spliced Tachyon

[High Scale]

Is that the alternative cover taper?

[Rich Rule]

Rich, good 16 strand video on here Donaghys Industries, Marine - Aquaculture Products – Manufacturers and Distributors, double braid video is very good also, just makes it look ridiculously simple and takes a lot of worry out of the process.

 

bah... taken down due to copyright claim...

[High Scale]

Mare.

[old snake]

cheers carl and Had.

 

is it because the rope is old and worn that i am having trouble extracting the core? it looked so easy on the vid on the donaghy's site (checked it out last night).

 

which tool do you use...?

 

I nipped to homebase and bought a bradal, should i blunt it off a bit?

 

Thanking you once again.

 

If its an old rope it will be a bit more work especially when you get to the crossover. New ropes are much easier.

 

At the point where you extract the core manipulate and bend it around a bit to loosen it up a tad. Once you gt a couple of strands out it will become easier(dont try and pull all the core out in one).

I use a couple of different awls depending what rope im doing. If yours is really pointy then deffinatly round it off a bit! If its sharp it will catch random strands quite alot.

 

Hey Carl-no thats not the new taper but i did try it out the other day on some tachyon and it worked a treat:thumbup1:

Edited May 20, 2010 by old snake

[Rich Rule]

tried searching on youtub for brian toss... can't seem to find any.

 

you gotta link?

 

am currently printing the samson instructions before i enter the cave at the end of the garden.

[High Scale]

I have spliced two used Edelrid 16 strand climbing lines and they were pretty much pain free.

[old snake]

Ive just had a search and all his vids seem to of gone:confused1:

 

Thats crap!! The samson instructions are pretty good though. Dont try and do the bury all in one though like they suggest. Do it two its much easier.

[Rich Rule]

cheers mate for the talk through.

 

first one i have tried other than Tenex/yalex. apparently i still have the hard bit to do.

[old snake]

No worries mate any time. That splice is looking really nice though,nice tight eye. Just take your time on the crossover and that should be a bang on splice:thumbup1:

[bob]

looking good

try a overhand knot just this side of the bowline so when doing final settle you can undo and no excess slack will have crept into the knot

are your hands sore then:thumbup: