Comments on: Land line is working again http://pinds.com/2006/10/24/land-line-is-working-again/ spiritual entrepreneurship, personal growth, internet, food, politics. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: robin http://pinds.com/2006/10/24/land-line-is-working-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 robin Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:23:50 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/land-line-is-working-again#comment-1229 He he. That's a ... wait for it .. Krone punchdown tool! Nice bonus - I'd hang onto it. He he. That’s a … wait for it .. Krone punchdown tool! Nice bonus – I’d hang onto it.

]]> By: Lars Pind http://pinds.com/2006/10/24/land-line-is-working-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Lars Pind Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:23:50 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/land-line-is-working-again#comment-1230 And what will a Krone punchdown tool do for me? And what will a Krone punchdown tool do for me?

]]> By: robin http://pinds.com/2006/10/24/land-line-is-working-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 robin Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:23:50 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/land-line-is-working-again#comment-1231 Ah, glad you asked. It will assist you in making an excellent connection between your wire pairs and the connectors inside your sockets. You can make do with a very small flat-head screwdriver, but the Krone tool will give you a very good result indeed. Not for everyday use, I grant you, but when you need such a tool, it's nice to have, plus you can impress visiting telco engineers. Ah, glad you asked. It will assist you in making an excellent connection between your wire pairs and the connectors inside your sockets. You can make do with a very small flat-head screwdriver, but the Krone tool will give you a very good result indeed. Not for everyday use, I grant you, but when you need such a tool, it’s nice to have, plus you can impress visiting telco engineers.

]]> By: Mark Aufflick http://pinds.com/2006/10/24/land-line-is-working-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Mark Aufflick Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:23:50 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/land-line-is-working-again#comment-1232 I remember once trying to take a Krone tool on a plane in my hand luggage. You can see all the hooks, clips and widgets - well they are all metal, wierdly shaped and some are sharp. This was pre 9/11, but it lit up the xray screen like a futuristic torture device. It took me quite a long time to persuade the security guys that it was an innocuous tech tool and no more dangerous than a semi-sharp pencil. I still had to let them check it for me, but at least I got it back! Along with a Krone punchdown block it comes in handy from time to time. I last used it to mock up a PC serial to Apple Newton cable :) I remember once trying to take a Krone tool on a plane in my hand luggage.

You can see all the hooks, clips and widgets – well they are all metal, wierdly shaped and some are sharp.

This was pre 9/11, but it lit up the xray screen like a futuristic torture device. It took me quite a long time to persuade the security guys that it was an innocuous tech tool and no more dangerous than a semi-sharp pencil.

I still had to let them check it for me, but at least I got it back!

Along with a Krone punchdown block it comes in handy from time to time. I last used it to mock up a PC serial to Apple Newton cable :)

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