Re: [IRCA] Cable work

["Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Oddly, it's called "poultry wire".
>
> If it's the stuff I am thinking it is, about 1/4 inch squares
openings, steel
> wire woven together and dipped in molten zinc, they call it "hardware
cloth"
> out here.
>
> I've used it a few times years ago when I needed a wide fat ground
connector
> from a radio shelf to a metal plate on a concrete floor. I was having
RFI
> issues and the setup took care of the feedback.
>
> Rick Kunath


Archaeologists are fond of this stuff. You build dirt sifters
out of a wooden square frame and the cloth makes the
"bottom". Pour in the dirt and shake the frame (the more
elegant ones suspend the entire frame so your arms don't)
and you sort out the larger items. You can get a 1/8 inch
mesh, as well. And yes it is known as hardware cloth
in Fla as well. It is quite stiff. The wires make exact squares.

What I know as "chicken wire" has a hexagonal-shaped
"opening" about one inch on a side and is much more
flexible, and surely costs a lot less. Just enough to keep
the chicken from escaping. It's woven much like a chain link
fence.

I never heard the term "poultry wire".

- Bob


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