Removing high tensile fence wire to re-use?

[skipmarcy]

Here are some pics. I dug the thing out this morning. I used hairpins instead of 1/4" bolts as I had described earlier, getting old is tough - memory not as sharp as it used to be. The uprights are screwed to the plywood with 3" deck screws from underneath. The 4 holes in the plywood are for using tent stakes to hold it to the ground or you could screw it down to something else. A good, simple tool from scraps I had lying around.

 

[jyoutz]

Here are some pics. I dug the thing out this morning. I used hairpins instead of 1/4" bolts as I had described earlier, getting old is tough - memory not as sharp as it used to be. The uprights are screwed to the plywood with 3" deck screws from underneath. The 4 holes in the plywood are for using tent stakes to hold it to the ground or you could screw it down to something else. A good, simple tool from scraps I had lying around.

I think you could wind a softer wire like smooth twisted or barbed wire that tight, but it wouldn’t work for high tensile wire. Something the makes a large loop wind like a spinning Jenny is what is needed for high tensile wire.

 

[skipmarcy]

That IS a spool of hi tensile steel wire, not aluminum wire.

 

[jyoutz]

That IS a spool of hi tensile steel wire, not aluminum wire.

Then I think it’s overwound. How does it spool out again after being wound so tight? All of that wire comes in large diameter coils to avoid kinking.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

This Spinning Jenny is what I use. Works best with my wife helping to keep a little back tension as I wind it up. Tye wrap the bundle and store it for reuse.

Kiwi Spinning Jenny with Brake

Kiwi Spinning Jenny with Brake - Spinning Jennies - Tools

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Added this as it is what makes rewinding the wire easy. And goes along with the previous post I made.

Rewind Hoop

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