45-degree diagonal cutters?

Never been on a Navy ship have you?

Bolted flanges in bilges and other areas exposed to seawater use inconel wire because the bolts and nuts are also made of inconel.

Dissimilar materials in a bilge environment, where you have a lot of seawater doesn't work very well. Even if one of them is SS.

daestrom

"Iconel" is a stainless superalloy. Nice try though.

What part of ANY assembly did you EVER see "soft Iron" lock wire?

No, I'm talking about tie wire, as used to secure reinforcing before pouring concrete. You said "Soft steel does not get made into wire AT ALL" and that's incorrect.

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Calling me that doesn't make it so. I'm an 'idiot' who can read a simple website. You, seemingly, can't.

Why do you harp on about what may or may not be used in the military? They are hardly a bastion of good practice given the numerous c*ck ups. In other words human.

And strictly controlled by a licensing authority. Who insist on many aspects of the design.

Now you're being an idiot. No steel or iron rusts through in a matter of weeks.

I've probably seen more lock wired nuts and bolts than you've had hot dinners.

Those goalposts are very noisy when moved...

Just admit your 'experience' - if any - is based on a tiny part of the industry and move on.

BTW, would you like a pic of standard side cutters marked 'for use on piano wire' ?

Would that make you shut the f**k up?

Learn to read AND to quote properly, you snipping LYING RETARD!

I said LOCK WIRE, asshole. Nice job of snipping the modifier, you pathetic piece of shit!

YOU ARE INCORRECT.

Tie wire doesn't make a flying f*ck what it is made of, because it is only there to hold the rebar in place until the concrete pour.

They all, in fact, rust through faster than any other element of a slab.

So I know more about THAT realm than you do as well, dipshit.

Convenient ignorance of the fact that you were wrong about "vintage cars" noted.

Nice job of showing us how much more stupid you can be, once you have already been proven wrong.

Yes. Total pieces of shit that get VERY poor gas mileage. Gore would have a field day with the level of ignorance that takes place over there as it relates to energy waste during distribution and consumption.

So, asswipe... are they 35 mpg green mobiles, or ancient, archaic even, piece of shit tanks that give off more CO2 than all the cows on the planet?

Not likely, little old f*****ad. I work with mil gear every day, and I have for decades. I knew about lock wires and the industrial uses for it back in the late 60s at less then ten years old.

You are out of your league, Plowtard boy.

I have been working in the industry for decades, you stupid f*ck. I did not need google to dunk your dumb ass in the stupid boy tank.

You DID need google to reinforce your stupidity about it.

If they are marked "for use on piano wire", then they are NOT "standard side cutters".

The FACT that you have no clue about that basic fact settles the entire argument.

The last 'gas' one was made over 40 years ago - oh one of small intellect.

You really do talk some bollocks.

Which make and model are you talking about? There are many. And which US cab does 35mpg while going about its normal business?

That explains things. Your father wired up your nuts with it.

If it looks like a dusk, quacks like a duck, there's a good chance it is a duck.

And they are perfectly standard good quality side cutters. The sort you've obviously never come across in the pound shop.

Sadly you seem to be unable to convince *anyone* reading here. Wonder what that says?

You think they used stainless steel locking wire on vintage cars, do you? Are you just proving how wrong you can be?

Nice try dimbulb.

Most people use the word 'stainless' to refer to one of several variations of 'stainless steel' alloy. You however seem to have your own definition and apply it to a lot more than just 'steel'. A 'steel' alloy has iron as the major component. Inconel (note the correct spelling), is more than 50% nickel and is not considered a 'steel' alloy at all.

Making up your own definitions is bound to get you into arguments. Why am I not surprised, you apparently are the same 'dimbulb' poster as others claim, just using yet another 'nym.

Monel, another group of alloys composed mostly of nickel, is also used for a lot of seawater applications. It too is corrosion resistant ('stainless superalloy' to you), but is not considered a 'steel' either.

daestrom

Here is your statement that 'soft steel does not get made into wire AT ALL'.

Yet Jason pointed out that 'tie wire' used in concrete rebar assembly is at least one instance of 'soft steel' being made into wire. It may not be 'lock wire', but it is 'wire'.

Now go on and rant for a while, we're done dimbulb.

daestrom

Oh boy! The Plowtard has no valid argument, so he reverts to utter stupidity.