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Hello all,
I have signed up for the Spring Splicing Symposium in PA and want to try to get a leg up on some of the material that will be covered since I have never spliced before.
Is there any good references (books/DVD's) that you would reccomend?
 
Best book out there IMO, is Brion Toss' Working Rope Book 5 - Basic Braided Splices, Field Guides for Rigging.

You won't find a beeter resource, especially for double braid and HM rope.
 
Do you know if this contains info on 24 strand rope like Tachyon? I'm kinda new at this, so pleae excuse my current ignorance.

Donny
 
Glad to hear youll be joining us!!! Should be a great time.

Im with timberjack on this, go to each manufacturers website to get instructions. Although all the 24's are the same instructions, Tachyon has a few steps that are different. Not trying to say dont look at stuff, but dont feel like you have to know it ahead of time. We are more than happy to walk through it with ya, in fact, thats our job. We have more instructors this year, so it wont be a problem for one of us to help ya out, step by step.

Alot of the guys that attend these have zero splicing experience at all. So theres no problem in being "ignorant" as you say. Its a learning experience for everyone!
 
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Do you know if this contains info on 24 strand rope like Tachyon? I'm kinda new at this, so pleae excuse my current ignorance.

Donny

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No it doesn't. For a line such as Tachyon, I would definitely follow the manufacturers instructions.
 
Glad your coming out to visit us here! Hope many others are signing up to join as well.

I am fairly new at splicing but the book that I love for splicing is Samson's Splicing Manual. It covers all types of splices for all types of ropes. Also has some info on the type of splice for what type of materials. This may not be exactly what you are looking for but when I got this book, I just read through it to understand how and why splices are done certain ways. Great book in my opinion.

See ya in May hopefully!

-Tyler
 
Thanks to all who replied. I am really excited to add another tool in my "toolbox". Does anyone know how many spots are still left? I may have another person that wants to sign-up.

Donny Coffey, CTSP
 
I have to catch up with John on Monday so I will try to remember to find out. He or I will try to post something on here or the Symposium forum so people know. But if you have someone interested, might want to hurry in case it is filling quickly!

-Tyler
 
old rope?

I have a New England Hi-Vee that is about 15 yrs. old; for most of it's life it has stayed in the bag on the shelf. In the last two years I have begun using it and notice that tiny fibers come off on my Blake's hitch when I descend. I do not burn down, but I am heavy for a climber. Is this to be expected? I have a tight eye splice I hang on, and always use a taut line hitch to ascend and descend. This does not happen on my Samson rope.
 
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I have a New England Hi-Vee that is about 15 yrs. old; for most of it's life it has stayed in the bag on the shelf. In the last two years I have begun using it and notice that tiny fibers come off on my Blake's hitch when I descend. I do not burn down, but I am heavy for a climber. Is this to be expected? I have a tight eye splice I hang on, and always use a taut line hitch to ascend and descend. This does not happen on my Samson rope.

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Pictures would really help with this. Are the colors of the fibers the same as the rope?

So it happens only when you use a blakes hitch and not a taughtline hitch?
 
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I have a New England Hi-Vee that is about 15 yrs. old; for most of it's life it has stayed in the bag on the shelf.

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A 15 year old rope? I would get on the fone with New England Ropes and ask for their thoughts. My thought is to cut the rope into 3-4' lengths and toss it. It's your life.
 
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Yes, the fibers are orange just like the Hi-Vee. I use a different color and construction rope for split tail. It happens on any kind of hitch. The rope has a light fuzz which i'm told is normal when a rope is "broken in". I want to retire it to low impact lowering duties and get a new one, but money's tight. No excuse, I know but I will get a new Samson Bigfoot soon.
 
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I remember reading on here somewhere that a company tested unused 10 year old ropes that had been properly stored. In a static pull all ropes met the average breaking strength without failing. In a dynamic drop test all ropes failed far below their ratings. I think you are playing with fire and taking your life in your hands. I would not climb on that line, rope is cheap. Be safe.
 
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X2, time to scrap it. None of my ropes ever hold a life for more than about 2-3 years, then I usually find something new, its just not worth it.

Money's tight for me and my fiancee too, but whats it gonna cost to lay in a traction halo for months? If nothing else, borrow a good rope from a buddy or something, your lifes worth too much to take a chance with.

Aside from the age, Safety blue and the Highvee/ultravee are great ropes, just sounds like it has possibly deteriorated in storage. Gotta remember, all ropes are suseptible to UV degradation as well, depending on how it was stored.
 
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I remember reading on here somewhere that a company tested unused 10 year old ropes that had been properly stored. In a static pull all ropes met the average breaking strength without failing. In a dynamic drop test all ropes failed far below their ratings. I think you are playing with fire and taking your life in your hands. I would not climb on that line, rope is cheap. Be safe.

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That is very interesting that the dynamic test failed. I will indeed climb on it no more. At 280 lbs, I'M sure I need all the dynamic strength that a new rope affords. Thanks to all for your input.
 
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