My splicing attempts

[browncow]

Heres a couple of pics of a soft-eye pulley saver I just knocked up. I used to make them with hose over the outside of the eye but lately have been using rubber bungee cord like whats used for the big-shot and it works a treat - retrieves every time and no chance of unseen wear inside the rope like when wire rope is used as a stiffener.

[Rich Rule]

Where do you get the bungee cord from mate?

[Mark J]

Try catapult rubber : slingshot rubber | eBay

[browncow]

Where do you get the bungee cord from mate?

 

Hey mate, I am in Australia so not much help to you but I get it from 'Clark Rubber'. They are a wholesale rubber supplier and you can buy the bungee cord off a roll by the meter.

 

The stuff I use is about 10-12mm thick and is a bitch to insert into the rope.

Edited May 26, 2012 by browncow

[old snake]

Really nice idea with the rubber inner mate. Been looking for something similar my self to use. Not found anything yet although I do get distracted easily on the Internet?! Haha.

 

As far as wear goes with the wire insert,I used one of mine for well over a year and then dissected it. No wear inside from the wire at all. The stuff i use is 5mm with a plastic coating round it.

[Rich Rule]

I like the rubber idea as it will have memory. I need to do another as I knocked one I made and knocked up another quickly a forgot to insert anything... Doh!

[old snake]

Haha! That's awesome rich. You can insert the wire after its spliced though,it's just a bit more awkward mate.

[Dak]

try nitrile, the stuff they make o rings from, little memory, uber stiff yet flexible. And as its solid can be tapered nicely!

 

My sneaking suspicion it might be what the pulleysaver uses but I won't cut mine open....

 

have a look

 

If you know anyone who uses big oring i.e plant fitter that may be a good point of call for free bit

[John Shutler]

another rope guide because i fancied a change. edelrid rope with wire insert in the large eye

[son of a birch]

Looks good, where does one buy those retrieval shackles?

 

Also how long do you usually make your rope guides?