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  1. Brocky

    Brummel tail bury length

    But only when used in a specialized situation, the Whoopie has a loss of about 20% from the loop tail exiting out the side. No need for a full strength splice, especially when trying to make it as short as possible.
  2. Brocky

    Brummel tail bury length

    Like a hitch cord the shorter bury is desired on a Whoopie, doesn’t mean it’s as strong as the straight bury of two fids.
  3. Brocky

    Brummel tail bury length

    One fid?
  4. Brocky

    Brummel tail bury length

    Yes, the lengths are for Class II, Class I results are the same for their required bury lengths. I’m not seeing much sharp bending or much interaction with other rope parts except the 90 degree bend around a single diameter of rope when it is used for a dead eye sling. The rest of the bury...
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    Brummel tail bury length

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    Brummel tail bury length

    Two fid lengths of bury would be the strongest splice, locked Brummells are only needed if a straight bury isn’t desired, like friction hitch cords. Stitches could replace the locked Brummells with the longer bury and be as secure for the times it’s unloaded. When using locked brummels the...
  7. Brocky

    What am I missing here?

    I bury the core and cover a couple inches short to make adjustments, then bury them just before final milking. I don’t jam the crossover together, just pull until marks line up, the core strands get distorted with too much force, causing bunching when the opening milks them out. The crossover...
  8. Brocky

    Show off them splices

    You are combining the two 90 degree bends, probably because they are so close, when it should be one on one. Think smaller by imagining how the fibers themselves react to the two bends.
  9. Brocky

    Zigzag and rope ends?

    Another option is to take some core out, pull the cover inside itself, put a piece of stiffened accessory cord inside, and sew.
  10. Brocky

    Vega Eye Splice

    If it had broken, I would be happy with the results and moved on, but now the bury needs to be longer, or a larger diameter to maybe get better results, more testing needed now. Forgot to post the tight eye picture!
  11. Brocky

    Vega Eye Splice

    The brummel wouldn’t fit inside the cover on Xstatic, I made the eye a little large to be able to seize it for a tight eye, then put on the shrink tubing. I got my sample back, the bury pulled out, no breaking. The outside of the tail melted slightly, and there is a melted trail where it...
  12. Brocky

    Vega Eye Splice

    The first stage of the cover bury was a little difficult at first, the core strands would bunch up and needed to be pulled frequently to straighten them back out. Got smart on the last one, held the eye and stepped on the rope below the bury and kept it stretched while easily pulling the fid...
  13. Brocky

    Vega Eye Splice

    Right, the locked brummel is just above the throat in the bottom of the eye. The two above didn’t have true locking, the strands came out, wrapped around, and were buried. The one I sent in has the strands going through both sides of the cover after wrapping around, and then buried. I do the...
  14. Brocky

    Vega Eye Splice

    Interesting, the weak link was the reduced core in the eye. Doing the math, your stronger splice retained 57% of the ropes break strength, Marlow’s average is 57.6%, from their website. I’ve been trying to come up with an easier method instead of just the brute force of pulling the bury...
  15. Brocky

    Working on Spurs Compendium

    Thanks, it does seem somewhat vague if one is needed when starting to ascend from the ground.
  16. Brocky

    Sticht Hitch

    Search Sticht Hitch by Knotorious on You Tube.
  17. Brocky

    Working on Spurs Compendium

    Is a tree squeeze required by ansi for any part of tree work?
  18. Brocky

    How would you climb this without ladder and spikes but only rope & climbing gears SRS method

    Briefly grabbing the string just after the bag has reached the target branch, makes it stop and start to wrap around the branch, releasing the string at the right time can bring the ball back at you. Not an SRT method, but gets you up the tree, fairly quickly, without the branch strength worries.
  19. Brocky

    Custom Splicing options?

    Probably something with a large eye, 8mm-11mm, and around 9’.
  20. Brocky

    New Edelrid TreeRex saddle SOLD

    Prusik cord, or a second bridge?

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