Tools for electrical work

Posted by Greg G on February 26, 2006, 2:10 pm

I'm fixing up a room for a home office. It needed some outlets, phone
jacks and Ethernet connections. Nice work for a technically adept
fellow like me. Today I'm working on the phone and data lines. Here is
a list of the tools I have used so far:

Tape Measure
Pencil
Level
Rotozip
Hammer Drill
1/2" and 3/4" x 12" masonry bits
Masonry Hammer
Masonry chisels (2, Big.)
4 pound hand sledge.
Vacuum cleaner (I used this a *lot*)
Heavy duty hand cleaner. I also anticipate using a lot of shampoo
later today.

Did I mention that I'm putting the jacks in a cinder block and plaster
wall? Any minute now I may start working with some wires...

Greg Guarino

Posted by JillAdams on February 26, 2006, 3:50 pm

are you lonely greg ?

Greg G wrote:

> I'm fixing up a room for a home office. It needed some outlets, phone
> jacks and Ethernet connections. Nice work for a technically adept
> fellow like me. Today I'm working on the phone and data lines. Here is
> a list of the tools I have used so far:
>
> Tape Measure
> Pencil
> Level
> Rotozip
> Hammer Drill
> 1/2" and 3/4" x 12" masonry bits
> Masonry Hammer
> Masonry chisels (2, Big.)
> 4 pound hand sledge.
> Vacuum cleaner (I used this a *lot*)
> Heavy duty hand cleaner. I also anticipate using a lot of shampoo
> later today.
>
> Did I mention that I'm putting the jacks in a cinder block and plaster
> wall? Any minute now I may start working with some wires...
>
> Greg Guarino

Posted by Greg G on February 26, 2006, 4:37 pm

>are you lonely greg ?

Nope. But my wife and daughter do generally have the good sense to
leave the premises when I start a project like this. My post was an
attempt to convey (humorously) how little of a "wiring" job actually
involves wire.

Greg

>Greg G wrote:

>> I'm fixing up a room for a home office. It needed some outlets, phone
>> jacks and Ethernet connections. Nice work for a technically adept
>> fellow like me. Today I'm working on the phone and data lines. Here is
>> a list of the tools I have used so far:
>>
>> Tape Measure
>> Pencil
>> Level
>> Rotozip
>> Hammer Drill
>> 1/2" and 3/4" x 12" masonry bits
>> Masonry Hammer
>> Masonry chisels (2, Big.)
>> 4 pound hand sledge.
>> Vacuum cleaner (I used this a *lot*)
>> Heavy duty hand cleaner. I also anticipate using a lot of shampoo
>> later today.
>>
>> Did I mention that I'm putting the jacks in a cinder block and plaster
>> wall? Any minute now I may start working with some wires...
>>
>> Greg Guarino

Posted by Toller on February 26, 2006, 4:50 pm

>>are you lonely greg ?

> Nope. But my wife and daughter do generally have the good sense to
> leave the premises when I start a project like this. My post was an
> attempt to convey (humorously) how little of a "wiring" job actually
> involves wire.

Thank you for explaining that. It went right over my head; I read it
several times trying to figure out what you were asking.

Posted by JillAdams on February 28, 2006, 3:30 am

>(humorously)

try a comedy club greg...

we'll see how humorously you are then...

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