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Grant Bowie wrote:His standard of work was exceptional and he was very particular about wiring. I thought I was a reasonably good wirer but will have to practice a lot to get to his level or even near it....

I knew my wiring wasn't very flash and I got to learn a new japanese phrase courtesy of Joe..."Dame!"

I thought I would save a little time prior to the workshop and pre-wire some main branches..."Dame! Too small cut it off"

Did anyone take some Pics of the comparative good and Bad wiring jobs?
Love to see if you did

Ken

Grant and Gerard would you like to share some of Boons tips to the people who missed out! Wiring is always something I have troubles with! And I'm sure I'm not alone

I repotted my workshop tree, I still need to finish wiring (this includes removing and re-doing some)

Beaumatsu2 wrote:Grant and Gerard would you like to share some of Boons tips to the people who missed out! Wiring is always something I have troubles with! And I'm sure I'm not alone

I do not like to show what I have done badly and I am not sure I have the right to say it was re-wired well but I know it is better. Many people used wire which was too thin and were asked to use heavier wire.
If you are unsure....use the thicker option

I was asked to rewire because I had used too small gauge wire on one section. But mostly it was because I hadn't anchored properly. It is almost impossible to explain what Boon called yin and yang. One interesting point was that if one branch was wired anti clockwise then the other was to go clockwise, if you didn't have one and a half turns as a minimum but even better two turns along a trunk then it wasn't an anchor and needed to continue onto a branch etc.

Also when Boon bent a branch he held the wire with his pliers on the "bend" point and twisted down in the direction of the bend.

If you wanted a severe bend then rather than double wiring side by side he wire parallel so that there was an equidistant gap between the two wires this means that the wire is stronger at the bend and having smaller weaks spots between wires

Thanks Gerard and Hartos
Great examples

Ken