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

Sheldon T. Hall shel at tandem.artell.net
Fri Jan 26 20:28:27 CST 2007


Patrick Giagnocavo writes ...

> 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!

-Shel



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