8mm bee line

[Waldo]

Does Yale not recommend splicing this any more? I can't find splicing instructions for it. could anyone could provide a link or instructions for the naked eye splice?

 

[NickfromWI]

There are no official published directions to splice 5/16 beeline or HRC. Here are the directions that have been told to me by the manufacturers last I checked (which would have been about a year ago).

Cut rope to length, strip cover from core. Set cover aside.

Splice a locking brummel for each eye in the core. Bury approx a 6" tail with the last 2" tapered.

Measure length from the base of 1 eye to the base of the other. Cut cover to that length (masking tape where the cuts will be to prevent raveling).

Slip cover back over core, whip cover in place at the throat of each eye. If you want to know what it should look like, just look over there <---

Eyes should be dipped in something so they don't gets ravelled and frayed over time.

Now there are several ways to accomplish the same thing. What I do for me and my customers is NOT what I explain here. My personal directions are more complicated to explain, end with the same overall measurements, but yield, in my opinion, a more perfectly balanced cover/core.

Do those directions make sense?

love
nick

 

[Waldo]

yes i think they do. when putting the cover back on what is the most effective way to do this? put a wire fid through the cover and hooking one end of the core to pull it through, or is the cover braid loose enough to just slip over the top?

 

[Blinky]

I use a coat hanger and pull it. Keep your Brummels neat and flat.

 

[Shawn]

coat hanger or tie onto end of toss wand snare,sometimes i use my toss wand to thread a length of throw line through the cover, then use this to pull the brummeled core through

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Hey waldo hope all is well show us what you got when you are finished. I would like to see it.

 

[TreeWackers08]

I use the needle and whipping twine.

Feed twine through needle
Hold jacket vertical
Drop needle down center of jacket
Shake as needed
Tie bowline thru eye
Pull back

Just used it 10 min ago and worked great. you shoud have this stuff handy, seeing as though you next step will be whipping it. Watch the knot in the twine its covered in like a wax I think. it could start to slip, leave a tail.

 

[Waldo]

all right thanks guys! next week is our christmass vacation so i'll have some down time to do my splicing projects!

 

[blacktopp]

what can you dip the ends in to help with the fraying, we get them already spliced at work but not dipped and i wanna buy some to dip them in.

 

[Blinky]

Maxi jacket - get it from Knot and Rope Supply.
or
'Whip-it Dip-it' from marine supplies

Personally I like Maxi-Jacket

 

[Worthaug]

Can I assume Samson Ultra Tech, being a class II dbl braid, can be spliced in a similar fashion?

 

[jcarufel]

Are 8mm Beeline and 10mm Beeline spliced the same way or are they different all together. I thought I heard they were different but named the same or something like that. Thanks

 

[NickfromWI]

They are very different.

 

[jcarufel]

I was a bit lazy with that post. I was reading what everyone had to say and had a minor question that was easily answered right after I posted with the help of actually looking at the products. My mistake...