when both trades done lead work
You love cables more than out😎
I'm actually 63% copper!!😂😂
Time drags on those days. What sort of stuff do you watch on TH-cam?
Geo-graphics and bio-graphics. Joe Scott and Tom Scott. I follow the stoltman brothers and bits and bobs of strongman stuff. I watch Still Game and Burnistoun, unbelievable Scottish comedy, oh and chewing the fat. I watch a fella called David bull. He makes wood block prints in Japan. He's incredible. Joolz Guides and John Rogers are good for showing you around London too.
Caught up with still game (well after it finished) and view it as one of THE greats of comedies . An absolute classic .
Them cables don't want to bend when it's cold,you obviously don't give up easy!
My father said this to me when I was younger "don't let it beat you"! And I never have. I'll always try and find a way around a problem without walking away from it.
Who keeps all the offcuts? I would assume a decent price for the copper when recycled! No doubt pays for a drink or few!
Some sites you get some, some sites you don't. I just go along with the rules of the site coz the last thing you need is being branded a thief. It is a good price at the moment though.
28:51 the hat you wear is much safer than the safety helmet, because if you drop the safety helmet from the eifel tower, it will be broken, while the hat will be fine :-)
Exactly 😂😂 thanks for watching 👍🏻
The tiny wee babbees 😂😂 had me dying !! HV vs LV
Toy town cables. They felt like the glands would break.
@@jointechcabling9103 saw that 20s cw gland the size of your thumb 😂😂
Does using exhaust cutters take getting used to? 4th year apprentice make of 120's, 185's, satisfying seeing how others work
I practiced the cutting depth on a bit of scrap cable before I used it for real but I found it relatively straightforward. I couldn't be without it now.
What are you using for power in the sleeping accommodation Tony, have you a leisure battery installed?
Yeah, it's a 90amp/hr battery. I only charge my phone and tablet and have two lights to power so I don't need much. I reckon a full charge would last me 3 weeks but every time I start the engine it charges up.
It was bloody cold that day🥶🥶🥶
It certainly was. The van heaters got a good run out when I finally got in it👍🏻
Terminated some 5c 35mm the other day - just ickle babies ! Do you ever find the inner insulation a bitch to strip ?
Funnily enough in the next video I had some that were bloody awful!!
Sadly all the nuclear sirens were binned off in the 90’s. What you have to do now is keep an eye on your local Facebook group, if nobody is moaning about dogshit or unruly kids - you know that the nukes have landed.
I was a bit disturbed when someone told me what it was! They then said it was just a drill that happens every month so I stopped shitting myself and went about my day as normal.
Hope your getting paid to be "vanned" up for the day buddy...
Ive put the invoice in so I hope they pay it. It was signed for so they know they were at fault.