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Stormin Mormon Stormin Mormon is offline
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Default Chicken Wire Fasteners

Wonder if we could loop some baling wire, or electric fence wire
through? Think of the chicken wire as if it were fabric, and the
wire is sewing thrread?

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: Your second image posted to inaccessible link so couldn't tell
what
: you wanted to show, but...
:
: Typically, one strings chicken wire from one post to the next
and ties
: it w/ wire at the post if metal or staples it if wood. Then,
: normally, if there's a need for a splice, it's done at a post
or if
: must be done in between, use heavy (like #10) wire and wrap it
around
: it is one way or clip back the mesh for a couple inches on each
piece
: and individually splice.
:
: The top and bottom should be strung along a heavier tension
wire. For
: a top, same sort of thing -- use a cross-web of heavier wire as
the
: supporting mechanism and tie it to that.
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