wienie wrote:

I've tried in vain to find any information other than sources for the tools
and the twine itself.

If you hit the [ Next ] tap at this site:
http://www.tpub.com/neets/book4/12p.htm there are three more pages of
information.

A little more info. he
http://www.tecratools.com/pages/teca...le_lacing.html

And, a little more he
http://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/

PS: May be folklore, but we were told not to put the twine in
our mouths as it was impregnated with minute amount of cyanide
to keep the rodents from chewing it.

One site says the twine contains a fungicide.

Hope the above helps - Brian.