[Noisebridge-discuss] pipes for cables; news for the saturday cabling crew

[jim]

saturday cabling crew: 

   the big pipe is in. the location of termination is 
not necessarily what you see--we can extend either end 
(with accuracy of about 12 inches unless we're just 
adding a little straight stub). 

   best to use some kind of fishing line, some nylon 
cord or something similar. 
   feed that in from the destination to the point 
where the cable will enter the pipe--make sure the 
fishing line is well-fastened to the cable bunch. 
then someone push cable into the pipe while another 
pulls the fishing line from the destination end. 
   the pusher should do the main work, the puller 
should be somewhat gentle so's not to lose the 
fishing line connection and not to cut the cable 
where it's entering the pipe. 

   one way to pull is start at the ceiling L and 
pull either across the workshop pipe or up into 
the upstairs closet. when done, pull the other half 
the other way--it'll be tough cramming the last 
foot or so into the L. 
   the other way is to pull either from the L in 
the downstairs closet (above the door) or from the 
termination in the upstairs closet. it'll be tough 
making the right angle of the L in the workshop 
ceiling. 

   best to figure out just where the patch bays will 
be located before cutting the cable to final length, 
unless you're really sure and want to attach 
connectors to cut cables before pulling them. 
   myself, i'd rather just pull raw cables and leave 
extra at both ends, then after patch bays (and any 
additional pipe) are settled, cut to size and the 
put connectors on the cables at the two patch bay 
locations, but i won't be there saturday, so do it 
your way, of course (i can help out weekdays). 

jim