Paladin Roaming

It WORKS!!!

When they stacked the new cable in my terminal room with the old cable I noticed something. The new reels were wider. The old reels are wood, 16" wide, and barely fit into the big steel cable reel carts. The new reels are plastic and 18" wide and my carts are useless for pulling cable off these reels.

We are supposed to start pulling cable tomorrow. So I made my own cable reel holders out of 2x3 (nominal) lumber. Actual dimensions are 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". The four legs are 24" +/- 1/8" so that one leg is a quarter inch longer than the other. 3 1/2" from one end is a 3/1/2" long 1/4" bolt, washers, double nutted. The first nut is backed off so that the two legs can swing freely, the second nut jams the first so it will not move. On the floor end, the inside legs have a 19" 2x3 nailed inside, the slightly longer outer legs have a 25" 2x3. The legs can fold flat to 25" x 25.5" x 2.5" Spread open I stapled some flat pull tape (came with the innerduct) to limit the spread. A 30" piece of 1 1/4" schedule 40 PVC waterpipe holds the cable reel.

Cheap, lightweight, easy to store, strong enough -- what more could you ask for?

Posted by Paladin at June 9, 2008 01:06 PM