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Mesh Articles

Field notes, spec deep-dives, and shop-floor know-how from the people who’ve been cutting wire mesh in Hayward, California. Mesh counts, alloys, finishes, and the jobs they end up on — written plain.

Meshy at a desk with a laptop, writing up notes from the shop floor
  • // Editor The Howard Wire Crew
  • // Cadence Published When It Matters
  • // Topics Specs · Materials · Applications
  • // Loc. Hayward, California
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Latest From The Shop

Featured Read

Our most recent long-read — the one we’d hand a new buyer before they pick a mesh count.

Machine Guard Opening Sizes: What OSHA Table O-10 Actually CoversFeatured
Jul 29, 2026 machine guarding

Machine Guard Opening Sizes: What OSHA Table O-10 Actually Covers

Table O-10 is the table everyone reaches for when sizing mesh for a machine guard. It is also written for one narrow class of machine, and OSHA's general machine guarding rule contains no opening dimensions at all. Here...

Read The Full Note →By Howard Wire Cloth Co.
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All Notes

Everything we’ve filed from the shop floor — sorted newest first.

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