crimping ethernet without eyes

[talmage at somtel.com]

It's been a while since I had to do it, but when I had to, I made a tester 
to figure which wires were which.
My tester is just a unit I put together with a 9 volt battery, a tone 
generator from Radio Shack, and 2 leads with alligator clips.  I used 
alligator clips so I could put a pin in 1 to get in the grooves of the 
plug, and I wanted the tester for other stuff.

At 09:33 AM 3/13/2004, you wrote:
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>Hi all.
>Has anyone found a solution for crimping the ends on ethernet cables
>without being able to see what color the wires are? I would like to be
>able to make these network cables since I often need small 6-ft wires
>and don't feel like going to the store everythime I need one.