http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:16:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234528 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:55:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234528 When I worked at Sears Auto, we used to wrap pallets of old vehicle batteries. It only took a few wraps to secure over one thousand pounds of batteries, so I would say it is pretty strong. (The stuff we used seemed to be the same thickness as the smaller stuff similar to the photo above.) When I worked at Sears Auto, we used to wrap pallets of old vehicle batteries. It only took a few wraps to secure over one thousand pounds of batteries, so I would say it is pretty strong.
(The stuff we used seemed to be the same thickness as the smaller stuff similar to the photo above.)

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234350 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:25:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234350 I got some at U-Haul (probably paid too much) years ago when I was moving kids back from college. Great stuff for wrapping and aggregating the each layer of limbs on an artificial Christmas Tree to keep them together. I got some at U-Haul (probably paid too much) years ago when I was moving kids back from college. Great stuff for wrapping and aggregating the each layer of limbs on an artificial Christmas Tree to keep them together.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234033 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:46:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-234033 You can get bigger (wider) rolls of wrap at any warehouse supply store. It is commonly used for wrapping pallets , so they don't unstack themselves during shipping. Handy for moving furniture also, just wrap up your dressers or file cabinets and the drawers won't open in transit. Remember to protect your fine finishes before wrapping though, as the solvents in the wrap will eventual leave their mark. You can get bigger (wider) rolls of wrap at any warehouse supply store. It is commonly used for wrapping pallets , so they don’t unstack themselves during shipping. Handy for moving furniture also, just wrap up your dressers or file cabinets and the drawers won’t open in transit. Remember to protect your fine finishes before wrapping though, as the solvents in the wrap will eventual leave their mark.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233985 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:51:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233985 Just don't use it to hold that spare video card to your old motherboard! Stretch wraps of all sorts work by static electricity, a death sentence for unprotected electronics. Just don’t use it to hold that spare video card to your old motherboard! Stretch wraps of all sorts work by static electricity, a death sentence for unprotected electronics.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233412 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:22:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233412 [...] Toolmonger » Blog Archive » All Tied Up With Flat Twine (tags: woodworking tools) [...] […] Toolmonger » Blog Archive » All Tied Up With Flat Twine (tags: woodworking tools) […]

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233267 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:29:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233267 Also available at Staples (et al) in the packing section -- it's not something you use to hold a load, it's something you use to keep stuff tidy if you want to move the stuff around -- keeping a rug rolled up, holding the bits of a coffemaker together, that sort of thing. There's always tape or string, but once you get used to this stuff, it's very handy indeed. Also available at Staples (et al) in the packing section — it’s not something you use to hold a load, it’s something you use to keep stuff tidy if you want to move the stuff around — keeping a rug rolled up, holding the bits of a coffemaker together, that sort of thing. There’s always tape or string, but once you get used to this stuff, it’s very handy indeed.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233211 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:56:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/14/all-tied-up-with-flat-twine/#comment-233211 it's useful stuff, but 1ft of rope = about 6ft of film for strength, making the price difference less dramatic it’s useful stuff, but 1ft of rope = about 6ft of film for strength, making the price difference less dramatic

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