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Jamie

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  1. Wow, with the inclusion of Nicks post this thread took a whole new dynamic. it's good to see a well typed post. (i admit mine may seem a bit ad hoc from time to time). I'll add my voice to that of Pete, Bob et al. While i can happily splice and deem myself competent i do agree there needs to be some means of establishing competency and a paper trail for the time the worst case scenario does present itself Jamie
  2. I'm assuming what that meant was when they are forming the rope on teh machine they backed off the tension a bit. if so it sounds like a long shot to say it's machine assisted JAmie
  3. you'll struggle witha tubular fid, doing it on teh cheap, get an old metal wire coathanger. (or any reasonably tough wire) and bend it in half and create two loops on the other end. insert this in at point d and out at 2, exiting where the core that is poking out. if you have to you can reduce the remaining strands so you end up with a super skinny tail, anchor that fid and pull. once you get it you'll feel stupid, once you get a few down you'll find em easy Jamie
  4. yes you can, some of us can make money from old rope Jamie
  5. Rob, I'll use samsons directions to explain. from your picture it looks like you've tried to insert the fid at mark 'D', try inserting it at mark 'C' then pulling the taper through. then move onto pulling it through from mark C to mark D i sometimes taper the last few inches of teh taper a bit more to get it started. anchor your fid onto somethingheavy (like a car or a strong fence) and use the anchor to maintain tension on the fid while you pull the cover over the tapered end. with splicing you have to find a way of making it all work for you, most new folks get stuck trying to fight against the rope. outsmart it, it is after all a non sentient substance Jamie
  6. like peter said they look good but you can't tell nowt froma pic. keep teh locking neat too jamie
  7. Renting a cottage in Scotland Jamie
  8. Jamie

    innuendo

    this is why most people shopuld not be given video cameras and the ability to publish on the web. most people don't produce anything woth watching. Jamie
  9. that doesn't look too bad, try snapping it to see how much strain it takes in a throughly un scientific experiment Jamie
  10. thats where you're going wrong, you're trying to eat at the same time. how about ditching the presses and trying heavy finger rolls, develop some real good finger strength Jamie
  11. any tips....how about getting up off your ass, walking round the rack and adding on some more weights. go and do something else for a while. take a break from presses. try some flyes. Jamie
  12. Anyone recommend anyone good to go and see about assessments in central scotland? Jamie
  13. send it to me and i'll try, you could do a tuck splice, i've done one on some tenex but it looks messy Jamie
  14. Never tried it but i'd suggest tying a knot down the rope and anchoring the knot to something heavy and massaging the cover over the splice to work it in. bend the throat of the splice and maybe a gentle pounding witha rubber mallet to soften up teh throat before massaging again. or you could do half the bury, tie a knot in the tail of the bury and achor that and massage the splice home then finish the bury off. or you could crack out teh KY and lube it up, but wash it before use. Jamie
  15. work smart not hard Jamie
  16. do one and get the technique down then abuse it on something, stick a winch on it and pull, or use it as a tow rope. then by all means use your second attempt as a life line Jamie
  17. Buy new rope, and make it decent rope. learning on old rope as said before is hard. if you insist on doing it i'd say crack out the KY as well to lube up that rope. cheap(crap) rope (even if its more expensive like you found out) is even worse that old rope, it just won't have been made as well. Try proclimber, they do rope by the meter. for all braided ropes you'll be wanting to practice on a longer length, only using one meter you'd be wasting you time. Jamie
  18. Binderberger do a good one, splits up to roughly 110cm. the length of a 385 with 92link bar on it. Jamie
  19. i got myself a petzl omni 3 way krab for that application. i'm yet to use it to see if it works however. Jamie
  20. I've never spliced the XTC12 strands before. i'd imagine you could do a brummel but why should you. just do a straight bury...if Yale recommend splicing it. i've seen some brummels on 16 strand ropes just to make it look pretty. brummels come into their own when you may want to reduce the length of the buried tail. There are two types of brummel, the one dean did is a locking brummel, the tail passes through the standing part and the standing part passes through the tail. on a (non locking) brummel the tail passes through the standing part twice. While a locking brummel is more secure than a standard splice there is a greater strength loss in the splice due to the locking procedure. tree surfer thats a complex way to do it, the easiest way to do it is to pass the tail through the standing then the standing through teh tail, on a long rope this can be very labourios thats why the method you posted was developed. does that make sense. Jamie
  21. that brummell is spot on. as for the length you'll have to play and see. i made a footloop strop out of some tenex with a whoopie type sling. that isn't much use to you though oh and mind ya whipping Jamie
  22. I always aim to whip and close to the eyes as i can. i've got a neat wee idea for some whipping which i'll unleash later in the week after i've done it. i intend it to be totally over the top....That should keep you fellow anoraks in a heightened state of antici.........................................................pation. Jamie
  23. Never spliced it but you can have a crap splice look right. to the untrained eye or the unobservant that splice looked good. Jamie
  24. I've made some splicing guidelines for some 16 strand cambium savers and some super short splces but i won't be posting them as they're non standard the best step by step guides i've seen are the ones samson do. Jamie
  25. the easiest to learn on is a hollowbraid like tenex or yalex. the principle is the same for most braided ropes. Yales Silver strak requres a bit more work that Edlerids Adline Jamie

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