101 uses for a zip tie...

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101 uses for a zip tie...

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No 2...
Special cost effective Valentine's gesture... :whistle:
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DIY snow bike... :thumbs:
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Note for CB - No kinky suggestions please :!:
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Theo jansen uses them to create his strandbeesten:

https://youtu.be/U02qqB-2nbs

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A lot of cable ties were used when we built 'Austin' and 'Morris' the guinea pigs' indoor suite!
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Neil Evans wrote:No 1...
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like this mug one :thumbs:
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Compressing the Locating prongs on an A30/35 door lock barrel so it can be removed :thumbs:
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Holding cables in place.... :whistle:
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I've seen them tying bamboo poles together for scaffolding in Hong Kong ....





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I use them to identify my kids' swimming goggles among the thousands of goggles at the school lost property...
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