Old school instruction...that's what we need more of in this world...A real artisan be nice enough to show the new people on how it is done...Thank You sir ...Please do more when you can..
Great Stitch you must be an old Western Electric guy lol those were the days when we did beautiful stitching in the central offices. This is one of the first things we learned sewing cable and the color code blue orange green brown slate it was a great career
Yeah nowadays is all blu orange green brown slate white red black yellow violet rose aqua. I’ve been in a c.o. For a couple of years now and never noticed the ties until transitioning and I’m amazed at the strength of the wax string ties
I’ve been replacing cable and batteries in the old CO’s for a few years, and I’ve only ever seen white lace. I’d love to know what the other colors mean.
Man, I still do it. Not my favorite part of an install. We had one guy that was Korean and he was a lacing monkey!! Dude could do it all day and be happy. So, we let him.
Traveling back to memory lane at the old step x step office at GTE. Thank You for posting and Thank You Manie for teaching me this when I first came to work. 😊
Thank you! I've been a DAS tech for 4 years and just learned this stitch on a site yesterday. Though mine didn't look as nice as the existing cable that was already dressed in and I was wondering what I was doing wrong, but now I think I've got it.
First of all, thank you very much for the information shown in the video, it is very helpful for technicians working in the electrical and telecommunications world. But I would like to ask what type of wire should be used for the work, type of material, or some technical characteristic of the wire to be able to acquire it. Again thank you very much.
super neat buddy . im an old lucent dc installer and was just thinkin bout sewin the other day and wondered if I still would remember it . great seein it in action buddy . cheers yo
Just wondering... why not use regular small zip ties instead??? wouldnt it be a litte faster??? I never seen this before in my 3 year experience of routing cable.
harold lhedigbo I work in the Telecom industry for at&t and Verizon, they don't allow you to use zip ties inside shelters for safety reasons. Mainly because people have cut themselves on the sharp edges that get left behind after you cut the zip ties tail. So you have to use wax string, it's a standard. Also it looks better in my opinion.
Darron Hansen I wonder if you know the existence of these flush cutters CHP-170 Micro Cutter www.amazon.com/dp/B00FZPDG1K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_77zwBb9716874 maybe you have to think outside your comfort zone.
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Old school instruction...that's what we need more of in this world...A real artisan be nice enough to show the new people on how it is done...Thank You sir ...Please do more when you can..
Great Stitch you must be an old Western Electric guy lol those were the days when we did beautiful stitching in the central offices. This is one of the first things we learned sewing cable and the color code blue orange green brown slate it was a great career
Nobody knows their color code anymore. Very sad.
Yeah nowadays is all blu orange green brown slate white red black yellow violet rose aqua. I’ve been in a c.o. For a couple of years now and never noticed the ties until transitioning and I’m amazed at the strength of the wax string ties
I’ve been replacing cable and batteries in the old CO’s for a few years, and I’ve only ever seen white lace. I’d love to know what the other colors mean.
A western electric dude taught me all those stitches. Still at after 23 years. Lumen now.
Call me weird, I miss the days of lacing all day. So satisfying.
RIP Lucent
Man, I still do it. Not my favorite part of an install. We had one guy that was Korean and he was a lacing monkey!! Dude could do it all day and be happy. So, we let him.
Traveling back to memory lane at the old step x step office at GTE. Thank You for posting and Thank You Manie for teaching me this when I first came to work. 😊
I'm doing installations in Central Offices and I use this method often, spot on instruction here.
I’ve been struggling a little bit with this knot at work. This video is excellent. It explains it nicely. Thank you.
Cell tower tech staple video for starting shelter work.
Thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge!
Thank you! I've been a DAS tech for 4 years and just learned this stitch on a site yesterday. Though mine didn't look as nice as the existing cable that was already dressed in and I was wondering what I was doing wrong, but now I think I've got it.
First of all, thank you very much for the information shown in the video, it is very helpful for technicians working in the electrical and telecommunications world. But I would like to ask what type of wire should be used for the work, type of material, or some technical characteristic of the wire to be able to acquire it. Again thank you very much.
And he's on solid ground!24feet in the air!!! Is more exciting!!!
super neat buddy . im an old lucent dc installer and was just thinkin bout sewin the other day and wondered if I still would remember it . great seein it in action buddy . cheers yo
just worked on a lucent dc panel tonight lol
excellent video, shared with my fellow tech. thank you!
I’ve seen the end product many times, but never saw it being done.
Found a USA made waxed twine for this on Amazon from a brand named WAXAW. Works well for this!
Multiple layer Kansas City stich can be found at ebiznet.sbc.com/sbcnebs/Documents/TP76300/ATT-TP-76300-J.pdf figure J-3
Just wondering... why not use regular small zip ties instead??? wouldnt it be a litte faster??? I never seen this before in my 3 year experience of routing cable.
Got ya. thanks.
Plus people are really jagged when they cut tie wraps, so it leaves sharp edges that destroy your arms and back of your hands.
harold lhedigbo I work in the Telecom industry for at&t and Verizon, they don't allow you to use zip ties inside shelters for safety reasons. Mainly because people have cut themselves on the sharp edges that get left behind after you cut the zip ties tail. So you have to use wax string, it's a standard. Also it looks better in my opinion.
harold lhedigbo zip ties are faster though, we use them to hold everything in place before wax stringing.
Darron Hansen I wonder if you know the existence of these flush cutters CHP-170 Micro Cutter www.amazon.com/dp/B00FZPDG1K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_77zwBb9716874 maybe you have to think outside your comfort zone.
thank you sir
Is the video for the two layered Kansas City stitch still coming?
Kyle W
Gracias.
Very nice!! Thanks for upload!!
Very impressive!!
Very knowledgeable video. please check the video ua-cam.com/video/b5eS3JCo0vk/v-deo.html
Try this lying on your stomach with 100 pair cable and your head about 18" away from the central office ceiling.
Yeah, but what about trying an UNCOMFORTABLE position.
Nobody said craftsmanship and art was easy
Oh yeah I’ve been there. Definitely have to contort to get into some of these spaces way up in the racks.
Been there, done that. Knees and back starting to hurt.
Thanks for the video sir
Even going slow he was still faster than I could figure out.
I had always heard that stitch called the Overland Park Stitch not the Kansas City Stitch
Centel
Kansas City Stitch is my street name
This was oddly entertaining.
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hawt
brought back memories, but please stop the cross stitching It killed me.
Nobody sews anymore. This is now a thing of the past. Lacing is no longer practiced.
What’s so great about Kansas City that they get an official cable stitch named after their mediocre City?