Zip-Tie Engineering: I Approve

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/23/2020 at 16:11 • Filed to: None

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 16:22

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That seems solid enough to use as a framework for some bond o action. I'm impressed.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/23/2020 at 16:29

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Just leave it as is, I would.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 16:44

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Buy them a 100pk of white zip ties and leave it on the windshield

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 16:44

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I’ve been known to do something similar but not on a vehicle and with less zip ties.... depending on the brand they used here, that could likely be quite spendy with the quantity.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492 07/23/2020 at 16:48

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I’d have probably used pop rivets and applied a patch of aluminum flashing. But I think they did a fair dinkum job here and they could always hit it with rattle can white. But it wouldn’t stick for more than a fartin’ spell...

onlytwowheels > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 16:49

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Gaffers tape would have been much easier.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > onlytwowheels 07/23/2020 at 16:55

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Initially, perhaps, but UV and moisture would destroy it quickly.

onlytwowheels > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 17:13

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There is a lot of tape on a roll......

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 17:21

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Them there are known as "drift stitches" and this is a fine example.  Though a master would have gotten some X action in there for load spreading. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/23/2020 at 18:09

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I think I’d have pop-riveted a patch of aluminum flashing.

A Boy and His Longtail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 18:12

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I’m honestly impressed 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/23/2020 at 18:37

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Yeah, that’s how my grandpa would have fixed it, to o!

HAHA, just kidding   (i s it okay to make grandpa jokes?)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > A Boy and His Longtail 07/23/2020 at 20:22

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I am as well. I might have woven them though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/23/2020 at 20:23

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Make all you want.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/24/2020 at 00:26

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I approve as well.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 07/24/2020 at 00:41

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Drill bits. I’ve decided that for my general practice, the 1/4 hex base make the most sense. But I can’t find a set that I like. They want to sell you a set that goes up to 1/2" and I want a smaller set. And with the slots labeled. Looked at Lowe’s and the Despot so far. Time for a deep dive into Amazon.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/24/2020 at 08:28

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Can't help you there. I like standard round shank drill bits.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 07/24/2020 at 09:49

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Yeah. Just tool talk.

Interesting screw story:

I’m tightening up the chairs in my daughter’s dining room. I’ve been swearing by Hillman Torx (TM) drive screws for years. Copper-colored (which coating fades rapidly under UV), et cetera. I went to the Despot to buy some and they carry SPAX, which I also swear by for flat head, Phillips drive. I bought the SPAX answer to the Hillman screws and boy, are they s**tty. Flimsy and the SPAX answer to Torx has like a button on the bottom to make sure the SPAX tips do lousy in anything else. So the screws and the tips are going back to the Despot this morning because $9.50/bx and they suck. But I’ll stick with the SPAX for the Phillips-drive, shorter stuff, and the Hillman for the other. Interesting how Lowe’s and the Despot compliment each other.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/24/2020 at 12:38

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There’s no convenient Lowe’s around here, do I almost never go there. I’m currently mad at Home Depot because they screwed me on two separate curbside pickup orders. I’ve bought everything I’ve needed at ACE Hardware since then. Next time I need something they don’t have at at Ace, I'll go to Menards (Midwestern chain, like Depot, but they stock more building materials). For wood I found a proper local lumber yard finally.