CEMENT AND CONCRETE FENCE POSTS. 



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A "single staple" may also be used, but the wire is fastened 

 to the staple by a small "cold shut link," or wire ring. The latter 

 system is not a very strong method of fastening, owing to the ease 

 with which the cold shut links open. (See Fig. 2.) 



Perhaps the most common method of fastening wires to cement 

 or concrete posts consists of tying in the line wire to the post by 

 means of a piece of smaller wire called a "tie wire" (usually No. 

 14 or No. 15 wire). The single tie consists of wrapping one end 

 of the tie wire three "or four times around the line wire, then 

 passing the long end through a hole in the post and bringing it 

 around to the face of the post where it is also wrapped around the 

 line wire. (See Fig. 2.) 



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S/A/CLf T/C. DOUBLE T/. 



T/CAROUA/DPOST. 



DOUBLE STAPLE. 



S/NCLE S-TAPLE 

 AMD /VNC. 



CAST /RON 

 STAPLE-HOLDER. 



Figure II. 



Different Types of Wire Fasteners. A. 

 Commercial fasteners. 



Home made fasteners. B. 



The tie around post is much the same as the single tie, except 

 that the tie wire passes around the post instead of through the 

 hole. (See Fig. 2.) Neither the single tie or the tie around post 

 are very strong unless the tips of the tie wire are hooked over the 



