My splicing attempts

[onelab]

Cheers High Scale

 

I got me some piano wire from the music shop at the bottom end of Gloucester Rd then drilled a few holes in a 2cm diameter cylindrical bit of wood to us as a handle.

 

Now there is a bit of yale silver streak with an eye in it hanging off my chin up bar. Been there for a week not quite finished

 

The eyes nearly rammed home but the outer cover just lookes a bit to bunched up round the throat.

 

I really gota get the money together for one of Nods courses. They look good...especially the splices afterwards

[High Scale]

Cheers High Scale

 

I got me some piano wire from the music shop at the bottom end of Gloucester Rd then drilled a few holes in a 2cm diameter cylindrical bit of wood to us as a handle.

 

Now there is a bit of yale silver streak with an eye in it hanging off my chin up bar. Been there for a week not quite finished

 

The eyes nearly rammed home but the outer cover just lookes a bit to bunched up round the throat.

 

I really gota get the money together for one of Nods courses. They look good...especially the splices afterwards

 

Try pulling the splice back out a little then smooth out, back to the knot then back again toward the eye, as Christian said on the course don't fight the rope! I tried to splice the Marlow Gecko, it's quite an old rope but I couldn't even get the core out, I tried but it just wouldn't budge, so bugger it, I'm not going to stress my self out trying to splice a rope that is that much of a pig.

[onelab]

I dont blame you.

Not that i'm experienced at all but my bit of marlow gekko was a MASSIVE pig to do. The fid snapped when doing a second burry during the overlap. Now its parshly overlapped with a stuck loop of cover sticking out

 

& my hands were destroyed by that point Still...all fun & games.

[old snake]

Try pulling the splice back out a little then smooth out, back to the knot then back again toward the eye, as Christian said on the course don't fight the rope! I tried to splice the Marlow Gecko, it's quite an old rope but I couldn't even get the core out, I tried but it just wouldn't budge, so bugger it, I'm not going to stress my self out trying to splice a rope that is that much of a pig.

 

The marlow gecko is by far the hardest rope ive done:sneaky2:. Ive done two or three now and i swear im never doing one again!!!

[High Scale]

The marlow gecko is by far the hardest rope ive done:sneaky2:. Ive done two or three now and i swear im never doing one again!!!

 

Thing is the core pulled easily from the cover at the end of the rope but when I tried to pull it out of the cover at point C it just wouldn't budge, well one braid maybe moved 5 inches. Mikey came by to pick it up tonight, good job as I was about to burn the bastard on the fire.

[stuartc44]

Now just finished these.

This being third and fourth attempts. Just using home made wire fid made from 1mm fencing wire. It is high tensile wire and has not broken yet.

 

Done a strength test on first attempt by tying bowline in the other end of the rope and pulling between two vehicles, the knot broke eventually.

 

The smoothness of the cross over took some doing to get right, removed a little extra of the core, now a lot better.

[Jamie]

looks good stuart, nice attention to detail. get that whipping up alongside the eye though, a bit of perserverance, a sailmakers palm and some decent sail making needles and you'll get it

 

Jamie

[Jamie]

oh and don't let your frapping turns twist on teh whipping....unless it's intentional.

 

Jamie

[Samuel]

they look great, good job

[old snake]

Was bored this morning so thought id splice myself a footlock strop up and a bit of marlow boa...............just need to learn to footlock better now! haha