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 "name": "Zip tie (cable tie) 4.8 × 1.3 mm cross-section",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "Hardware",
 "group": "Found & household materials",
 "year": null,
 "question": "How wide is a standard zip tie?",
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  "zip tie",
  "cable tie",
  "strap",
  "found materials",
  "stirling",
  "long earth society"
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  "zip tie width",
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  "zip tie slot size",
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   "Cable ties come in four common cross-sections: 2.5 × 1.0, 3.6 × 1.2, 4.8 × 1.3 and 7.6 × 1.8 mm.",
   "The file is the common 4.8 × 1.3 mm strap as a straight 200 × 4.8 × 1.3 mm bar (head not modelled).",
   "A slot for a tie is drawn at the tie's width, exact.",
   "On the can engine I use zip ties as hose clamps and to lash frame joints."
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   "q": "How wide is a zip tie?",
   "a": "Standard ties are 4.8 mm wide × 1.3 mm thick; miniature 2.5 × 1.0, intermediate 3.6 × 1.2, heavy 7.6 × 1.8."
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   "q": "What size slot holds a zip tie?",
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