101 uses for safety wire...

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#1 hot wiring the most expensive mx bike of 2017

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Fixing the cable release on your recliner, when the cheap plastic cable hook breaks.

Gotta be able to lean back & take a nap while Nap Car is on TV. Laughing

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Plastic compression fitting came loose on my salt tank for the well water filter system.

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Locking important bolts on airplanes Huh
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TeamGreen 7/3/2017 4:02pm
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resetjet wrote:
Locking important bolts on airplanes Huh
And missiles...
Race cars...
Tanks...(M1, etc.)

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eric513anderson 7/3/2017 4:12pm
7/3/2017 4:12pm
resetjet wrote:
Locking important bolts on airplanes Huh
We do this at my work also. Tie the ring gear bolts together for the fork lift drive units
TbonesPop 7/3/2017 5:39pm
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Tying Rebar together for a concrete slab (using 1/2" rebar 24" OC, not using mesh).
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I went through safety wire class in the USAF. Lots of it on aircraft. They take it very seriously. And don't lose the bits you cut off.
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TeamGreen 7/3/2017 5:46pm
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RM Mike wrote:
I went through safety wire class in the USAF. Lots of it on aircraft. They take it very seriously. And don't lose the bits you cut...
I went through safety wire class in the USAF. Lots of it on aircraft. They take it very seriously. And don't lose the bits you cut off.
"Twist(s) per Inch"
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Making a small scorpion knick-knack for wifey...

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6-8 twists per inch
Harry Backmon 7/3/2017 6:47pm
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flywest wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/07/03/203237/s1200_IMG_3213.jpg[/img] 6-8 twists per inch


6-8 twists per inch
Yepper. Wired up many rotor heads on the SH-3H Seaking.
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flywest wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/07/03/203237/s1200_IMG_3213.jpg[/img] 6-8 twists per inch


6-8 twists per inch
Well that's kinda cool too I guess...
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TeamGreen 7/3/2017 7:37pm
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What was it we used... .020 & .032 right?

10-12 twists per inch on the little stuff (.020) and 6-8 on the .032?
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RM Mike 7/5/2017 8:13am
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TeamGreen wrote:
What was it we used... .020 & .032 right?

10-12 twists per inch on the little stuff (.020) and 6-8 on the .032?
That sounds right. I got out in '84 so it's a lil hazy.
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TeamGreen 7/5/2017 8:21am
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TeamGreen wrote:
What was it we used... .020 & .032 right?

10-12 twists per inch on the little stuff (.020) and 6-8 on the .032?
RM Mike wrote:
That sounds right. I got out in '84 so it's a lil hazy.
After a few years...they put me in R&D on the inspection side: it was my job to know...I'm hoping it stuck. If not...shit might start falling out of the sky!
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Swann 7/5/2017 8:48am
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I found a young Ivan Ramirez stuck on the side of a trail with a broken chain in Baja while pre-running for the Baja 500 and I used a small piece of safety wire to keep his master link together. Apparently he made it another 50 miles to his awaiting father. Safety wire FTW!
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Falcon 7/5/2017 11:54am
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I tighten the fuel can hose to the fitting on the can with safety wire. Overkill, but my can doesn't spill a drop!

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