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| TIE THE WIRE
TO THE END BRACES |
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| A) |
Roll out the fence |
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Position the roll of fence wire
near an end brace. Roll out about 50 feet of fence.
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Put something heavy on the free end of the wire
as you roll it out to keep it from rolling back
up from that end. |
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| B) |
Strip off the vertical stays |
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If you are using Stay-Tuff
fencing, you can skip this step, because all
of our fencing is made with our patent-pending
Redi-Roll feature. We pre-strip the last 18
inches of the vertical stays, giving you plenty
of clear wire to tie off around the end brace.
Cut off the end stay to get to the stripped
portion of the fencing.
If you have purchased wire that is not manufactured
by Stay-Tuff, strip 3 to 4 vertical stays
from the fence to facilitate tying off the
wire.
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Redi-Roll:
Cut off the end stay to get to the
18 inches of pre-stripped wire |
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| C) |
Align the fence |
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Lift the fence up toward the
end post. While holding the fence roughly in the
position where it will ultimately be tied off, partially
hammer a fencing staple into the knot one horizontal
wire down from the top. This temporary staple helps
hold the fence in position as you tie the wire off.
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Hammer
a temporary staple to hold the wire loosely
in position while you align it |
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Now align the fence to the end post, squaring the
vertical stay wires with the post.
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| D) |
Tie the fence wire to the
end brace using a High-Tensile Knot |
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We recommend that you tie
several of the horizontal wires in the middle of
the fence first. This will allow you to move the
fence wire up or down the fence post to the height
off the ground that you want it before tying off
the remaining wires.
Following are the instructions
for tying a high-tensile knot, which is the best
way to tie off high-tensile Stay-Tuff fencing.
1. Wrap one horizontal line
wire around the post and measure where it crosses
itself.
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Measure
where line wire crosses itself |
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2. Make a “z” shaped bend in the wire
at the point where the wires cross.
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Measure
where line wire crosses itself |
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Pre-bend all the rest of the line wires at the same
place to ensure that the fence fabric will be tied
off evenly.
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3. Pass the bottom part of the
“z” bent wire back up inside the wire
coming around the post.
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Pass
bottom of "z" back up inside the
wire coming around post |
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4. Pull the “z” bent wire up so that
it can be passed over the the top of the wire coming
around the post. To do this, slip your thumb into
the loop and pull upwards.
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5. Bend the wire over the top of the wire coming
around the post.
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6. Wrap the end of the wire from the bottom around
the line wire in the fence fabric.
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Wire
must pass under line wire in fence fabric |
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7. Wrap the wire around the line wire five times.
You’ll probably need leather gloves for this.
As you wrap the wire, you will notice that it will
get hot. This is because the wire is being “work
hardened”.
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Continue
wrapping wire until you have 5 wraps |
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Once you have five wraps around the line wire, you
will then proceed to break the excess wire off so
that it finishes neatly.
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8. To break the wire, rotate
it at 90 degrees to the way that it has been wrapped
around the line wire. Take the wire and bend it
downwards along the plane of the fence line.
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Start
to rotate the wire downwards |
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After about a half a turn the wire will snap.
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The
wire will snap to provide a neat finish |
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As you can see, the high-tensile knot neatly finishes
off the loose ends of the tie wire. Although it
takes a little time to master all the steps, the
end result is worth it.
Tie off the remainder of the line wires using the
steps above. You’ll find this easier to do
if you raise the fence a few inches off the ground
and tie the bottom wire first. Slide the fence down
into place before tying the remaining wires.
Note: Remove the temporary staple that you hammered
in to hold the fence in position while you tied
the first two middle line wires.
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The
fence correctly tied around the post |
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Now do the same for the other end of the fence.
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