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I'll donate the materials, Kevin! You can never repay what your mother, grandmother or great-grandmother for what they gave you. Great idea.

Offering to donate time and materials... You guys are beyond awesome! I OWE YOU guys for all your help!

After all the questions you guys have answered, I feel pretty confident about this gig. I have prefabricated my punch blocks and preprogrammed the Avaya system. All that's left is pulling the 1A2 out and re-terminating the cable. Should be a pretty straightforward job but I'm prepared for a surprise or two. If there are late breaking issues, you can be sure I will be posting in here on Saturday. If there are lingering issues I may go back on Sunday.

Thanks again for everything... I'm bringing my camera so I can post the "after" pics.

Here are the pictures of the pre-fabbed blocks, complete with patch cables.

I created the block on the left and the patch cables at top, the two right blocks were purchased with the jacks preinstalled (but I installed the bridging clips).


You can see a large copy here .

The question I have to ask is how did you do the lettering on those covers?

-Hal

Brother Labeler with BLACK/CLEAR tape.

I was thinking that you had them engraved but it had to be a label maker with clear tape. As hard as I looked I couldn't make it out though.

Looks like that should work for you.

-Hal

I completed the system installation yesterday. It all worked out great! There were some surprises, such as the additional 3 extensions that couldn't be found in my pictures which were cross connected to a block in the attic.

But thanks to all your help, I knew what to expect.

I need to go back on-site this week to install some wire management pieces, and will take some pictures to post.

Thanks for keeping us updated. Your feedback will help to assure many others that it's not as scary as it looks. We are looking forward to pictures, so please don't forget us.

Here are the "after" pics of the job.

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Thanks again for everything! You can see the full set of pictures at my flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waldrondigital/sets/72157607363960724/

Also you can see a full report on a blog within a few days or so:
https://www.waldrondigital.com

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE IN HERE!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!

... oh and you may know my Grandmother. She's rather famous.



The one and only.... Phyllis Diller.

My offering as a reward for all your great help is an autographed photo mailed to you. PM me with the name you want on the photo and your mailing address. You must have responded to my post to qualify.

She and her assistant LOVE the new system. It works wonderfully thanks to you guys.

Cheers.