[Milsurplus] .... a tool for doing safety wires?

[Bruce Lane]

Hi, gang,

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 09-May-03 at 10:30 Bill and Arlene Hooper wrote:

>Jay,
>
>There sure was - and I suspect there may still be some, it was a pair of
>long-nose pliers with a "T" handle between the regular handles with a
>spiral spline.  You put the untwisted wire through the safety holes, even=
 up the
>ends, clamp the ends with the pliers and pull the "T" handle - this spins
>the pliers and makes the neat twist - trim to length and turn back so=
 sharp
>ends are not exposed - you are all done - takes a lot longer to tell it
>than to do it!

	If anyone wants these, Boeing Surplus in Kent, WA turns up loads of them=
 every week. I think they're in the $5-$10 range.


-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior
to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)