Fencing Knot 1 - End or termination Knot

[markscott]

Ill be first time fence and trellis builder in a month on my own property. You're instructional videos have proven invaluable and I'm now looking forward to it. Much Gratitude!

[reneeh]

Wow so helpful!!!! Thank you so much our fencing knots when from hideous to recognizable haha as new farmers with no training this information was invaluable!

[duncanrock]

Helping me with my new fencing employment in training at moment, thanks

[Eeeick]

This is the clearest, easiest to understand example of how to tie this knot.

[outdoors]

Thanks for the video 👍 In the thumbnail though it looks like the wire initially goes under the main wire, but in the video you put the wire over the top of the main wire and the bring it back up post.

[paolog]

Thank you very much. Too make it very easy to follow.

[Daniel-ndgg]

Excellent video mate, this knot is the difference between a well finished fence and a shithouse one

[angusanderson]

Sometimes when I've gone around the post I go under the wire not over. But I still loop ot correctly. Is that ok

[allanpennington]

Im using 2mm high tensile wire for my espalier tiers and the run is 13m long. Im using a ratchet cog strainer at one end to enable tightening. The wire runs through 6 equally spaced L Brackets for support between my fruit trees. What is the best way to terminate this type of wire at the start and then around the shaft of the ratchet. I find it very hard to twist. And I wish I had one of those horizontal spinning feed made a hell of a mess when I tried to feed out the first 13m of wire! It only took me an hour to untangle.

[roberthaydenoz]

So these are great Tim. I've got the knack of doing the starter as shown, my issue is tying off the tensioned wire. I'm using a chain tensioner but when I get to the end of the run, how do I use the chain style tensioner on the final post and still be able to tie off whilst the tensioner is attached. I cant find a video anywhere on this. Everyone seems to use some other mechanical unit but they wouldnt have done this in days of old.

[gregausit]

What happens if you do not go behind at the start, and just go over and do your loops ? And I noticed the image at the end with yellow wire did not go down, it is just turned clockwise, I take it the knot is the same and may depend on if a left or right handed person did the, but basically, as long as you go behind in step 2 the knot would hold.

[therealsideburnz]

Is this knot meant to cinch up close to the post after it is tied? I may be doing something wrong, but mine are slipping after the wires are strained and the fence is sagging

[TheKajunkat]

Is there a reason to make the back loop that you made at first before you started wrapping? I have always just started winding and it seems to have held so far (very new at smooth wire fences, only a year or so). Just a guess, but my thought is with the bight it would keep the coil from unwinding under extreme tension. it would basically be a self tightening knot. Is that correct?

[nateb]

Would there be any issues using an end knot if its going on an turnbuckle eyebolt? That being so much smaller than a post is a little concerning

[wadus]

Hi Tim, Ive seen fences with low tensile wire tied off after taking an extra pass around the post before the knot you display is tied. This appears to bite down and set the knot on the post when strained. Do you recomend this when fencing with low tenaile wire ? I appreciate this isnt possible with high tensile wire.
Cheers, James

[FrancoisOlignyLemieux]

I'm trying to understand in which situation one might need this. So is it the starting attachment ? Why is it called end / termination ? Thanks!

[paulcharlton-firstnational]

Hey Tim. What’s the width of the wire you are using?

[anthonylawrence]

Hi, great video, but didn’t in a previous video you do this knot by going UNDER first? I suppose it ends up the same?

[jgoodes]

Gday Tim, many thanks for your great videos - just wondering what gauge and tensile wire are you using to enable the loops and knots? Cheers mate

[datsunp]

Are you using 2.8mm or 2.5mm high tensile?