Zip tie appreciation

rekamepip · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:43 pm

The True PSFers Zip Tie appreciation Thread

Show us your grumpy old man diy zip fix

rekamepip · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:44 pm

Come on @Fr_Tom let’s get this party started

rekamepip · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:51 pm

My first zip incorporated pipe I dedicate to @Tsal
a poor man’s version of his Jacopo insanus

Air tight seal and good draw
Still working on the aesthetics but almost there

Citizen B · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:58 pm

The only thing better than a Bond-o pipe is a zip tie pipe. Zip ties can cure a myriad of ills. I love my zip tie pipe. I love it like my lucky rabbit's foot.

Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:55 pm

Citizen B wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:58 pm The only thing better than a Bond-o pipe is a zip tie pipe. Zip ties can cure a myriad of ills. I love my zip tie pipe. I love it like my lucky rabbit's foot.

Citizen B · Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:04 pm

Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:55 pm
Citizen B wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:58 pm The only thing better than a Bond-o pipe is a zip tie pipe. Zip ties can cure a myriad of ills. I love my zip tie pipe. I love it like my lucky rabbit's foot.

Mr Beardsley · Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:15 pm

Only have the one. I'd like to fix it proper one day to be honest. Mostly because I think a band would be sharp on it

Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:51 pm

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:15 pm Only have the one. I'd like to fix it proper one day to be honest. Mostly because I think a band would be sharp on it

I am a fan of banded pipes, and I have had them fixed this way over the years. The challenge with the adjustomatic is that I would want to be able to adjust it still.

Citizen B · Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:55 pm

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:15 pm Only have the one. I'd like to fix it proper one day to be honest. Mostly because I think a band would be sharp on it

Anyone can have a metal band on their pipe. A zip tie is a badge that a pipe earns after faithful service in a moment of duress. You don't want to forget that moment of field triage.

Sometimes you have to do meatball surgery on a pipe, and, when a zip tie is involved, there is no reason to screw up something that works after the fact.

Whoever invented the zip tie was a genius. I doubt he had pipe shanks in mind when he did it. He still belongs in the PSF hall of fame.

Mr Beardsley · Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:57 pm

Citizen B wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:55 pm
Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:15 pm Only have the one. I'd like to fix it proper one day to be honest. Mostly because I think a band would be sharp on it

Anyone can have a metal band on their pipe. A zip tie is a badge that a pipe earns after faithful service in a moment of duress. You don't want to forget that moment of field triage.

Sometimes you have to do meatball surgery on a pipe, and, when a zip tie is involved, there is no reason to screw up something that works after the fact.

Whoever invented the zip tie was a genius. I doubt he had pipe shanks in mind when he did it. He still belongs in the PSF hall of fame.

I agree that it's a great fix when the situation calls for it. I'm a bit of a stickler for doing things right and expanding a skill set so applying a repair band seems like fun to me