Splicing Tachyon.

[Amelanchier]

So tell me ropegods, Tachyon is some kind of funky doublebraid/parallel core hybrid thingy - I presume a regular doublebraid splice can be done if I pull the parallel core out of the section I want to splice. After all, its just there for feel and cross section profile, not strength... right?

 

[Tom D]

The core is part of the strength,so removing it is not ok, go to the new england site for instructions how to do it, I did mine, its really hard, not technically but physically.

[Amelanchier]

Doh. Came at the site from a different angle and there it is!

 

Splicing Tachyon

 

Triple braid splice... Dunno if I can be bothered. Might buy someone a beer to do it for me.

Edited April 21, 2009 by Amelanchier

[Amelanchier]

A friend of mine has a phrase for things like this.

 

Turbo ball-ache.

[Amelanchier]

Hang on, Are you sure Tom - the product data sheet says;

 

"Easily spliced on one or both ends using conventional double braid splice."

[Joe]

on honey brothers website on the tachyon bit, it has a link to a splice guide, i don't know if its any different to the one mentioned but it may help.

[Tom D]

Easy in principle, v difficult in practise. The splice inivolves turning part of the rope inside out and then threading this back down inside itself then burying that part. The threading through of the inside out part and burying it is hard work.

[bob]

i think it would deserve more than 1 beer tbh there is more to splicing than folk think

otherwise learn to tie knots:001_tt1:

[High Scale]

According to the WesSpur catalog it's a double braid splice.

[Amelanchier]

Easy in principle, v difficult in practise. The splice inivolves turning part of the rope inside out and then threading this back down inside itself then burying that part. The threading through of the inside out part and burying it is hard work.

 

Having looked through the NE triple braid guide in a bit more detail I notice that the parallel core isn't actually included in the eye. It just gets tapered out in a certain place!

 

The inversion of the braids is part of the standard double braid splice.

 

However, it does seem to be a good idea to follow the manufacturers guidelines!