During the splicing process, the core gets extracted and separated from the cover strands, which will get worked back into the rope after some measuring and trimming is done to it. The process on a 24-strand does involve some additional steps but the core is still present in the eye splice. This means that the load is distributed evenly through cover and core. Does this make it dangerous or weaker? No, because the load is on the cover.Ī 24-strand rope is a rope inside of a rope. In a 16-strand eye splice, the core is actually removed in order to form the splice. The load is distributed through the cover and very minimal, if any in the core. No, not all splices are equal! Let me explain by comparing 16-strand to 24-strand double braid rope. A rope with an eye splice will retain up to 85%-90% of the rope strength! Knots as a general rule can reduce rope strength by up to 50%-60%!!! This means their knot-holding capabilities may not be as good as other ropes. Static ropes tend to be more static as the name suggests. Especially if a more static style rope is being used. However, this opens your error rate if you ask me. Eye splice, common whipping thread, fid and Swedish fid A fid is a hand tool made from wood, plastic, or bone and is used in the process of working with rope. Normally I always recommend having a spliced eye as your rope termination and I’ll tell you why: safety! Sure, you could tie a termination knot at the end of the rope if you are using some variation of an open system. Creating an eye splice is done by hand and follows a formula that entails rope to feed back into itself and creating a tight eye splice or whatever eye size you so choose. This process is delicate and tedious depending on the rope, it’s material, core structure and the diameter. “When we splice an eye in D-12 or double braid, we normally reinforce and finish it with a tight needle and palm whipping at the neck.There’s no denying that we absolutely need ropes to do about 90% of our job, but should our ropes include eye splices? A n eye splice is a technique used to create a permanent termination at the end of a rope for the use of connecting”. Take a bight of line from the standing part and pass it through this hole Pass the end of the line through this hole in the same direction Pull on the end of the line and the loop to pull the bights of line through The standing part is now going straight through a hole within itself with no twists Insert a pulling fid into the centre of the standing line about 300mm further up Halve about 20mm of the end of the line and place one half into the fid eyeĭecide on the size of the loop and exit the line with the fid close to the neck Slowly but surely pull the fid back through until it exits the line where you inserted it Pull the splice tight and milk the cover part of the splice down towards the eye Pull a bit of the inner line out, cut it off with a taper and milk the outer back over it Measure about 400mm from the end and open up the line in its centre here See our guide to a Dyneema continuous loop splice here. See our guide to a double braid eye splice here. See our guide to a three-strand eye-splice here. The enormous strength and stretch resistance of this ‘naked’ Dyneema line makes it ideal for a range of tasks aboard where in the past stainless steel wire of the same diameter would have been used. In the third of our six part guide to splicing, Sailing Today takes a look at a Dyneema eye splice, using modern, uncovered 12-strand Dyneema.
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