Category: Linking
Connect, Join, Unite, Attach
External links
These links are added and are often made of a different material. They can be loops, rings, connectors, chain, wire.
Examples include:
- Cable ties – a fastener consisting of a thin, flexible nylon (plastic #7) strap with a notched surface, one end of which is threaded through a locking mechanism at the other
Reuse! Cable ties are generally single-use devices, however they can be reopened with little or no damage by inserting a small flat object between the ratchet and the pawl, and pulling the pawl out. Some models have a mechanism to release the pawl and allow re-use.
- Garment ties
- Wire twists eg bread bag ties
- Jump rings
Integral links
These links are made up of the material itself. They are ‘chains’ or linear in nature. See Interlocking for techniques that are not linear.
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