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[abedooley]

I was digging through my junk drawer AGAIN and ran across some old telephone line and I realized that it's the same gauge as DETAIL wire. I'm not sure axactly what gauge it is, but I'm sure it's as small or smaller than 26 gauge. I didn't use an actual telephone cord, but it was the line that goes to the JACK. I had two different sets of this line layin around and one of them had 4 lines and the other had 6 lines. I think the one with 6 lines is for some kinda multiple phone line deal and it had lil' white spots on the lines and came in green-white, blue-white, orange, and brown. The other line was just black, red, yellow, and green. They were wrapped in a gray line that was really easy to remove. All I did was just pull the lines out. I'm sure someones found this out, but I searched for it and didn't see it. Plus if you went to any electrical supply shop, I guarantee you will find this stuff (and a whole lot of more cool stuff) individually. So here's another tip from the "NEW" guy.

This is the line that has 6 lines and you can see the different colored markings on it. I'm sure theres an easy solution to get just the spots off the lines or you could find another use for it.

Heres the other line that is VERY clean and straight. I love this stuff.

Heres the jacks I took them out of.

Edited June 15, 2008 by abedooley

[Clay]

yes phone line is made to be able to use multiple lines, but those of us that only have one line use the red and black lines. and your pictures are not there.

[abedooley]

yes phone line is made to be able to use multiple lines, but those of us that only have one line use the red and black lines. and your pictures are not there.

There, are they there now??? I think I moved them to a different folder after I posted them. Whoops!

[MrObsessive]

Abe, if you have an electronics supply store in your area, you can buy that stuff by the roll! I'd recommend Radio Shack, but in this area they've all but dried up and blown away.

Check around for some other suppliers as they may sell retail to outsiders.

HTH!

[abedooley]

We have an electrical supplier here called ALL-PHASE and its been a few years since I been in there, but I remember they had all kinds of wiring. I remember they also had plenty of hard lines as well. I just figured this would be helpful to people who didnt have the money, like me, and might have this stuff just laying around like I did. Maybe even a Grainger might have it. I think the whole reason I'm so fascinated by this stuff is because I'm very new to the whole "SUPER DETAIL" scene and I've kept my eyes open for all kinds of stuff that could be useful, especially if I dont have to pay for it.