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It used to be that contractors would hang their phone lines and cable off anything including ceiling grid, pipe, sprinklers, anything they could get a zip tie on. Fortunately, codes eventually put an end to that practice and most contractors are using some form of data cable hanger.

Bridle Rings.

One of the first data cable hangers were bridle rings. These are simply 1/4" rod bent in an open circle. They come in various sizes up to 4" and have either a 1/4"-20 thread for mounting or a screw type end that can be screwed up into wood.

As cable has evolved and become more sensitive, these rings are being used less as the bearing area is two narrow for newer cabling applications. Mineralac has a bridle ring with a built in saddle that makes it acceptable for most newer types of cables.

J Hooks

One of the most popular forms of data cable hangers is the steel j hook. J hooks are just that, a j shaped hook that you can lay your cable in. J hooks come in sizes ranging from 3/4" to 4". J hooks are a very versatile data cable hangers as they are available plain or with hammer on clamps, wings to mount to grid wire and rod, angle clips to mount to threaded rod and many other configurations. Some of these data cable hangers have retainers to keep the cable in check.

Generic metal j hook data cable hangers are now available that can offer some unique styles and will definitely save you money over brand names.

Plastic Data Cable Hangers

One data cable hanger that is gaining popularity very fast is the new strap type hangers. Arlington Industries makes a product called the Loop that is a plenum rated loop that has a closure keeping the cable in check. These hangers have a built in mounting block that makes them easy to mount to the wall, ceiling, threaded rod or to a mounting bracket.

As with the metal j hooks, the Arlington Loop is available with a variety of configurations saving time on the job. One of the biggest advantage of this type of hanger is cost, usually running about half the cost of bridle rings and metal j hook data cable hangers.

In conclusion...

Today there is a wide variety of data cable hangers available. All of them offer their own advantages. Most data cable distributors get in a real rut, just being interested in selling you cable and don't take the time to show you all the new hangers. Take a little time on the net and you will be pleasantly surprised at the wide variety of data cable hangers available to you.

Data Cable Hanger Options

See the latest data cable hangers including;

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The Most Important Things I Learned In Life, I Learned In The Boxing Ring - Part 1

It feels a little strange talking about my illustrious fighting career, as I'm no longer fighting. I have retired. My excuse is that I've turned 35, which is rather a good excuse, as you're not legally allowed to fight in NSW once you turn 35. I could complain about the 'ageism' involved in this, but to tell you the truth I'm quite glad. It's not only escaping the trial of having to get up at the crack of dawn every morning to go running.

Actually I never made it up at the crack of dawn. If I were up and running by 7am that was pretty unusual. Tyson priding himself on running at about 3am or something like that, after which he'd go back to bed. His reason: 'While I am training, my opponent is sleeping'. This doesn't make much sense to me, as Tyson probably slept in after that, probably right through his opponents training session!

Anyway, it's not just the training discipline, or the constant monitoring of your diet (I put on 5 kilos in a month after I stopped training). It's having to live with that fear that takes hold of you leading up to a fight. It's not a fear of getting hurt, but a fear of looking like a dork. I know you can get that fear anywhere (eg. preaching), but there is something particularly humiliating about looking like a dork in the ring, having a thousand staring spectators watch you fall in a heap on the floor while your opponent dances around laughing at you.

I'm quite glad to be passed it, but I'm also very glad I did it. Fighting for me was always more than just a sport. My first fight especially was a very spiritual experience. For me, as a male, stepping into the ring for the first time, was a bizarre experience. Your brothers lead you inside the ring, the women folk are all at a distance, and it's just you and one other man standing there in your underwear facing each other. Your brothers pull back and leave you there alone under the spotlight, and you're asked to survive for three rounds, while the other guy tries to take you apart.

There is something very similar in this process to the traditional initiation ceremonies in other cultures. Some tribes of American Indians have a ritual where, when a boy comes of age, they take him out into the woods, and then they pull back and leave him there, and he has to survive by himself for a week. When he returns to the village alive he is a man.

I remember when I stepped out of the ring after my first fight, I felt more at peace with myself as a man. Indeed, I suspect that if we had some ritual like this for all our teenage boys - where at a certain age we lead them into a boxing ring and then leave them there to survive the rounds, and then go and celebrate their coming into adulthood - I suspect we would have a lot less problems with our young boys and men than we have today.

You can learn from the ring - hence the title of this talk. And without going any further down that specific path of how boxing can work for adolescent males, let me rather offer three more general truths which have been engraved into my consciousness through my brief sojourn in the ring.

1. Learn how to take a hit
A myth circulates in martial arts movies that you can fight without getting hit. Not true.

Bruce Lee, more than anyone else I think, is responsible for spreading this myth. If you've ever seen 'Enter the Dragon' or any of his films, you'll know that he has this tendency to fight off a circle of maybe a hundred assailants at once. They attack him with fists and feet and clubs and knives, and he destroys them all without taking a hit himself. This only happens in the movies.

Likewise in life, a myth circulates, often amongst Christian groups, that if you live a good life, you can avoid 'getting hit' in life. Not true. Bad things happen to good people.

It's amazing how often in hospitals, as a priest, you get asked to explain how it is that God allows these things to happen. 'I haven't done anything wrong in my life' people protest. 'Why is this happening to me'.

I've taken a fair share of blows inside and outside of the ring, and the trick is not to go down. I can say with pride that when I fought for the NSW title last year against Mike Dwyer I took a hammering at some points in that fight. I was in pain, disorientated, at one point hanging on to my opponent while I got my bearings. The referee was shouting at me 'no holding'. I felt like whimpering back 'if I don't hang on I'm going to fall over'. But I didn't fall over. I didn't go down. I went the distance, and I had him in trouble too at some points. I didn't win in the end, but I maintained my self-respect, and was proud of my performance because I refused to crumble.

'Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil?. (13) Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand'. (Eph 6:11-13)

I love that verse because it always reminds me of the ring. Sometimes the goal is just 'to stand'. Sometimes that's all you can do - just 'stand'. That's true in life too.

I've taken my share of hits outside as well as inside the ring. The most painful hits for me, as for so many other men I know, have been associated with trying to get access to your children after a divorce. I've worked with a lot of desperate and miserable people over the last few years - people who are dying of one thing or another, people who are suicidal, who've been raped or beaten, addicted to this thing or another. While not downplaying any of those tragedies I still find the most miserable and pathetic group are men struggling to get access to their children.

Sometimes all you can do is just try to 'stay on your feet'. St Paul had his own list of struggles. I don't know whether he ever had children, let alone custody problems. He was imprisoned frequently, flogged 'countless times' and sometimes near death. Five times he received the 40 lashes minus 1, three times beaten with rods, stoned once but he didn't die, shipwrecked 3 times, once adrift for a night and a day (all from 2 Cor 11:23-28). Surely St Paul must have asked at times 'Didn't you say Lord that your yoke was easy and your burden was light'? He must have wondered at times, but in 2 Corinthians 4 he gives this great testimony.

"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed" (2 Cor 4:8-9). To put it in my words "We are taking a beating but we haven't been beaten, we are on the ropes but not on the canvas, we are hurt and in pain but we haven't given in, we are down but not out."

St Paul learnt how to take a hit and not let it destroy him, not let the bitterness overtake him, not let anger from the injustices you might have suffered overtake him and dominate his life. We all need to learn this, because whether you are a good guy or whether you are a bad guy, or whether you are like me - an ordinary guy - sooner or later you're going to get hit. Learn it in the ring or learn it the hard way.

About the Author

Rev. David B. Smith (the 'Fighting Father') Parish priest, community worker,martial arts master, pro boxer, author, father of three.
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Is There A Way To Match Up Rod Caps To Their Original Rods That Got Mixed Up?

Long story short, my friend and I were rebuilding my old muscle car. Ended up getting new pistons/rings installed on the old rods. Took it to a machine shop with the rod caps in the specific order. When I went to go pick it up after it was done, they put all my new stuff in a new box that didn't have slots to keep one thing in place. It got mixed up.

I know you have to keep the rods and rod caps together if reusing them. Using new bearings anyway. And I heard if they aren't installed in the proper spot with the correct rod, I heard it won't turn or the bearings won't last.

Just need to find a way to get the rods and the rod caps back on the same page and then continue with the rebuild. ANYWAY to do that? Thanks, Chevy 350.

No way to match them if they weren't marked or you marked them before you took them apart.

Now you need to take them to the machine shop and have them assembled and checked. Most likely they will now need to re-size all the rod ends.................md

Bidding a fond farewell to a fisherman’s friend
We slid the column that was going to run today over for a few days. Some things are more important than the prospects posted by the IDNR for the slug deer season or the fabulous steelhead season that’s ready to explode on Lake Michigan’s tributaries when the first autumn rain …

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