Talk:Chain-link fencing

Chain-link fence recommendations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2F50a1IAao ¿Where do these “recommendations” come from? They look like someone just made shit up as they went along (my favorite example being that the posts should be ¾ the distance from each other as the height of the fence, not “1o feet apart”). ¿Should they be listed in any way, shape, or form? (Stupid BM asking obvious questions…) 71.34.69.89 (talk) 21:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)A REDDSON.

I agree that this section is not in the style of Wikipedia and should be removed. hac (talk) 21:32, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it doesn't seem suitable for an encyclopedia article about chain-link fences. I'll leave it be for a bit, and if no one objects I'll go ahead and remove the section from the article. Reach Out to the Truth 20:36, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

International units
I would've used international units, but this country is evil and lives in the delusion of its own importance and pretends they don't exist. The Lightning Stalker 08:15, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * ¿Is there a point to this comment? I know America bashing is still fashionable, but this purports to be a PROFESSIONAL site, not an art site.71.34.69.89 (talk) 21:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)A REDDSON.

I disagree. Fences are defined, spec'd, and sold in English Units in the United States. The descriptions are appropriate to American applications of fences and seperate discussion (with appropriate units) under a seperate heading should be added for metric countries. Skabat169 18:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Right. So what are you disagreeing with? The Lightning Stalker 21:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Guess I'm not really disagreeing then at all. I guess I am asking for someone in Europe to add some commentary on dimensions and such of these fences in Europe. Skabat169 14:15, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

The story of Chain Link Fence begins at the Groesbeck Spring Bed Manufacturing Company in Brooklyn, New York in the late 1800's. Gaetano Mafera, an engineer, came to America from Sicily in 1885. He found a position at the Spring Bed Manufacturing Company which had many Italian speaking employees. He did well and was offered the chance to open a branch in Boston, Massachusetts. He was to cover all expenses from the stipend per bed spring manufactured. In 1892 Groesbeck sold the Boston plant to Gaetano for what monies he was owed.

On May 2, 1892 Gaetano, who now went by Guy, named his company the American Spring Bed Manufacturing Company. January 5, 1895 he recieved patent 574,742 for an inovative spring bed frame and on April 27, 1905 patent 795,529 for wire fabric used to support the mattress.

In 1912 a Mr. Snow of Cambridge, Massachusetts was asked by the Cambridge Schools to build a fence unlike any he had seen, but while walking back to his shop in Boston he passed an American Spring Bed on display in a furniture shop. Mr. Snow contacted Mr. Mafera and in cooperation, using a heavier guage wire, built a chain link fence for the Cambridge Schools.

The fencing system was incorporated into the products of the American Spring Bed Manufacturing Company and eventually became so viable that the company changed it's name to the American Chain Link Fence Company in the early 1920's. Though the American Chain Link Fence Company has been merged with other chain link fence manufacturers, there are still Mafera's in the Fence business.

Mafic 17:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Cyclone fence?
Is Cyclone fence a synonym for chain link fence? If so, we should add a redirect. (And is it a genericized trademark?) -- Coneslayer 22:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC) In my experience "Cyclone" fence is used interchangeably with "chain link" fence a 2min video on "how cyclone fence is made" can be viewed on Google video.

I re-read the entry and it clearly indicated the measuring units are English Units used in the United States and England. If one finds this unsuitable for it's seeming prejudice for a measuring system used for at least three centuries as opposed to an unspecified "International Unit" (metric?), then one could do some research on conversion tables, or contact a producer/seller in a country using "International Units" and write the article using those units. That would give all readers world-wide the benefit of the historical information of the fence which originated in the United States designed to English Units of measure. But, what do I Know? "Pop"

''Other terms for Chain Link Fence are: Cyclone Fence, Fence Fabric, Woven Wire, Wire Mesh. The quality of the term for its intended description are in the order that I listed them. Terms that do not describe "Chain link" are: Welded Wire, Field Fence, Chicken Wire, Non-Climb Wire or Horse Wire, Hog Wire, Rabbit Wire, Wire Cloth, Landscape Cloth, or screen of any type. - The Fence Wizard''

Exernal Links
Is the Wire Gauze link really what was intended? It might be useful but it currently goes to a disambiguation page for gauze which does have a link to wire netting which comes back here... Any chance that it was intended to be a link to wire gauge which does exist? Fholson 12:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

says: Should Be: "Wire Gauge". Typical Chain Link Wire Gauges are 11 1/2, 11, 9. Other gauges can occur but are rare (the lower the number the thicker the wire). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.196.223 (talk) 07:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose merging "Hurricane fence" into chain-link fencing, since that article basically says that a hurricane fence is a chain-link fencing. Also should change the "Cyclone fence" redirect to point to "chain-link fencing". Kuyabribri (talk) 13:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree; the information would lose nothing by being combined. -- Dan Griscom (talk) 00:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I also agree. There is no reason to have a short article that, essentially, explains the etymology of a colloquial name. --Battlemonk (talk) 08:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I'll be a fourth to the idea. The article being separate just stands to confuse whether or not it's synonymous with chain-link fence. 76.170.232.233 (talk) 23:23, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

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Images depicting other types of fences, mislabeled
The image named `File:-45 window fence.jpg` is captioned "A chain-link fence allows light to pass through while protecting windows." This image actually depicts a type of mesh that is cut into one sheet of metal, which is then stretched into a form like chain-link fencing. But it is actually one piece, no links. Isn't it inappropriate for it to appear as an example on the "Chain-link fencing" article, except as an analogy or comparison?

Since it's serving as an example of the form's utility, I don't object to the content, just the mislabeling. Monking (talk) 22:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd rather just remove the image, since it shows expanded metal, not chain-link fencing. I've added that link to "See also" along with removing the crufty-looking link to iron. Just plain Bill (talk) 00:53, 29 June 2024 (UTC)