Splicing
Submitted by Terry on Sun, 2006-08-27 11:53
Help !
Does anyone know how to splice DOUBLE BRAIDED rope ?
I am having one hell of a job and waisting my rope trying to master splicing an eye on this stuff.
Have downloaded info off the web but my tiny mind has trouble understanding .
If someone has some simple steps to follow I would appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance
Terry
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Braided over a core?
By double braided you mean braided over an internal core?
http://www.neropes.com/splice/default.htm
Two points are worth mentioning.
1.) Ensure you size the eye of the splice carefully - not to big or small
2.) Make sure you taper the tail of the inner core, which gets buried inside the rope in the last step of forming the splice. Without an adequate taper, the rope will be too thick to feed evenly through sheaves / pulleys / fairleades / hawsepipes and there will not be a smooth transition from the eye to the main rope.
Braided Rope Splicing is as tough as it gets!
Hopefully those links might help.
Cheers!
"Piscator, non solum piscator" - "A fisherman, not just a catcher of fish"
http://www.flywest.com.au
Terry
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"By double braided you mean
"By double braided you mean braided over an internal core?"
"Braided Rope Splicing is as tough as it gets!"
Gday Flywest,
Thanks for the link, and yes both of the above quotes are true, especially the second one...lol Have worn off a few layers of finger skin trying to do the job. Can get it close ....but not quiet right.
Cheers
Terry
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Date Joined: 04/02/06
Fid!
You have the right fid for the job?
Thats most of the battle, having the right tool - did you get the right Fid from the supplier of the braided core rope?
"Piscator, non solum piscator" - "A fisherman, not just a catcher of fish"
http://www.flywest.com.au