Show off them splices

Thanks for the feed back everyone. I gotta say I really appreciate the help with getting started into splicing. Well I went for my second and third double braid splice. This time with some velocity.

Here is number 2:
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I'm pretty happy with the way this one turned out. That is unless you guys tell me I shouldn't be. I tried to keep it "toight like a toigah" at the crossover and it took lots of popping to get it to finally go home. Here is my setup: I have my slip knot hooked onto a carabiner on an eye lag bolt sunk in to a wall stud. Once I get the eye in as much as I can by hand and carabiner I run a bar through the carabiner and pop it away from the slip knot about as hard as I can. It seems to me that it takes a ton of force to get these to go home.

I also had to google up toight like a toigah. I found some disturbing images and was about to give it up til I remembered austin powers . . . . I have so much to learn about arboriculture.

Here is number 3:
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for this one I tried to bury a longer piece of the core - over a half fid past instead of 1/3. The throat is rock hard and I could not run it all the way home. After the fact I tried rubbing it down with some dish soap and hammering it out some more, but its either not moving or moving in increments too small to notice. Is there any hope for this one? Recommendations?

There's something about splicing. . . i can see this becoming an addiction.
 
[QUOTE="for this one I tried to bury a longer piece of the core - over a half fid past instead of 1/3. The throat is rock hard and I could not run it all the way home. After the fact I tried rubbing it down with some dish soap and hammering it out some more, but its either not moving or moving in increments too small to notice. Is there any hope for this one? Recommendations?

I think there is a tendency to think that if a little bit of bury is good, a bit more is even better. This often results in not being able to get a nice taper on the splice, or worse yet, having to do a lot of beating and twisting on the rope to get the splice home. So, my recommendation is to always stick with the manufacturer's recommendations instead of trying to make it "stronger" by adding to the bury. I have never seen a splice fail if it was done with a standard bury, so I don't see any reason to experiment with adding more.
 
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Shniggysaurus said:
Hey guys. I just wanted to confirm what I read earlier in the thread that the recipe for splicing 9.3 epicord is the same as the Samson Class 1 double braid instructions. It's that what everyone is using for epicord eye 2 eyes?

Thanks for the help.
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Yep. Standard double-braid. Check out Teufelberger's instructions for some cool tips. Just spliced my new hitch cord today.
 
ARLO - thanks for that advice! I will definitely stick to the recommendations next time.

cbachmann - that hitch looks great. Is this double braid eye splice the set of instructions you used? If so I will give it a try.

Couple more questions:
How important is it when whipping that the needle does not separate carrier strands as you pass the whipping twine through the rope?

Also what do you guys make of the warning on epicord?

"Warning!
This product can be damaged when exposed to heat. When exposed to temperatures ≥ 70°C, it will sustain a relevant loss in breaking strength. This can cause falls from a height, especially in the case of long descents. Therefore, never use epiCORD for rappelling from large heights! Users must assess for each individual case of use whether or not the product is suited for it. The rope must be stored at room temperature and must not be exposed to any heat sources."
 
Shniggysaurus said:
ARLO - thanks for that advice! I will definitely stick to the recommendations next time.

cbachmann - that hitch looks great. Is this double braid eye splice the set of instructions you used? If so I will give it a try.

Couple more questions:
How important is it when whipping that the needle does not separate carrier strands as you pass the whipping twine through the rope?

Also what do you guys make of the warning on epicord?

"Warning!
This product can be damaged when exposed to heat. When exposed to temperatures ≥ 70°C, it will sustain a relevant loss in breaking strength. This can cause falls from a height, especially in the case of long descents. Therefore, never use epiCORD for rappelling from large heights! Users must assess for each individual case of use whether or not the product is suited for it. The rope must be stored at room temperature and must not be exposed to any heat sources."
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Yes, those are the same insts that I was referencing.

Regarding the temp warning...uhhhh... I've got nothing. Kinda interesting.
 
The core of EpiCord is not heat resistant only the cover. In fact the core has a lower melting lint than polyester. So you would not wanna burn out on it, just like any...

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Shniggysaurus said:
Thanks for the feed back everyone. I gotta say I really appreciate the help with getting started into splicing. Well I went for my second and third double braid splice. This time with some velocity.

Here is number 2:
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I'm pretty happy with the way this one turned out. That is unless you guys tell me I shouldn't be. I tried to keep it "toight like a toigah" at the crossover and it took lots of popping to get it to finally go home. Here is my setup: I have my slip knot hooked onto a carabiner on an eye lag bolt sunk in to a wall stud. Once I get the eye in as much as I can by hand and carabiner I run a bar through the carabiner and pop it away from the slip knot about as hard as I can. It seems to me that it takes a ton of force to get these to go home.

I also had to google up toight like a toigah. I found some disturbing images and was about to give it up til I remembered austin powers . . . . I have so much to learn about arboriculture.

Here is number 3:
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for this one I tried to bury a longer piece of the core - over a half fid past instead of 1/3. The throat is rock hard and I could not run it all the way home. After the fact I tried rubbing it down with some dish soap and hammering it out some more, but its either not moving or moving in increments too small to notice. Is there any hope for this one? Recommendations?

There's something about splicing. . . i can see this becoming an addiction.
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Try inserting your awl through the cover and core on the "standing" side of the eye, just above (eye side) of the throat and pulling against your anchor. Also, use a small diameter Prusick cord to pull more cover slack. These two should do it. Also, keep a biner in the eye, so you don't close it entirely.

Craig
 
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