[SML] Zip Tie Ends (John Palmer)

[Bruce Bennett]

If you are bundling cable turn the zip tie inside out and carefully snip the end so that it lies inside the bundle after it is snipped. 

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> On Jun 5, 2021, at 11:44, June Abernathy via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> On Jun 3, 2021, at 8:01 AM, Tim Long <tim1024sml at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Once you've secured the zip tie around the bundle, what style do you use in cutting off the excess?
>> 
>> A) Flush to the ratchet mechanism?
>> B) 1/4" (or so) away from the mechanism?
>> C) As B, but with a 45 degree angle?
>> D) Other
>> 
>> And:
>> Is there a specific reason you do it that way?
> 
> A , using a flush cutter rather than a diagonal cutter if possible. Or better yet, a zip tie gun that will really leave no tab. B and C are just asking for injury. I’ve been seriously hurt by C.
> 
> If you can’t cut it flush, leave the full tail. Less dangerous than a little plastic dagger. 
> 
> June Abernathy
> IATSE #321 (Tampa, FL)
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