permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 05:07 AM 11/26/02 -0600, you wrote:
> In cisterns or anything wet for that matter the galvanized chicken mesh is 
> not recommended, though I have seen it used.  It apparently sets up 
> electrolysis with itself and the steel remesh when moist and ultimatelycorrodes

I'd sure look at concrete reinforcing wire for some of these applications 
ya'll are describing.  I agree with Kirby that the chicken wire, made of 
two metals and thin, seems a little out of place.   The reinforcing wire 
welds fast and easy with a wire feed, might be worth experimenting to see 
if that would be faster than twisting other wire to tack things together.
M


Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
608-262-1730 WK
608-846-7125 HM