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shmokes:

Heh . . . I won't get a pinball machine into the house until I have an actual house with a dedicated play room.  That's quite a number of years down the road.

Ed_McCarron:


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--- Quote from: patrickl on September 05, 2008, 01:04:30 pm ---So you still haven't gotten this done?

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No, you heard him.  He cut the wires too close.

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I don't actually know what you mean.

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Attempt at funny -- FAILED.

You made the comment:


--- Quote from: shmokes on September 05, 2008, 12:29:30 pm ---Seriously, though, I have to be careful about spending.  We cut it REALLY close. 

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I'll go back to EE now.

shmokes:

Ah ha . . . yeah, it would have taken a psychic to get that joke  ;D

shmokes:

Punched down the other side to a jack.  Toned everything out and I'm golden.   ;D  Definitely glad I did it the hard way.  It looks great and is super strong.  I used 1/16" heat shrink on all the inner wires, and then slid a larger piece over the whole cable, so it still just looks like a single (albeit two-toned) cable.  But it's much longer now and has an RJ45 connector and jack in the middle of it.

patrickl:

Lol. Well done.

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