[PLUG] Docking Station! was: Right angle cat6

Denis Heidtmann denish at dslnorthwest.net
Sat Oct 27 04:04:34 UTC 2007


Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Chmara <ron at Opus1.COM> writes:
> 
> Russell> All this brainstorming has got me thinking of the *perfect*
> Russell> solution.  Strip the outer jacket off of some cat6, crimp a
> Russell> tip on, make a right angle bend with the now-quite-flexible
> Russell> wires......
> Ronald> <http://www.google.com/search?q=Cat+6+bend+radius>
> 
> Russell> And this argues against my hoop staple idea exactly how?!
> 
> Ronald> I trimmed it a tad. *Right angles* are fine within a
> Ronald> reasonable bend radius. Too harsh of a bend, and signal
> Ronald> quality degrades. Hoop staples can be great as long as they
> Ronald> don't damage the wire.
> 
> At the risk of ruining the joke, the hoop staples remark was meant to
> be funny.  John's T61 is gorgeous (if too wide for my tastes).  The
> mere idea of stapling some cabling into the plastic shell was meant to
> elicit twinges of horror.
> 
> Sorry if I was too subtle or not funny enough.
> 
> 
It is just that you are so sensible and serious that we thought we just did not 
understand. You should not step out of character so unexpectedly.

-Denis



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