Hi Robert, The correct name of that product is cable ties. I have a tool for installing them. After the tie is wrapped around the wires you insert the end in this device. As you squeeze the trigger the cable tie is tightened and when it is at the point when it can not be tightened any more the tail is automatically cut off making a very neat job. If you are going to use them outdoors I would get a little heavier tie and one that is UV protected. Although for Christmas lights it probably does not matter. A few years ago I had the brilliant idea of how to install a shade blind on my back porch.Rather then trying to match up the hooks, I installed a 10" 1 - 1/2 pvc pipe under the roof and I used cable ties to affix the blind. After a few weeks the blind was partly hanging down. Between the wind working the blind back and forth and the sun making the ties very brittle my brilliant idea was doomed. I went back to the hardware store and purchased much heavier ties with UV protection. The blind has been up for several years. I also had to put end caps on the pipe to keep birds from nesting inside. ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:09 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights
Dale If I understand what you are describing, that is what I was calling zip ties. Some are perminant and some of the larger, more heavy duty ones have a small flap in them that you can use to release them so you can use them over again. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights How about those plastic ties, the sort you pull the end through a one way eye in the other end? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve & Shannon To: BlindHandyMan Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hanging Christmas Lights Hello All, Looking for suggestions on how to hang Christmas lights on a porch with wood railings and wooden pickets without using staples or nails. Steve & Shannon Today I married my best friend. The one that I laugh with, live for, love. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
