David Ekstrom
Project Overview
- Working Time: 15 minutes
Are you looking for a sure fire way to tie off high tensile wire, but have run out of crimp loop sleeves or couplers? Or are they simply not doing the job?
Take a tip from farmer Ray Menke of Ft. Madison, Iowa. He keeps several homemade wire splicers in the pickup and side by side for making quick fencing fixes.
What You'll Need
Equipment / Tools
- Angle grinder equipped with a cut off disc
- Vice
Materials
- ½-inch-diameter bolts
- Nut
- Wire
Instructions
Read the instructions
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David Ekstrom
Use ½-inch diameter bolts that are 1 inch long.
- Using an angle grinder equipped with a cut off blade, cut a slot lengthways down the bolt ¾-inches deep.
- Make sure this slot is wide enough to accommodate the wire you are splicing.
- Next, insert the wire ends and tighten them together using a nut.