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Before nylon cable ties, bundles of cables were held together by waxed nylon cord. It's still a nice way to to do harnesses in tight spaces, and, I think, looks much more elegant than nylon ties. It's almost a lost art- few people under 50 know how to do it! (google "waxed lacing cord" to find sources of cord). Thanks Rob! Link.
How To Lace Cable Harnesses
Before nylon cable ties, bundles of cables were held together by waxed nylon cord. It's still a nice way to to do harnesses in tight spaces, and, I think, looks much more elegant than nylon ties. It's almost a lost art- few people under 50 know how to do it! (google "waxed lacing cord" to find sources of cord). Thanks Rob! Link.
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Aug 19, 2005 09:39 AM
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I wholeheartedly aggree and am even under 30 :)
I learned how to do this in aerospace work where every gram and 1/10" matters a lot.
I figured that I would post references to this so that all could learn...
NASA standard for this (NASA STD 8739.4):
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/87394.htm
direclty to the tying:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/87394-9.pdf
Cheers,
Brian
Where I learned:
http://www.ssel.montana.edu
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I have somewhere, a NASA publication that includes that page, as well as soldering techniques, and so forth. It's excellent, although I'm not sure if it's still in print. I've posted a picture of some laced cables on Flickr here .
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In the data center where I used to work, lacing was standard practice since zipties can kink cables/fibers.
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