Uses for fencing wire.

**RobHay** · 6th March 2012, 02:20 PM

Many years ago I hitched a ride in a MAF Cessna 206 from Wewak in East Sepik Province PNG. There we are trolling around at a height that God never meant man to be when........ CRASH ! CLANG ! BAM ! BAM! followed by a noise that can only be described as a whole bank of .50 cals machine-guns all going off at the same time,coming from that thing that is attached to the spinny thingy at the front.

The young misho pilot, and I mean young, he only started shaving the week prior, puts down his bible, sits up straight, cocks his head to one side and says "Uhmmmmmmmm...." then dives into his flight bag and starts hauling charts out madly, finds the one that he is obviously looking for...has a quick squiss, tosses the chart, then turns the machine on its right side so that I am peering directly down at the ground. ...."SADIST" thinks I, 'cos he obviously wants me to get a really good look at my potential grave site.

We come screaming down (and I don't mean that figuratively) and finally level out about 3.5 inches below the height of the jungle canopy all the while the 2500 .50 cal machine guns he got under the bonnet are roaring loudly, very, very loudly in fact. We proceed in this manner for approximately 4 minutes 35 seconds ( at the time I would have sworn it was 12 plus hours), collecting an assortment of leaves and small branches in the undercarriage when suddenly a small cleared area about the size of my back yard, except it got these white cones running up both sides, appears in the windscreen to my front. I am just about to point this anomaly out to the young fella when he looks up, puts down his bible ( I mean this dude was COOL, very COOL) says "AH HA" and climbs the machine to just above jungle canopy height and reaches over and switches off the flamin' engine.(This fella, apparently, has absolutely no fear of death, but I suppose when you are on such intimate turns with God as he obviously was then that would come naturally...be welcomed in fact, I just wished that he picked some other time to pass over) The .50 cals immediately stop their racket and I reflect that maybe he just wants me to have some relative peace and quite....before I go to meet his boss.

We get over the leading edge of this 'backyard' and the young fella slams the machine down on to the deck, and I swear on a sack of bibles that we went at least the first 100 yards on the nose wheel only. Once we had come to a partial stop, he bails out, abandons me to my fate, and dives under the engine cowling. He re-appears only to start scratching around in the belly pod under the 'plane and comes up with a length of fencing wire...12 gauge if my unbelieving eyes can be believed... and a pair of pliars and with a look of triumph on his face dives under the engine cowling again.

5 Minutes later, after a lot of grunting and ouch, ouch, hot! hot's! coming from the front he comes back climbs in starts up, rumbles down to the very end of whose ever back yard it was swings around, the wing on my side actually had to push through some small bushes,.... well trees really, and then he slams the throttle wide open, he had obviously removed the ammo from the .50 cals, and makes a suicidal dash for the extremely large trees at the other end and just when I was convinced that I was going to be smashed into a sodden wet pulp, and I swear on all that you hold most sacred, (ya beer fridge, ya landie) a giant hand reached down out of the heavens and picked up the fragile metal contraption that I was hurtling to my death in and ......lifted it up over the tree height.

After I had regained my composure and located my voice which occurred after I had stuffed a handful of tissures down between my legs, (Why I hear you all say...well I will tell you because I know you will understand and be sympathic.... a little bit of wee-wee came out) I turned to this devil dodging maniac and said " Okayyyyyy!!!!.....what was that all about?"

He turns to me, after putting down his bible, and with an angelic smile states "Oh not much...the exhaust fell off...thats all".

And that was the last time I ever caged a lift off the Missionary Aviation Fellowship of Papua New Guinea it was safer, but not by much, to fly Air Nuigini.

**Hall** · 6th March 2012, 05:12 PM

Not nearly as interesting as that last post. Now there is a man who can tell a yarn or to. I have a similar story in so much a exhaust was also the topic. My brother had a old navy blue Mini panel van, Due to a engine transplant the exhaust would not fit, so was held in place by some fencing wire. Was ok so long as you did not accelerate suddenly. Mini was stolen from my brothers place of work at the time. Police found it at the on ramp of the free way near by, where the exhaust had fallen of. They had cleared the shelf that runs across under the dash of Minis of a large quantity of change and a unmarked bottle of salt tablets. Police had asked my brother what had been taken and laughed when told of the tablets. If you take more than one you will need grayvox to thicken it up ( will give you the squirts ). They had said the people who stole the tablets would most likely have taken a few to see what they were.

So my brother had to wait until the police left and re wired the exhaust on.
Cheers Hall

**Beckford** · 6th March 2012, 05:17 PM

Temporary trailer chain shackle. (Always carry a spare now.)

Cup holder springs. Worked for years in my old 4wd.

Keep the doors shut on the stage 1.

Instead of bolts, in post & rail fences.

Concrete pit lifters on my envirocycle.

Gate latches......

**Blknight.aus** · 6th March 2012, 06:02 PM

engine/gearbox mounts
door lock acutator links
accelerator linkage rods
cable snake
UJ
guide pins
drift pins
nut guides
speed nuts
hose clamps
load banks
brands
feeler guages (hammer it to desired thickness, measure with a micrometer)
door locks
door hinges
Antennae reflector elements
Antennae transmission elements
hooks
drain snake
twist it into SWR
toy car axles
flachettes
contacts for IED's
lock pics (hammer it flat and file it to shape)
flag poles for figurines
mouse traps hoops and hooks
calipers (inside, outside and odd leg)
Scribe
soldering iron tips
joiners for spark plug leads
dizzy cap button posts
Amps meter shunt bypasses
fish hooks (depends on the gauge
shade cloth sewing needle
splicing FID
Sundial post
weather vane
left and right of arc markers
trip flare anchor
deflection marker (you may need a magnet to hold it)
tile spacer
panel locator
exhaust mount
shocky retainer

that'll do for starters

**Davo** · 6th March 2012, 06:54 PM

Emergency universal jiont (long story)

I can guess how, but really - huh???

**Bardizzo** · 6th March 2012, 06:57 PM

Breaking into your landy when you've locked the keys inside!!

**wrinklearthur** · 6th March 2012, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

engine/gearbox mounts
door lock acutator links
accelerator linkage rods
cable snake
UJ
guide pins
drift pins
nut guides
speed nuts
hose clamps
load banks
brands
feeler guages (hammer it to desired thickness, measure with a micrometer)
door locks
door hinges
Antennae reflector elements
Antennae transmission elements
hooks
drain snake
twist it into SWR
toy car axles
flechettes
contacts for IED's
lock pics (hammer it flat and file it to shape)
flag poles for figurines
mouse traps hoops and hooks
calipers (inside, outside and odd leg)
Scribe
soldering iron tips
joiners for spark plug leads
dizzy cap button posts
Amps meter shunt bypasses
fish hooks (depends on the gauge
shade cloth sewing needle
splicing FID
Sundial post
weather vane
left and right of arc markers
trip flare anchor
deflection marker (you may need a magnet to hold it)
tile spacer
panel locator
exhaust mount
shocky retainer
that'll do for starters

Gramophone needles .
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**Bearman** · 6th March 2012, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

engine/gearbox mounts
door lock acutator links
accelerator linkage rods
cable snake
UJ
guide pins
drift pins
nut guides
speed nuts
hose clamps
load banks
brands
feeler guages (hammer it to desired thickness, measure with a micrometer)
door locks
door hinges
Antennae reflector elements
Antennae transmission elements
hooks
drain snake
twist it into SWR
toy car axles
flachettes
contacts for IED's
lock pics (hammer it flat and file it to shape)
flag poles for figurines
mouse traps hoops and hooks
calipers (inside, outside and odd leg)
Scribe
soldering iron tips
joiners for spark plug leads
dizzy cap button posts
Amps meter shunt bypasses
fish hooks (depends on the gauge
shade cloth sewing needle
splicing FID
Sundial post
weather vane
left and right of arc markers
trip flare anchor
deflection marker (you may need a magnet to hold it)
tile spacer
panel locator
exhaust mount
shocky retainer

that'll do for starters

Nothing wrong with your imagination Dave

**goingbush** · 6th March 2012, 07:48 PM

You can make a complete Rangerover Evoque out of fencing wire

**wrinklearthur** · 6th March 2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Bearman

Nothing wrong with your imagination Dave

Imagination hard wired ?
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