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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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Figure II. 
Different Types of Wire Fasteners.—A. Home made fasteners. B. 
Commercial fasteners. 
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 
