My splicing attempts

[onelab]

OP done! wasn't bad as I thought at all .

 

Finished off the rope guide & nearly finished some 16mm Marlow braid. Just the cover bury turned into a right bar steward so I've put it on the naughty step

[High Scale]

Onelab nice work, I'm interested in the Marlowbraid splice, show pics if it starts behaving itself!

[onelab]

Onelab nice work, I'm interested in the Marlowbraid splice, show pics if it starts behaving itself!

 

Cheers mate . Here's the work so far. The core is at full bury, the cover still has about 6 inches to go. It doesn't seem to have any taper to the burys in the instructions .

[Ian H]

My first go at splicing since three strand and multiplait climbing ropes but inspired by this thread I thought I'd try and re-learn, thanks to the guys at treeworker for the kit.

 

First two were a nightmare, third one seems to be on the money, mind you I wasn't sure I had enough skin on my hands to finish it.

 

Buzzing now:thumbup:

 

[High Scale]

It looks like three different people did those splices.

[Ian H]

It looks like three different people did those splices.

 

haha, not the first time I've been told I've got mutliple personality disorder:sneaky2:

 

I've got some yale scorch to try next, I think that's 16 strand,

maybe there'll be three versions of that too:biggrin:

[High Scale]

it's all good!

[Mark Bolam]

3rd is sweet.

[Peter]

No 3 looks excellent.

 

The first two look like the crossover has loosened during the final bury, and there is a lot of loose cover in the eye. Did you try stitching the crossover together?

 

To keep the cover in the eye tight, and to keep the crossover together, you need to keep the eye and the crossover stretched out tight, and draw the loose cover up over it.

 

Where the cover is all bunched up it's because you are trying to bury something too bulky into it.

 

Looks like you have worked all that out anyway, judging by the third example!

[Ian H]

3rd is sweet.

 

Thanks Mark:thumbup:

 

No 3 looks excellent.

 

The first two look like the crossover has loosened during the final bury, and there is a lot of loose cover in the eye. Did you try stitching the crossover together?

 

To keep the cover in the eye tight, and to keep the crossover together, you need to keep the eye and the crossover stretched out tight, and draw the loose cover up over it.

 

Where the cover is all bunched up it's because you are trying to bury something too bulky into it.

 

Looks like you have worked all that out anyway, judging by the third example!

Thanks Peter, it took a while to work out where I was going wrong, I thought it eventually all milk through but not a chance, just more and more bunching, hopefully I'm there now but need some practice to make sure it wasn't a flook.