ARLO
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Hey guys, I was making a friction saver yesterday and decided to create a simple table that shows the measurements that I use for making friction savers of different lengths in 16-strand ropes. I am also including some very abbreviated instructions for the steps that I use to make a saver. To most of the world I apologize for the English measurements, but I am too lazy to do the conversions. Use your conversion calculator. You will need a 36" wire fid to do these splices.
Ring and Ring Friction Saver in 16-Strand Rope (revised 5 Feb. 2025)
Cut rope to length indicated, remove core strands, mark center of rope, and do layout as follows: This layout is with a 12” overlap of cover tails and 5” for the eye. The three layout marks are the distances (in inches) from the center of the rope, working towards the ends. Notice that the second layout mark is always 1/2 of the desired saver length.
The measurements below are desired saver lengths, total rope lengths, and layout marks. Sorry that they are all scrunched up but the program ignored my formatting when I loaded it into Treebuzz.
28” 78” 6-14-19
30” 82” 6-15-20
32” 84” 6-16-21
34” 86” 6-17-22
36” 88” 6-18-23
38” 92” 6-19-24
40” 96” 6-20-25
42” 100” 6-21-26
44” 104” 6-22-27
46” 108” 6-23-28
48” 110” 6-24-29
50” 116” 6-25-30
56” 130” 6-28-33
60” 140” 6-30-35
Ring and Ring Friction Saver in 16-Strand Rope (revised 5 Feb. 2025)
Cut rope to length indicated, remove core strands, mark center of rope, and do layout as follows: This layout is with a 12” overlap of cover tails and 5” for the eye. The three layout marks are the distances (in inches) from the center of the rope, working towards the ends. Notice that the second layout mark is always 1/2 of the desired saver length.
The measurements below are desired saver lengths, total rope lengths, and layout marks. Sorry that they are all scrunched up but the program ignored my formatting when I loaded it into Treebuzz.
28” 78” 6-14-19
30” 82” 6-15-20
32” 84” 6-16-21
34” 86” 6-17-22
36” 88” 6-18-23
38” 92” 6-19-24
40” 96” 6-20-25
42” 100” 6-21-26
44” 104” 6-22-27
46” 108” 6-23-28
48” 110” 6-24-29
50” 116” 6-25-30
56” 130” 6-28-33
60” 140” 6-30-35
- Taper both ends (remove 5 pairs of strands at 5-strand intervals from mark 3). The first pair is hard, but it gets easy after that.
- Install heat-shrink tubing now if you want it to cover whiplocking later.
- Install first ring and use wire fid to pull first tail through to mark 1 on opposite side of center. Secure tail to a vise or other solid object and bury eye to correct depth. Use a hammer to massage rope if it gets tight at the end.
- Install second ring and use wire fid to pull second tail through to mark 1 on opposite side of center. This pull is much easier if you pull on the opposite tail as you pull the second tail through. That bunches up the cover so the pull is easy where the two tails overlap inside the cover.
- Secure tail to vise or other solid object and bury second eye to correct depth.
- Work all slack out of rope and mark both tails where they emerge.
- Pull both tails out about 6”, cut off excess and taper them by cutting 5 of the 6 stands at about 1.5" intervals
- Bury the tails, do whiplock and heat-shrink. Done.
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