Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
10-04-2009, 06:44 AM
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Re: Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
10-04-2009, 03:34 PM
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Re: Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
When you do a few thousand zip ties a year, using something like a razor is reckless and asking for trouble. Harnesses that cost thousands of dollars aren't worth risking because you're too stubborn to use the proper tools, and I'm not sure how you could possibly argue that. I just like to use the proper tools for the job, not whatever is kicking around the toolbox that might possibly work if you're really careful and don't need to do it very often.
Let me put it this way: If you did this stuff for a living, like I've done, and someone saw you using a razor to cut a zip tie on a harness, you'd probably be fired. Doing something that stupid means that you're willing to waste lots of man hours repairing or replacing the harness that you could have damaged because you don't know/care enough to use proper tools.
Your car is your business, so I really don't care, but I'm not sure why you're actually arguing that a razor is a good idea.
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10-04-2009, 04:56 PM
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Re: Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
No foo! Thats why they come in bulk...
B/c not everyone has 10k in tools like some of us... Nor care to use the proper tools... He seems like the type of guy that'd use a cresent wrench or pipe wrench on somethin he didn't have the proper socket for...
When you do a few thousand zip ties a year, using something like a razor is reckless and asking for trouble. Harnesses that cost thousands of dollars aren't worth risking because you're too stubborn to use the proper tools, and I'm not sure how you could possibly argue that. I just like to use the proper tools for the job, not whatever is kicking around the toolbox that might possibly work if you're really careful and don't need to do it very often.
Let me put it this way: If you did this stuff for a living, like I've done, and someone saw you using a razor to cut a zip tie on a harness, you'd probably be fired. Doing something that stupid means that you're willing to waste lots of man hours repairing or replacing the harness that you could have damaged because you don't know/care enough to use proper tools.
Your car is your business, so I really don't care, but I'm not sure why you're actually arguing that a razor is a good idea.
Let me put it this way: If you did this stuff for a living, like I've done, and someone saw you using a razor to cut a zip tie on a harness, you'd probably be fired. Doing something that stupid means that you're willing to waste lots of man hours repairing or replacing the harness that you could have damaged because you don't know/care enough to use proper tools.
Your car is your business, so I really don't care, but I'm not sure why you're actually arguing that a razor is a good idea.
10-04-2009, 04:57 PM
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Re: Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
Spend $10 on a pair of wire cutters. Problem solved.
10-04-2009, 05:42 PM
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Re: Like a zip tie but easy to remove?
My issue with not always having the right tools is I refuse to buy tools made in China (or some other country with similarly non-existent labor laws and quality control). There is a local car parts store that sells some KD and SK, but other than that I'm left with ordering online as far as I can tell. I hate spending half as much on shipping as I spent on the tool, so I typically wait until I have a long list (I don't care for Snap-On, just a personal preference, and there's nobody local with Hazet/Knipex/Wiha/Felo/Beta/Stahlwille that I know of)
For the record, I didn't use a razor but a pocketknife with a wide back to the blade. I wedge the tip of the blade in there with the back towards the wires - this means the wires don't get cut...it also means that if the zip tie splits suddenly I...scratch my valve cover.
For the record, I didn't use a razor but a pocketknife with a wide back to the blade. I wedge the tip of the blade in there with the back towards the wires - this means the wires don't get cut...it also means that if the zip tie splits suddenly I...scratch my valve cover.
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