JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
This is your old hank worthaug, it's going back to it's home monday
Show off them splices
- Thread starter Jman
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Worthaug
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- North Cakilaki
Mike Powers?
JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
Yup, yup
TylerHoffman
Participating member
nice "SUPER SMOOTH" how many inches ir ur bury for something that short?
Worthaug
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- North Cakilaki
The buries prolly cross over 4" Tyler. ..
JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
16 strand splices.....if I didn't already like 16 strand rope, the splicing would keep me from ever liking it.
macswan
Been here a while
- Location
- Champlain Valley, VT
How'd you like that workshop? Did you meet Jose? That dude is faaast.
I loved it! About 18 of us there. The first day some of us hung around until 8 p.m., but 12 hours standing on the shop floor was killer on my knees and back. Hands were pretty sore by then too.
Day 2 was more casual and ended by getting to run wild in the warehouse on a shopping spree. Thankfully I'm not married because I blew money like a drunken sailor.
Not only is NickfromWI a super smart splicer, but he's also funny, witty, generous and cool. Jose and Eric are the bomb. They had a splicing race to win $75, and they both produced a double braid eye splice in 5 minutes, 43 seconds. I think Eric won by a fraction of a second.
We got to break test lots of stuff: not just splices, but porta wraps, XSRE biner, etc. They have awesome splicing stations, including 3' steel beams bolted to the floor with a cleat and a large and small post mounted on top for pulling and yanking.
I would definitely do it again.
macswan
Been here a while
- Location
- Champlain Valley, VT
That sounds like too much fun dude
Dang, TS now has the splicing towers for sale:
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=298&item=15111
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=298&item=15111
My very first splices:1. Tachyon. My very first splice.
2. OP 8mm, e2e.
3. OP 8mm, first attempt to splice hardware into the eyes.
I have no friends or other real life sources of knowledge. Youtube, this forum and New England/Samson websites have been great resources.
Thanks, but I must confess that it also involved two not so nice (unsuccessful) splices
JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
If you only failed twice before you got one to go home, you're ahead of the curve.
For sure! The oceans splices really look nice. I have never tried splicing something that small, too small for my fat fingers!
JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
10mm OP splices easy peesy. If you can splice things like tachyon and cougar, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to do hitch cord. From one guy with fat fingers to another, go to harbor freight, buy a set of micro screwdrivers and grind the points in to little duck bills. Makes little things easier to grab when you have a variety of picks hanging out. Best 2 dollars I've ever spent.
