• Did you Know?

    Posted by Tim Painter on October 30, 2003 at 10:40 am

    Just read the did you know a Ferrule is the metal band around a paintbrush thing.

    Its also a crimp type connector used in wiring consisting of a hollow tube with a plastic end crimped over wires prior to the wires being held by some mechanical type connection.

    Sorry just day dreaming I guess back to when I use to do prototype wiring….. 😕

    Tim.

    John Singh replied 20 years, 6 months ago 8 Members · 12 Replies
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  • Nicola McIntosh

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 8:21 pm

    great wee things,

    i use hundreds of these every week!

    2mm aluminium

    nicola

  • John Singh

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:02 pm

    Some signwriters brushes are made with metal ferrules but now here’s a question

    How were the natural sable hairs of signwriters brushes originally banded together?

    (They can still be purchased in this way today)

  • Paul Davenport

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:17 pm

    they used warmed pig fat, dripped from a 10′ height to reach the exact temperature in which a small one eyed pigmy could implant each hair induvidually all at the same time.

  • John Singh

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:21 pm

    Nope! 😆

  • Linda

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:32 pm

    string 😎

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:37 pm

    Blu-tac?
    bubble gum?
    gum glue?
    prit stick?
    selo-tape
    or the blue peter method for speed..

    double sided sticky tape. 😉 😆

  • Mike Brown

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 10:37 pm

    …part of a quill/feather and heat?…

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 11:11 pm

    Snot?

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 11:12 pm
    quote :

    Snot?

    it is so! 😉

  • Andy Gorman

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 11:21 pm

    With the head hair of Vietnamese goat herders?

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    October 30, 2003 at 11:23 pm

    You “can’t” (Copyright Alan Partridge 2003 😆 )

  • John Singh

    Member
    October 31, 2003 at 2:08 pm

    Excellent responses
    Many were extremely close

    But the free ‘mike the sign’ design cd goes to the post which correctly identified it has quill. (Enjoy the CD!)

    2nd price has to go to Paul Davenport:
    Congratulations Paul! Half a pound of lard on its way to you.

    John

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