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Old 19th May 2007, 07:55 PM   #9 (permalink)
yooper
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Upper Michigan U.S.A.
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Originally Posted by ggg View Post
hi guys,

Just wanted to share a method i use to untie jammed knots. Someone told me about this at work a couple of years ago and I been using it ever since. I stand the knot up against the deck and pound it with a hammer until it flatens. Then stand it up again on the new axis and flaten it the other way. If you keep doing this, the knot will loosen. Most of you may already know this already but I figure I would mention it just in case since I haven't seen it mentioned on the web yet.
gary
Tried the method on my kids shoe lace today... good thing I had some twine in the barn!!!! Im over 10 miles from civilisation...let alone a town. mayby next time i will use a smalleer hammer!
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