SPLICING BARB WIRES.
Figs. 91 and 92.—The Splicer.
Fig. 93.—Making The Splice.
The accompanying engravings show an iron implement for splicing wire and the manner of using it. To make this splicer take a bar of half inch round iron, nine inches long. Heat about three inches of one end and hammer it flat until it is one inch wide. With a cold chisel cut a one-fourth inch slot a quarter of an inch from the right side and an inch deep, as seen in [figure 91.] Bend the part marked d, so that it will be a quarter inch from the flat part, as shown in [figure 92]. The lower part of the slot c should be about a half inch from the bend at d. Smooth with a file. To use it let e and f, [figure 93] represent two wires to be joined. Bend the ends so they are nearly at right angles. Hold them with pincers at g; place the hook of the splicer on the wire, f, while the wire e falls into the slot. Twist the pieces around the wire f, when one half of the splice is made. Repeat the operation for the other end. Use about four or five inches of each wire to twist around the other. Another form of splicer, shown in [figure 94], is made of cast iron, and is used in the same manner as the first. [Figure 95] shows the manner of holding the wire with nippers made for the purpose, and the finished splice.
Fig. 94.
Fig. 95.