Show off them splices

Probably not much of an advantage really, I've made tons of ultra slings and they're great, also a quick and easy splice. Just wanted to work up something different.
 
Z'sTrees said:
Had to replace the Omni 2.6 that managed to sprout legs..
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I recently found my CMI mini orange block for 3/4'' rope. It was missing for almost two years. I thought maybe it had gotten left behind at the job site. I knew it didn't grow legs ......only two other guys there that I have know for 20yrs. Both very honorable. I used it up in an ash as a gin pole about 30' up with the GRCS at the base. I don't use the GRCS much but I do have a smallish rigging bag just for ring slings that are dedicated for the GRCS. The rings never got used on that job. I have used a couple of rings here and there since from out of the top of the bag. This spring I was going through all my gear. Total reorganization. There it was misplaced in the bottom of that gear bag. All the while I wondered where the extra weight came from when moving the bag around.

Hope you find your Omni in the same manner.
 
Have a gig tomorrow, small wood but a LOOOONG hike in; over 2 miles on foot to the cabin, no vehicle access, not even 4 wheelers. So in prep I bought a baby porty and today made up a 1/2" tenex ultrasling to go with my #1 ring ultrasling (which I don't think I've posted before either) to try and save as much weight as I can.
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Jonny said:
Mountain bike in maybe?
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I thought about it, also considered asking my sister for a couple horses. The cabin is private land but cut off completely by state public land (hints no motor vehicles of any type). It's my buddies father's place so he and I and another buddy are just making a day out of a 4hr job and then gonna spend the rest of the day and night partying in the middle of nowhere. A 2mi hike is worth it. And on top of that, it's still a paying job!
 
I suppose you could pull the brummel apart and accidentally load the middle. luckily I trust the dude I work with to not do that. 2 has been plenty locked/ secure/ strong in my experience

Just unstuck a truck+chipper today using the last brummel, with a 4:1 pulling with a mini. It's not a break test but I'm more than comfortable with the security of 2x brummel.

Thanks for the caution everyone
 
Looks good! But it isn’t a locked brummel, although each end does go through the other. It would easily pull apart if you tried before doing the buries. Doing an end to end would require two locked brummels, with each tail needing to be unbraided, and then rebranded. I call this a plain brummel, while New England Ropes has an eye splice which they call the lock stitch, with the tail only going through the rope three times.
 
@kludge, I got to thinking about this thread and realized you buried one fid length each way. The typical splice requires two fid lengths. I don’t know if the brummel would give the same amount of friction as an additional fid length of bury would.
 
@Brocky, thanks for the feedback. I knew I was working to the best of my knowledge, which isn’t much. I was hoping for just this kinda feed back

First, do you have a web resource where I can get a better understanding of the difference between locking Brummell and Brummell? I kinda followed what you where saying, but would like to feel like I really got it.

Second, I based my fid length bury on my purchased ultra sling. After the last Brummell there was a fid length bury to finish the sling. It may not be the same thing at all, since the Brummells on the ultra sling are in series, but between that and some vids of making a loop using much smaller diameter tech cord for camping applications, I went with a fid length. The sling was tested a bit on the job yesterday for cable bracing, and held under load. So that’s my reasoning and experience. But if it’s dangerous or uncertain I certainly won’t use it for critical applications.
 
Your loop is not dangerous, just not as strong, maybe a better term here is secure, as it could be with a proper splice. Being a loop, pulling apart from a shorter bury is probably more likely than breaking, as long as the tapers were gradually reduced.
 
Brocky said:
Your loop is not dangerous, just not as strong, maybe a better term here is secure, as it could be with a proper splice. Being a loop, pulling apart from a shorter bury is probably more likely than breaking, as long as the tapers were gradually reduced.
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So assuming proper taper, the issue is the bury being pulled out? With the Brummell I find it hard to imagine that happening under load. Seemed more likely to be pulled out by accident or purposefully pulling on the burry leg. Am I missing something?
 
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The top drawing is the tail passing through three times and then the bury, which NER is now recommending be three fid lengths.
Your brummel only locks if the tails are being pulled apart, and doesn’t if the two rope sections are pulled apart. Your splice only has the tails passing through, one in each direction, then the bury with no lock.
The third drawing is how it should look, on both ends, so two locked brummels.
Without access to the other end, the rope is unbraided to be able to make the lock.
 
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