Searching The Web For Seizing Wire

[dewent]

Recently watched a rigger doing some mast work. He had stainless seizing wire 1mm. Any suggestions what or where I search for this on the web? There are no decent chandlers near where I live.

 

[Rigger Mortice]

Search for "Monel wire"

 

[Tranona]

It is probably Monel, not stainless, made by Ormiston. Google Monel seizing wire and you will get plenty of mail order suppliers. Expensive stuff but a reel lasts a long time!

 

[VicS]

Recently watched a rigger doing some mast work. He had stainless seizing wire 1mm. Any suggestions what or where I search for this on the web? There are no decent chandlers near where I live.

As said Ormiston Monel seizing wire.

Force4 are a good on line chandlers http://www.force4.co.uk/3144/Ormiston-Monel-Seizing-Wire.html

 

[prv]

It is probably Monel, not stainless, made by Ormiston. Google Monel seizing wire and you will get plenty of mail order suppliers. Expensive stuff but a reel lasts a long time!

Never lasted that long on Kindred Spirit - lots and lots of shackles to mouse every spring when we re-rigged the mast

In a pinch you can also use a strand unwound from smallish 1x19 stainless rigging. On Stavros all the mousing wire is unwound from old wire rope, which is all galvanised rather than stainless - the first time we rigged KS I had forgotten to get any monel wire so I used the same technique and it worked fine. The proper stuff is better though, more flexible.

Pete

 

[nigelmercier]

Bloody lethal stuff, I chucked away two full reels a few weeks ago.

 

[ip485]

I wonder whether small zip ties aren't almost as good? I appreciate they may be susceptible to abrasion but in reality rarely notice they have been abraded - the plastic is pretty tough stuff.

 

[Rigger Mortice]

It depends on location on the boat, but I've never yet found a wire tie that lasts very well when exposed to UV.

 

[prv]

I wonder whether small zip ties aren't almost as good? I appreciate they may be susceptible to abrasion but in reality rarely notice they have been abraded - the plastic is pretty tough stuff.

The problem isn't so much abrasion, but UV.

That said, they'd definitely have been fine for a year at a time on Kindred Spirit's mast.

Supposedly the black ones are more resistant than the white / clear.

Pete

 

[nigelmercier]

The problem [with cable ties] isn't so much abrasion, but UV.

These are resistant: http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/b...ParametricAttributeId=&prevNValues=411+207998

 

[FishyInverness]

There are others who supply it who are cheaper than Force 4...

I just purchased some to seize a thread on a brakelight switch in my car that kept slipping, great stuff!

 

[DownWest]

If I need a bit, I use 316 or 308 mig welding wire.