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Re: What about Duck tape?
By:Bob H
Date: 12/10/1998, 3:38 pm
In Response To: Lazy Man's Friend (Pete Roszyk)

I just ordered the Arctic Tern and I had planned on using Duck Tape instead of wires,(I don't want any holes in my wood) Do you think this would work? Can you see the holes you put in the boat?

> Halfway through the estimated 350 wire stitches that go into the Pygmy
> Coho, I started thinking there had to be a better way. Anyone out there
> familiar with aircraft engines might recognize this as a 'safety wire
> twister'.

> The way to use it is not obvious to all, but once I got the hang of it,
> I'm guessing it cut my wire twisting time by 2/3 or better and gave me
> better quality control as well. I'll never do it by 'hand' again.

> This is a 6" version, but they come as big as you can handle. I got
> the smallest I could find.

Messages In This Thread

Lazy Man's Friend
Pete Roszyk -- 12/10/1998, 11:25 am
Re: Lazy Man's Friend
Peter S. -- 12/11/1998, 5:51 pm
Re: Lazy Man's Friend
Nolan Penney -- 12/14/1998, 6:18 am
Re: Lazy Man's Friend
Capt Patrick McCrary -- 12/10/1998, 10:37 pm
Re: Lazy Man's Friend
Jon Murray -- 12/11/1998, 2:02 pm
Re: Lazy Man's Friend
Dennis R. Weilert -- 12/11/1998, 12:02 pm
Re: Thanks Dennis!
Capt Patrick McCrary -- 12/11/1998, 12:19 pm
Re: What about Duck tape?
Bob H -- 12/10/1998, 3:38 pm
Re: What about Duck tape?
Shawn Baker -- 12/11/1998, 9:43 am
Holes as design element
Pete Roszyk -- 12/11/1998, 12:03 pm
I like'em too
Brian C. -- 12/11/1998, 1:24 pm
Re: Holes as design element
Scotty -- 12/11/1998, 1:10 pm
Re: Holes as design element
L.C. -- 12/11/1998, 5:50 pm
Re: Lazy Man's Friend (6" Safety wire twister
Shawn Baker -- 12/10/1998, 2:40 pm
excellent idea
Brian T. Cunningham -- 12/10/1998, 11:35 am