A Wire Splicer.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 July 1914, Page 8

A Wire Splicer.

The neatest and strongest splice can be made with this little instrument. It is a strip of iron 1 inch wide and £ inch thick. One end is cut narrow and is bent into a hook large enough to fit neatly the largest wire to be spliced. At the sides of this, two notches are filed, as shown at the left. At the right, the splicer should be turned backward, as it appears in the right-hand drawing, to make the

splice. ■ A pair of large pincers or a vice should be used to hold the two wires between the coils while turning the splicer. The splice, as finished, appears above. The length of the handle may vary. If the splicer is to be used for net wire, of course the handle cannot be longer than the width of the mesh. Otherwise, 6 or 7 inches is about right for No. 8 wire. If it is to be used only for small wire, the length of the handle should be reduced for the sake of convenience.