splicing
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Topic: splicing
Posted By: ham4sand
Subject: splicing
Date Posted: 01 Feb 11 at 6:03pm
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hi all, i just bought 100m of dyneema for my control lines/shrouds/halyard for my new cherub. How do i splice it, as iv heard it loses strength ion knots, plus the control lines need toi be continuous.
its 4mm, ill check how many strands at the weekend (the joys of boarding school) ------------- John Hamilton cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this [FORSALE] |
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Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 01 Feb 11 at 6:11pm
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look on the marlow website they tell you all, just get yourself a small fid or needle, also i wouldnt use standard dyneema for shrouds, you would need somthing like SK90 or the likes for that, as the creap and stretch is quite large, if you do, then put the rig tension on and off lots before sailing to try to bed it all in, also as control lines it doesnt cleat very well sorry to piss on your fire ------------- TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 01 Feb 11 at 6:13pm
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Rooster website got lots on splicing.
http://www.youtube.com/user/roostersailing - http://www.youtube.com/user/roostersailing
I want to know how to splice bungie to rope?
Alex ------------- |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 01 Feb 11 at 6:45pm
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I'd probably try removing some core, feeding the bungee into the outer, and stitching. Possibly some whipping over the junction too.
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: ham4sand
Date Posted: 01 Feb 11 at 8:24pm
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it works alright on the other new cherubs for cleating with smaller size allen cleats. and yeh i have it all under considerable tension already on a home made jib thanks ------------- John Hamilton cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this [FORSALE] |
Posted By: Strangler
Date Posted: 02 Feb 11 at 6:30pm
Is it for a dummy control line to stop you fiddling with the real ones?
 Hi Alex! ------------- |
Posted By: ham4sand
Date Posted: 02 Feb 11 at 6:33pm
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For trapeze adjusters??? ------------- John Hamilton cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this [FORSALE] |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 02 Feb 11 at 7:46pm
 maybe I think you should put some of those on the FD so your Alex doesn't mess it up!!
Still sailing Hornets?
Alex ------------- |
Posted By: rickstar 1027
Date Posted: 24 Feb 11 at 11:47am
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i wanna find out if you can splice 5mm to some like 6mm ------------- Mirror 58430 Laser Vortex 1027 |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 24 Feb 11 at 6:54pm
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Very vague question rickstar - What kind of cordage are we talking? End-to-End splices between sizes are quite common. If your just looking at something like 12-strand its very straightforward and there are plenty of guides online. You dont even need any special tools - a bit of wire and some tape will do fine. Double braid gets a bit more tricky to do neatly but its certainly possible if you take your time. The smaller sizes get progressively more tricky though so most people tend to taper each end and splice together as per 12-strand. Anything with a parallel core is doable with some know-how and a particularly stuborn personality but it can be a real pain to work with and somewhat unreliable if you dont know what your doing. I wouldnt bother in the size range your looking at unless you really like your boat bimbling or know a rigger with a lot of free time. |
Posted By: rickstar 1027
Date Posted: 25 Feb 11 at 12:41pm
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probably 16 strand end to end 5mm - 6-7mm ------------- Mirror 58430 Laser Vortex 1027 |