George Simmons Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Let's hear it for Zip Ties! Whatever did we do before these snazzy little numbers were invented? Is there anyone among us who doean't use them, and if so, I'm curious what would you possibly use in their place?I just finished a project where I went through about 800 of them. As I was sweeping the cut-offs together and then replenishing my bins with a couple thousand new ones I bought just today, I got to thinking about how many I actually go through in a given year. Geez - it's a pretty high number - I'm glad they're as cheap as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Showalter Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Much better than bailing wire! I picked up 3,500 of them a few weeks ago and I'm thinking I should have bought twice as many while they were on sale at Harbor Freight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSedg Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 George, years ago I used twisty-ties. You can buy them in rolls and cut off whatever you need. It worked fine, but my poor little fingers were bloody stumps by the time I got all the display up. Like you, I'm very glad for zip ties now---with a gun to save the fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 the space shuttle is made of duck tape and zip ties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian.t.lowery Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 All government equipment is made of duct tape and zip ties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I have one element at home, a 5 foot star, with 1,200 wire ties on it. And the one for the city that is 6 ft has 1,600 wire ties. It depends on the year, but one year we ordered 24,000. I can't immagine doing it any other way. Now part of this is due to use outside, and getting them dirty, but we have worn out a fair number of the cheap Uline wire tie guns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 three cheers for zip ties, your right George what would we do with out these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawes Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I would hate to resort to using little bits of string tied in bows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybrynn Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 JUst bought another 1000 the other day ... very useful. Been using them to bind together RGB modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzaas Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 james campbell wrote: the space shuttle is made of duck tape and zip tiesDon't forget the USED chewing gum that holds the tiles on.I use the heck out of zip-ties also, I also use a zip-tie gun, previous to the gun my forefinger used to get bloody and raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 kzaas wrote: james campbell wrote: the space shuttle is made of duck tape and zip tiesDon't forget the USED chewing gum that holds the tiles on.I use the heck out of zip-ties also, I also use a zip-tie gun, previous to the gun my forefinger used to get bloody and raw.The standards for space shuttle repair just aren't what they were a few months ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace_master Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I bought 10,000 zip ties in the spring to get ready for making Christmas decorations.... a couple weeks ago I had to break down and order another 10,000. the second time around I went with cheaper ones... I hope they don't start breaking in the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian.t.lowery Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I just started building my first big display and I've already used about 400 of these bad boys....and i've just started! I'm guessing around 4000 total for this year. If I had to do that with string or bailing wire I don't even know if I'd be doing this. HOORAY FOR ZIP TIES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 You can make almost anything out of Zip Ties Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 And you also need a shirt like this. To use the Zip Ties the proper way. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory402 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_tie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lleibeck Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 .....and when you need to remove zip ties, here's a cool tool.Been using on for two years, cost $14.00. Have never nicked a wire either.http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=zip+tie+cutter&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&prmd=ivns&biw=768&bih=495&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=485449007757661880&sa=X&ei=fSZ-TqjOGIvAtgfqhIBT&ved=0CHIQ8wIwBQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batzdorf Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Zip Ties - Duct Tape. They're both the same. I just fixed my band on my hard hard with zippies. $55 for a new logging hard hat, but a few pennies and four 4" ties fixed it for another season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I just ordered 56,000 zip ties. That should get the city show through the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Saul Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Had the rear bumper of an old car held on by zip ties for over 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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