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So my wife and I are fixing up a room for her parents to use during their visit from India this summer. Last night I bought a small tv, hooked it up to the cable, and nothing...just static. It was late so I went to bed.
This morning, I checked my connections, everything looked good, climbed up in the attic and poked around and realized, hmmmm, I don't see where the cable drop is to that outlet.
Downstairs I went, removed the cable outlet, and gently started pulling on the cable. This is what I found.
It does help when the other end of the cable is connected to something.
Factory built in around 1912 for local man Harold W. Smith, specialising in cables and cabling for the mining industry. One of only four works in the country that could produce braided electrical cables at the outbreak of the First World War, as a result was awarded contracts from the Ministry of War producing parts for the 'D mk III' field telephone.
The workforce grew from 40 [1912] to 650 as well as works operating on a double shift pattern for the duration of the war. By 1918, 15,000 miles of electrical cable had been produced.
Post war slump resulted in the 'H. W. Smith & Co' works going into administration. Works bought by 'Edison Swan Electric Co' [later 'Associated Electrical Company' and Siemens] to produce power lines cabling.
During the Second World War, the works had [again!] one of the four machines in the country able to produce lead tubes. These tubes were used in the construction of 'PLUTO' 'Pipe-Line Underwater Transportation of Oil' / 'Pipe-Lines Under the Ocean' which were fuel lines between the Isle of Wight and France to support the invasion of Normandy, 'Operation Overlord'.
The cable works closed in 1966 and was bought by a paper & cardboard company 'Reed Paper Group' who manufactured packaging.
The factory closed in the mid-1990s.
Further reading;
rcsigs.ca/index.php/Telephone_Set_D_Mk_III
wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto
forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=6614#p6626
The the Rohloff Speedhub uses two cables. These are routed from the shifter through cable housing to cable stops just above where the front rack attaches to the frame (see right side photo). The cables then run as bare cable down the drive side of the frame to cable stops just above the bottom bracket (the cables pass through two small tubes just past the frames central pin on their way to the cable stops - see parking brake picture). The cables then run through cable housing from these cable stops all the way to the shifting box as can be seen in this and the next picture. Also take note of the slot in the pivot axle. The is to allow tightening of the axle nut without removing the Speed Drive (since the Speed Drive covers access to the axle bolt head). In addition note the modified Garmin Edge cadence and speed sensor in this picture and the next. The modification is necessary to get the sensor to work with small wheels.
I use corrugated split tubing to bundle and protect cables. It is available at any automotive supplies store.
Tiny cables? Why yes, thank you for reminding me why I need a cable needle. I've been using a tiny crochet hook, but I think I'm gonna use a bobby pin for the next attempt.
The double-pointed needles on the live stitches are size 0 (2mm), but I knit up the main part of the sweater and sleeves on a larger circular needle. Since I found it in my mom's stash of stuff, I don't know the size. It's larger than size 0, maybe size 2? I need one of those needle gauge guides. Most of my needles don't have cases and/or weren't labeled to begin with.
Camera: DCS330C
Serial #: K330C-00586
Width: 2008
Height: 1504
Date: 7/10/02
Time: 15:10:08
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Aperture: f22
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Min Aperture: f38
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Compensation: +0.0
Flash Compensation: +0.0
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Drive Mode: Single
Focus Mode: Manual
Self-timer: No
Focal Length (mm): 59.5
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Time: 15:10:08.419
Cable Cars travel from Mt Faber Station, passing through HarbourFront Tower before it goes onwards to Sentosa.
This was taken on 1 Oct 2008 in Singapore.