Handy Fence Clip Tool

Handy Fence Clip Tool FENCING Miscellaneous Anyone who has built a T-post fence knows that attaching fence clips to posts is a time-consuming task – especially when it comes to woven wire Fencing pliers are often cumbersome to work with and it’s easy to lose one’s grip When Dave Taylor of Springfield Mo was building fence for his daughter’s horse he knew there had to be a more efficient way of putting on the clips His solution was a small easy to use fence clip tool that holds and bends multiple sizes of clips Dave made his fence clip tool from a 5-inch piece of 3/8-inch round steel rod He heated one end of the length of rod until it became malleable and then flattened the end to 7/16 in Once the metal cooled he drilled 3 different-sized holes in the flattened end of the tool to match the most commonly used fence clip sizes To use the tool Dave simply puts a fence clip in place on the post slides the clip end into the proper sized hole and bends the clip around the wire The small size of the tool allows it to easily fit between strands or squares of wire and makes the entire process much faster and easier Taylor made the tool for his own use and has no plans to sell it

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