How to splice

[Treecutr]

Can anyone tell me or point me in right direction to learning this. Wouldn't mind doing this myself, if I trust it.

 

[ATH]

WesSpur has links to Sampson, Yale, and New England instrucitons:
http://www.wesspur.com/info/info-index.html

Click on "Product Instructions"

 

[VA-Sawyer]

I had no idea how to splice rope. so I ordered the Brian Toss DVD on splicing from Sherrill. It was the best money I have ever spent for training material. I now have no problem climbing on PI that I spliced myself.
Rick

 

[canopyboy]

There's a couple options.

1 - The cheaper way that I took. Look up the manufacturer's directions for the rope you're looking to splice (available online). Make yourself a wire pull fid and look up the fid dimensions used in the instructions. Try it on a scrap piece or sacrificial end of the rope you want to splice. You won't trust it. Read a lot of posts on splicing, do some more info, figure out what you did wrong (your understanding of how the splice works will go up after you've tried it and then did some more research). Cut off your first splice and try again. Pretty soon you'll be making smooth splices that you'll have trust in. Post some pictures of your work, we'll critique. Post some specific questions, we'll answer.

2 - As mentioned, I've heard the Toss video is very good. His splicing wand is a bit pricey, but well worth it also. Avoid the tubular fids IMO unless you're splicing a very loose weave rope.

3 - There are splicing classes around you can find. Try looking outside the arborist community, lots of splicing goes on in the sailing community, and they actually use similar double braids.

Good luck.

 

[B_Turner]

Which rope?

Double braid is pretty straightforward after the initial shock of seeing the guts of the rope pulled out. Toss vid is good, but so are some of the manufacturers instructions.

I bought the vid and then compared to other instructions and sort of picked and chose how I wanted to do it.

I posted a while back about how I used a friction hitch to milk the knot home and it is was a godsend for me with making a really tight eye.

 

[clearance]

In this Province, a certified splicer is the only one allowed to splice lifeline, end of story. Not saying others cant, just saying. Must be based on an accident at sometime.

You are also allowed to climb with only one point of attachment, but it has to have steelcore, else its two. That is a problem for some here. So, not everything makes sense I guess.

 

[canopyboy]

Do you mean you can't even splice your own lifeline? I can see the requirement to be certified to be splicing 'em for others.

 

[B_Turner]

In this Province, a certified splicer is the only one allowed to splice lifeline, end of story. Not saying others cant, just saying. Must be based on an accident at sometime.

You are also allowed to climb with only one point of attachment, but it has to have steelcore, else its two. That is a problem for some here. So, not everything makes sense I guess.

You mean points of attachment during actual cutting, right?