My splicing attempts

[John Shutler]

first attempts

 

manky bit of arbormaster and some stuff that i got from ian leach a while back

 

got a piano wire fid on the way from nod so i can ditch the coat hanger ive been using

 

sore hands now

[old snake]

Nice work John,its really satisfying doing your first splice isn't it?

 

That arbor master looked like it was hard work!! bet your hands were on fire after that one! haha.

 

Did you end up with any lumps?

 

Has the armor pruss turned up yet?

[John Shutler]

Nice work John,its really satisfying doing your first splice isn't it?

 

That arbor master looked like it was hard work!! bet your hands were on fire after that one! haha.

 

Did you end up with any lumps?

 

Has the armor pruss turned up yet?

 

yeah it was very satisfying, the arbormaster was hard going, it was pretty old and filthy but it didnt really have many lumps, my main poblem is how to taper the crossover between the core and the cover:confused1:

 

armor prus arrived this arvo mate, looks great:thumbup1:

[old snake]

yeah it was very satisfying, the arbormaster was hard going, it was pretty old and filthy but it didnt really have many lumps, my main poblem is how to taper the crossover between the core and the cover:confused1:

 

armor prus arrived this arvo mate, looks great:thumbup1:

 

Glad to hear it mate hope they work well for ya:thumbup1:

 

For tapering the crossover you need to mark both core's where they exit (the white core and the new one that you've inserted). Then pull about 10cm out on each core and then do the taper on each one. After that milk the rope up and down a few times and it should all settle nicely!!

 

Make sure the ropes been milked both ways before you marek them though!

 

Hope that makes sense? haha. I'll show you how i do it at Jonsies if you'd like mate?

[John Shutler]

Glad to hear it mate hope they work well for ya:thumbup1:

 

For tapering the crossover you need to mark both core's where they exit (the white core and the new one that you've inserted). Then pull about 10cm out on each core and then do the taper on each one. After that milk the rope up and down a few times and it should all settle nicely!!

 

Make sure the ropes been milked both ways before you marek them though!

 

Hope that makes sense? haha. I'll show you how i do it at Jonsies if you'd like mate?

 

that would be good mate, do you just cut it at a angle for the taper? i think the main problem i had was not milking it properly before marking and cutting it.

[old snake]

that would be good mate, do you just cut it at a angle for the taper? i think the main problem i had was not milking it properly before marking and cutting it.

 

When doing the taper for the crossover,what you need to remember is that you've now got double the amount of rope in the core now. So when tapering you need to roughly remove about 50% from each core so when you milk it there should be the same amount as if there was one core.

 

So cut an angle and roughly remove 50% from both ends. The smoother you get the tapers the nicer the finished splice will be:biggrin:

[old snake]

Here's todays offerings:biggrin:

[David Humphries]

Here's todays offerings:biggrin:

 

 

 

You sir, truly are splice geek extrodinaire.

 

Bravo

 

 

 

 

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[old snake]

You sir, truly are splice geek extrodinaire.

 

Bravo

 

 

 

 

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:lol: I sure am!!.................casper pointed that out to me at the aa show:biggrin:

[Tommy_B]

They look class mate!! Bring some down and I'll inspect the whipping for you, make sure its up to scratch!! haha!!!