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Re: Image comments for What is this used for?
Posted by: BlahX3
Date: 13/09/2011 11:15PM
Close enough. Locking safety-wire pliers. They are used to tie safety-wire from holes in mounting screws on aircraft avionics equipment to holes in the avionics-bay airframe so they don't vibrate loose. When I was in the Navy they issued a fleet wide order to stop using them for a time because some people were doing it wrong and we had to start tying safety-wire by hand, a real pain compared to using these things. After all squadrons reported satisfactory re-training on their use we resumed using them. Use too much wire and the twist is too loose and would come apart; too little and the twist is too tight and the wire would break.

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