Wire fid

[HÖLLENREICH]

yea that dollar day screwdriver almost broke me. The stich all was cheap though so I broke even.

 

[MoTreeBeard]

That norson may work for a looser woven marine rope but I cant see it working on blaze or velocity. How could you bury that brummel back into the cover?

 

[maarten]

http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/ropetest.html

Check this out, i like this guy

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

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I cant see it working on blaze or velocity.

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I a sure you it works just fine on Velocity. Maybe a bit more tugging and tucking.

 

[tophopper]

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Maybe a bit more tugging and tucking.

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You said it was "easier".

Since when does more tugging and tucking equate to easier?

Another way yes, but why use an 8 dollar screwdriver when you can use a 1 dollar piece of wire, which is narrower, easier to insert into the bury, easier to pull the bury, and easier to load the rope onto?

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

lol your like a rash on the sack in summer. A bit more tugging and tucking is far easier than un wrapping and cutting hoping you don't cut too much away.

Lets see,
pull core
cut jacket
pull loop
tuck to and frow
milk

or

pull jacket
trim jacket
tuck jacket
milk
trim to tapper end
trim core
tuck core
milk
trim strands at reenter point
milk

seems easier to me

OOO that screw driver think I said befor, cost a hole buck at the Dollar Store.
Boy this hen house really gets it's feathers in a bunch if someone has a different way to do things.

The driver has no sharp edges to snag any strands

 

[UrbanTC]

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lol your like a rash on the sack in summer.

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Then that would make you like cancer with the possibility to never go away??!!!

Can you post some pictures of your handy dandy super screw driver splices? Are you just going to use the ones you find on google? Last year at the splicing symposium I saw many tools and lots of wire fids but zero screw drivers.

 

[MoTreeBeard]

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http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/ropetest.html

Check this out, i like this guy

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Wow, that isnt exactly a very scientific pull test!

 

[maarten]

Yeah i am all for home testing projects, specially when they get a bit out of control. Plus like he says, seeing is believing.

More interesting tho:

Why is it that ropes tend to brake not on the knot but close to it?

By the way i never experienced a splice braking. like to keep it that way..

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

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Can you post some pictures of your handy dandy super screw driver splices

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I will get it. Don't worry sir, no one is triing to wreck your $300 ahead booze party. It's just a different way of doing it thats all.

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Then that would make you like cancer

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Rather have that on my mind then the fact I shanked some guys money for info he can get for free.

 

[tophopper]

Holly,

No cutting needed. Simply place thru fid make bury, and pull. When the fid exits the bury with the rope end in it, it simply comes right off.

Oh and the wire fid has no sharp edges to snag any strands.

 

[chris_girard]

I showed this Norson splice here last month and questioned its strength compared to other conventional double braid eye splices.

Still waiting to hear the results though.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

ok here is your pic of a Norson splice, it's about 1 year old. Where the screw driver points is where the bury ends.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

I'll try to get a better pic tommorrow.

 

[tophopper]

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I'll try to get a better pic tommorrow.

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Please do. That one sucks. It makes the splice look "funny", Or maybe thats all the little tape wads you lost inside

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

The hammer gets rid of them. 2 lber makes it all smooth and plyable.

 

[Zac]

the tape stays inside the rope correct?

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

yes

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

second pic of splice

 

[Mntreedawg]

I'm with tophopper on this one. The screwdriver deal sounds and looks like a crock of...