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Offline euge

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Re: Hop mess.....
« Reply #30 on: February 06, 2011, 11:54:22 am »
I'll investigate this. The wire is probably the safest bet.
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Offline oscarvan

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Re: Hop mess.....
« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2011, 05:48:38 pm »
OK, so we have an overwhelming consensus that there is no right way to do this.....

You are NOT helping......... ;D
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Re: Hop mess.....
« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2011, 07:40:22 pm »
OK, so we have an overwhelming consensus that there is no right way to do this.....

You are NOT helping......... ;D

Awww but we are enjoying ourselves! 8)
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. -Richard P. Feynman

Laws are spider-webs, which catch the little flies, but cannot hold the big ones. -Anacharsis

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Re: Hop mess.....
« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2011, 07:51:03 pm »
I'll investigate this. The wire is probably the safest bet.

it's been a very long time since my USAF days, but once upon an airplane, when I was a jet mech, I could safety-wire just about anything into place.
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Re: Hop mess.....
« Reply #34 on: February 06, 2011, 10:58:26 pm »
Careful with those stainless steel mesh ball scrubbies. I've read that these come very dirty with oil and gunk from the manufacturing process.  The Copper 'chore boy' scrubbies are supposedly free of grease.