WIRE PULLER
- Grips and Blocks
.....Vern
will never forget using these. They are used to pull two open wires
together,
making them as one. On the North edge of the Lambertville exchange was
a pair of copper-weld wires crossing the expressway, one wire broke.
Vern
took the repair call where he called for help to get the wire back up.
Getting the wire pulled back across the highway was not too bad,
bringing
the two ends up the pole was a little harder, Vern did not like
climbing
a 30 ft. class nine pole, just 6 inches in diameter, but he got up
there.
He got the two wires into the grips and proceeded to pull the blocks
together
but could not get it tight enough to make the proper clearance over the
road or to proper tension, WITH ONE HAND. It takes two hands on the
ropes
to get them tight and he would just not take that other hand loose from
the pole. Well at the base of the pole was the companies manager who
was
always a pretty quiet guy, but he said something, Vern can not remember
what, but it gave him nerve to let go of that pole, pull those wires
together
and crimp the wires together with the Nicopress tool. These experiences
in construction helped him very much to become an engineer with a good
reputation.
NICOPRESS
tools Larger for Open Wire or ground wires, Smaller for Drop Wire.
Vern's
1st talent learned was to toss
the lineman's
wrench up to a guy on a
pole so
that it stops in mid-air right in
the guy's
hands. He got good at it too.
Vern thought
this belt was heavy.
Wire or
Strand Grip
Come in
sizes for open wire
or suspension
strand.
Using Come-along
with strand grips
to tighten
down guy.
This was
the 1st test set provided to Vern. There were pins by each number to
turn
the dial with. He saved a more modern one, dial.
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Vern still
has his climbing spurs. He never
burned a pole
but did
fall twice.
Drill to
cut hole in pole for through bolt.
Fish Tape.
Vern can tell many stories about fishing walls to get station wire
installed.
this CAN
WRENCH was carried around by Vern through out his Telephony career. As
an engineer he also needed it for testing.
The Wire
Wrap Gun came into being about
the
same time was learning torun jumpers
on the main frame.He first
learned to solder jumper wire tothe flat
terminal block pins. Actually
many
times
the wire-wrap connectionwas not
too good so he soldered them too.
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