Stirling Atlas...They say Factory only..anyone try?

[TFord]

Has anyone had success splicing Atlas? I am currently trying with 1/2 and 5/8” dia. Not really succeeding either. Problem is getting the core thru the crossover, just won’t go in either diameter. I think both the cover and core are ‘unslippery’ to use the technical term. Would welcome any advice before giving up and using the ropes unspliced.

 

[JeffGu]

Class I doublebraid splice... the Samson instructions seem to work best, as far as tapering.

 

[eyehearttrees]

Samson splicing instructions, is there anything they can't do? Was delighted to find they had prettty product-specific tutorials for making my Safebloc whoopie w/ TEC, for making Ice Tail eye&eye hitch cords, heck I just used their vid on class 1 DB eye-splices as reminder for a 3/4 polydyne rope/sling I just made to make-use of unused cordage (previously held my Safebloc) and unused hardware (got that Elevation Canda ring for $47 on ebay like 6wks ago lol, would've gotten their 2-for-$75 offer (they're 10% thicker than XL rings!) if I could find instructions on double-head slings but figure my collection/kit is probably done at this point, just a good # of Mercury lengths to process into loop slings for my always-spliced/never knotted bull-rope system (Mercury is 8.5k static but is 3.5% dynamic just like Polydyne, using it in doubled-over configuration (ie as loops) seems fine to me for soooo much!! Have some 5/8 TEC and a lil extra 3/4 p.dyne, both of which will be spliced to endless loops for all their varying uses from sling lengthening to afoermentioned 'slinging the logs' so my bull ropes can go rings/etc and have a spliced-end that's clipping-into a balanced load (doing single-line or 3-leg-'spider balancing' setups would be almost equally as easy if you've just got varying sized loops on-hand and all are terminating at good hardware connected to a spliced termination!