[Tfug] CAT5 Cables, The Sequel

[A. Chris Hilton]

http://www.platinumtools.com/featured.html

-C-

> Hi, Jim,
>
> --- Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> wrote:
>
>> Nth lesson learned - let someone else do it, or buy
>> cable that's a bit too long and coil it (and tell
>> the customer "damn it, if you don't like the
>> coil make the %^*#*@^! cable yourself").
>
> *Exactly* -- *I* am "The Customer"  :>  (which is why
> I made the %^*#*@^! cable myself  ;-)
>
>> I would think that since this is
>> something that is done fairly regularly by people
>> for whom time is money
>> that there is a spiffy little machine that will do
>
> The crimper is that machine.  They aren't particularly
> cheap, either.  The problem, IMO, is there really is
> no *cheap* way of fabricating cables off an assembly
> line.  It's a case of the connector shell defining
> (and *creating*!) the problem.  The only easier way
> to do it would be if the shell was split like the
> slices of bread in a sandwich -- so you could *lay*
> the individual conductors side by side, one at a time
> instead of having to arrange them and jam them in
> with one motion (hoping they don't criss-cross on
> the way in!).
>
> Another potential remedy would be if the latch was
> a separate piece so the connector shell was *smooth*.
> This would help with the visibility of the wires
> inside the shell (difficult when there are all these
> layers of plastic obscuring the image)
>
>> this for you.  Or maybe
>> it is that such a machine does exist but it costs
>> big bucks.
>>
>> All I can say is that I'm glad I've not tried this.
>> Thanks for the warnings.
>
> It was worth the experience.  Though, I will keep
> it as a "last resort" in the future (or, if I
> need a really long cable and don't feel inclined
> to shell out huge bucks for a "length of wire")
>
> --don
>
>
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