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Tip to prevent the chopsticks squishing together on your first set of passes: tie a bit of rope around the other ends of the chopsticks on the other side of the cardboard. That way they will stay in shape better on the end where you're making the monkeys fist.
taught myself ho to make these before the internet was a thing. I used 1/8" nylon rope and a 1/2" wooden bead (ball). I also had a crush on a girl who played volleyball and the obvious resemblance to a volleyball inspired me to make them for her whole team s keychains so she wouldnt suspect I liked her! Good times!
Really good tutorial. I think I actually got it. This is the only tutorial that made sense. Just a tip you could use a second piece of card board to stabilize your stix on your homemade paracord jig. i used your idea though for the diy jig. Very innovative.
...Said the people willing to waste 5 mins before ANYTHING about how to wrap. Gotta go find chopsticks and make small holes, and do another hole and push and then one more chopstick and struggle to make the jig. Blah..Blah..Blah..now we have a geto jig made of chopsticks. Yawn. Got here lookin for this dude who had a 2min monkeyfist (3 or 4 wrap) and it was simple. Cant find it. Found chatty cathy here and 5mins before the actual fisting starts.
HI Tim, thanks to this video I was finally able to conquer the elusive 🐒 🤜🏻. I used a fishing weight as the core. This was one used by my late father in law. We placed a padlock on a ring in the sea front wall where he used to fish from and the cord I used is high viz orange by day and glows at night. Thanks for the instructions and another great video. 👍
Made it with you first time. I just didn't hear or see you mention the first end gets pulled inside on the final tighten. I've made mine as a light pull for the bathroom. Thanks. K
We used these to throw lines to the pier from aboard ship....always wanted to learn how to make one. I need to make one to throw a line over a high tree limb and pull up a temporary Ham Radio wire antenna. Thanks for the tutorial.
Tree Surgeons I hired to take down 30 trees too close to my home used one of these to pull the tops of the trees. In the direction they wanted the tree to fall after the initial cut was made. A strap with a good size hand ratchet was used to tighten the cord. It was not para cord but a super strong braided type of cord. It was cool to watch him get it perfectly into the top of the tree on one try !
Very awesome! One note I had is that if you're making a one-time jig, you may want to pull the chopsticks or skewers out the other direction so you're not forcing the large end through. However, perfect as always! Thanks for posting! Also, this answers a question by raising another one. What does it do to compress the wraps with, say, one extra wrap on all sides (8 as opposed to 7). Would it strengthen the knot or just get in the way?
Using more wraps than called for the core size you're using usually ends up with it getting bunched up and lumpy along with adding that much more work dressing and evening out the tails. I found a nice chart online that gives the suggested number of wraps for common core and cord sizes. After doing a dozen or so monkeys fists from 3/4 to 1 1/2 with para cord and cheap cloths line using the chart gave me nice tight smooth knots. it's been a few years and I don't remember where I found it though.
Great learning experience for this bad boy. Thank you very much. Couldn't you just have tightened the off centered passes, albeit a pain. But perfection is what we are about, right?
I'm currently working on getting the supplies together for a REALLY BIG Monkeys fist. I picked up a bowling ball at Goodwill for $6. It's not that heavy, maybe 10 or 15 pounds-ish. The wife is pretty small and she can pick it up no problem. I'm currently working out what size cordage I'm going to use to make it look right. I'm rather excited about this one. 😁😆😆
you say 14 feet ! Will this leave any for a good swinging handle ? Should I add a few feet for that ? I am using a golf ball that is 1.5 inches across .
I've made some with plastic practice golf balls. I didn't want the weight so they can be used on car mirrors or as a Christmas tree ornament. I use 14 to 15 feet of 550 paracord and make 8 passes. Just confirming what others have said already.
make a permanent, adjustable jig using 3/8 plywood and threaded screw/bolt that will be more sturdy and can be loosened or tightened. As well, you can drill some additional sets of holes for larger/smaller.
Great video. Two quick questions. Why did you work the knot off the big end of the sticks? Wouldn't it be easier to pull them though and then off the points? Secondly if you used a band to hold the wrong end of the sticks together, thus preventing them from distorting the shape would this cause problems with the knot in the end?
to stop the chopsticks from moving around on your working end, you could technically just use another square piece of cardboard on the opposite end to hold it position
great idea thanks for the vid! i do have a question though. since there are many different sized monkey fists and most people seem to pre-cut the paracord, how do you calculate the length to use so that you don't come up short?
Could you also use maybe one of those high bounce balls for the center? Maybe aluminum knitting needles for the homemade jig? I want to make my kittens some hanging type toys using the monkeys fist. I thought that the rope that is commonly used for clothes lines would be good for this. Of course any suggestions you may have would be most welcome.
Nancy Savage if you hang it and make it with something absorbant like paracord or some type of rope that absorbs get a small spray bottle and put some catnip in the bottle about a quarter full then fill the rest with water shake for about 3 minutes and spray it onto the monkeys fist or just try this with any toys for cats they will be amused for hours
jerrod eatherton well id recommend finding someone else to teach. Unless you have 6hrs to kill listening to someone ramble. Sure. He makes decent things but talks way too much
Mine was a piece of oak board and four #2 pencils for my jig It has made many of those Get back whips with a 1 inch ball bearing.. Keep up the good work enjoy watching ONT.....o~*o.....Ride...On........
“I’m Asian so I have tons of these laying around”. I truly laughed out loud. Well, I’m white and I have tons of those laying around lol. Not mad. Good diy jig. Thanks!
Comment. .....the vid was clear up to the cinching part....it was clear that you understood the process of cinching but unclear to me. how did you take out the slack and "even out " the lenghts?.....did enjoy the vid please keep them coming
Guess I could use a couple ✏️ or 🖊 since I don’t have chop sticks. And, I bet to hold the 1St 4 wraps in place, could use a pretty long Hemostat or some skinny clamp. What lengths did you start with? Ghetto jig 😂, . Nice video.
I've tried to make this like 3 times and I give up each time because it's always lopsided or the loops aren't woven right. I'm following this tut to an exact science...I'm so frustrated :(
The help should be what are you doing at the end and where are the ends you start pulling. I am lost at all the tightening cause I pull the wrong ones and mess it up! Help.
Linda Allen he is basically reversing the weave. He wanted to take up some extra length from his "tail" cord, so he carefully followed the cording back, pushing and tightening as he went, essentially retracing the weave from beginning to end. It really helps to keep the wraps flat and somewhat snug together during the initial wrapping so that the "cords" don't overlap and twist - just as he demonstrated at several points during the video.
Malkhut hinds-bernard well yeah, you can injure someone with it... but since in watch dogs 2, he was using an 8 ball which is heavy, it can kill someone if you bash them in the back of the head or maybe in front
Malkhut hinds-bernard they have also been used to belay lines between sea vessels any time ships (think wood and sails here not modern ships) needed to be lashed together. They added weight to the end of the line so it could be thrown further.
Thanks i actually tried this with a marble and some dark blue yarn Using a 5 pass It turned out really well It broke but only because i was really rough with it
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Tip to prevent the chopsticks squishing together on your first set of passes: tie a bit of rope around the other ends of the chopsticks on the other side of the cardboard. That way they will stay in shape better on the end where you're making the monkeys fist.
I tried to make one years ago, just found this vid. Broke out the ball, made a steel fid, made a steel/wood jig and made one. Thanks.
Ty for this DIY jig idée, it's just awesome 👍
used a billiard ball lol #13, made 11 passes, and finished with a diamond knot, ty for the tutorial it helped me to complete my project
taught myself ho to make these before the internet was a thing. I used 1/8" nylon rope and a 1/2" wooden bead (ball). I also had a crush on a girl who played volleyball and the obvious resemblance to a volleyball inspired me to make them for her whole team s keychains so she wouldnt suspect I liked her! Good times!
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Really good tutorial. I think I actually got it. This is the only tutorial that made sense. Just a tip you could use a second piece of card board to stabilize your stix on your homemade paracord jig. i used your idea though for the diy jig. Very innovative.
You are the best paracord teacher ever!!!)
Ain't he. My fave channel on paracord.
KIRICHannel I agree with you.
KIRICHannel, I know right! I don't even own any paracord.
...Said the people willing to waste 5 mins before ANYTHING about how to wrap. Gotta go find chopsticks and make small holes, and do another hole and push and then one more chopstick and struggle to make the jig. Blah..Blah..Blah..now we have a geto jig made of chopsticks. Yawn. Got here lookin for this dude who had a 2min monkeyfist (3 or 4 wrap) and it was simple. Cant find it. Found chatty cathy here and 5mins before the actual fisting starts.
John Rambo So make us a better video of u making this...
Dude, that’s awesome !!!
Nice work bro!
You did good! It was very easy to follow so now I think I can make one. Thanks for your time
Amazingly done
HI Tim, thanks to this video I was finally able to conquer the elusive 🐒 🤜🏻. I used a fishing weight as the core. This was one used by my late father in law. We placed a padlock on a ring in the sea front wall where he used to fish from and the cord I used is high viz orange by day and glows at night. Thanks for the instructions and another great video. 👍
This is the best video I've seen yet for this. So easy.
Awesome! Glad this video made it easy for you!
Thank you, you're a great instructor. Joe
Thank you! 👍🙂
Made it with you first time. I just didn't hear or see you mention the first end gets pulled inside on the final tighten. I've made mine as a light pull for the bathroom. Thanks. K
Nice job, your tutorial was a great help👍
Thank you
Got it! Took me 4 attempts but finally got there......thx again
nice job brother
you can even place a second cardboard a bit far from the first one for more strengh on the structure :)
We used these to throw lines to the pier from aboard ship....always wanted to learn how to make one. I need to make one to throw a line over a high tree limb and pull up a temporary Ham Radio wire antenna. Thanks for the tutorial.
Tree Surgeons I hired to take down 30 trees too close to my home used one of these to pull the tops of the trees. In the direction they wanted the tree to fall after the initial cut was made. A strap with a good size hand ratchet was used to tighten the cord. It was not para cord but a super strong braided type of cord. It was cool to watch him get it perfectly into the top of the tree on one try !
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You are great teacher
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Very awesome! One note I had is that if you're making a one-time jig, you may want to pull the chopsticks or skewers out the other direction so you're not forcing the large end through. However, perfect as always! Thanks for posting!
Also, this answers a question by raising another one. What does it do to compress the wraps with, say, one extra wrap on all sides (8 as opposed to 7). Would it strengthen the knot or just get in the way?
Using more wraps than called for the core size you're using usually ends up with it getting bunched up and lumpy along with adding that much more work dressing and evening out the tails.
I found a nice chart online that gives the suggested number of wraps for common core and cord sizes. After doing a dozen or so monkeys fists from 3/4 to 1 1/2 with para cord and cheap cloths line using the chart gave me nice tight smooth knots. it's been a few years and I don't remember where I found it though.
Really nice with this DIY Jig! Cool idea, keep up the awesome work! :)
Thanks! I will!
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Great learning experience for this bad boy. Thank you very much.
Couldn't you just have tightened the off centered passes, albeit a pain.
But perfection is what we are about, right?
I'm currently working on getting the supplies together for a REALLY BIG Monkeys fist. I picked up a bowling ball at Goodwill for $6. It's not that heavy, maybe 10 or 15 pounds-ish. The wife is pretty small and she can pick it up no problem. I'm currently working out what size cordage I'm going to use to make it look right. I'm rather excited about this one. 😁😆😆
How do you calculate the length of the paracord required?
you say 14 feet ! Will this leave any for a good swinging handle ? Should I add a few feet for that ? I am using a golf ball that is 1.5 inches across .
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This is my next project but instead of a ball bearing, I’m going to use a golf ball! Not sure how much cord I’ll need though...
Ves Slone I also made one with a golf ball
For a golf ball using 550 paracord will take almost 12 feet of cord when tightened. Obviously, start with more than that to make the turns.
I had to use 8 passes because when i did 9 it would always become deformed
They bounce back I made one be careful
I've made some with plastic practice golf balls. I didn't want the weight so they can be used on car mirrors or as a Christmas tree ornament. I use 14 to 15 feet of 550 paracord and make 8 passes. Just confirming what others have said already.
cool camera setup
Thanks!
Great tutorial and vid. Quick question : how do you estimate the length of the cord you need? cheers 👍
make a permanent, adjustable jig using 3/8 plywood and threaded screw/bolt that will be more sturdy and can be loosened or tightened. As well, you can drill some additional sets of holes for larger/smaller.
Great video. Two quick questions. Why did you work the knot off the big end of the sticks? Wouldn't it be easier to pull them though and then off the points?
Secondly if you used a band to hold the wrong end of the sticks together, thus preventing them from distorting the shape would this cause problems with the knot in the end?
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to stop the chopsticks from moving around on your working end, you could technically just use another square piece of cardboard on the opposite end to hold it position
Oh yeah! Right! Good idea. I am going to do that.
great idea thanks for the vid! i do have a question though. since there are many different sized monkey fists and most people seem to pre-cut the paracord, how do you calculate the length to use so that you don't come up short?
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Next up... Making one with a bowling ball or soccer ball as the core.
Dude, that’s awesome!! I shared this with some girlfriends, it’s really important to teach people how to be prepared e defend themselves
I got it to work with some pencils, I tried pens but the where too short.
Great
how many passes would you do for a 2 inch ball?
Would leather work as well?
Excellent! Thanks.
totally going to do this.... sooner or later
how do you know where to start cinching?
Could you also use maybe one of those high bounce balls for the center? Maybe aluminum knitting needles for the homemade jig? I want to make my kittens some hanging type toys using the monkeys fist. I thought that the rope that is commonly used for clothes lines would be good for this. Of course any suggestions you may have would be most welcome.
Nancy Savage if you hang it and make it with something absorbant like paracord or some type of rope that absorbs get a small spray bottle and put some catnip in the bottle about a quarter full then fill the rest with water shake for about 3 minutes and spray it onto the monkeys fist or just try this with any toys for cats they will be amused for hours
Just a thought but if you put an elastic band on the opposite end of the chopsticks, it will stop the working end from collapsing.
I love this
Where do you get a bearing that large?
I want to make one with a bowling ball some day
jerrod eatherton I came in like a wrecking ball
jerrod eatherton omg can you imagine hitting someone with it😂😂
jerrod eatherton well id recommend finding someone else to teach. Unless you have 6hrs to kill listening to someone ramble. Sure. He makes decent things but talks way too much
jerrod eatherton Lol I'd love to see that
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What length of paracord did you use approximately?
To make a larger fist do you : 1) wrap it more times, 2) use a larger rope diameter. 3) use a larger ball bearing, 4) or something else?
To make a larger monkey's fist with the same cord you will have to use a larger core and do more wraps.
I love the chopstick jig! Great idea.
going to work on one of these next, i also follow you on Instagram.
Hello, is there a method to calculate the length of rope required depending on the size of the monkey fist that we want to make?
The width of the cord times x amount of wraps = diameter of ball.
@@stefanagiovlasitis2669 Ok, thx for this answer ;o)
Mine was a piece of oak board and four #2 pencils for my jig It has made many of those Get back whips with a 1 inch ball bearing.. Keep up the good work enjoy watching ONT.....o~*o.....Ride...On........
Cool! That sounds like a good setup that would work over and over. Thanks for sharing!
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Where did you get a steel ball of 1.5 inches if somebody could please tell me.THANKS
Ebay has them, all kinds of sizes. I also got an 8 ball to do this project on ebay.
just curious, how many passes?
pencils work great
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So You've got over 2,000 lbs of chop sticks? Lol
Yeah, I'm Asian...lol 😂😂😂
“I’m Asian so I have tons of these laying around”. I truly laughed out loud. Well, I’m white and I have tons of those laying around lol. Not mad. Good diy jig. Thanks!
ty for the jig idea. i ended up just taking a block of wood and hammering some nails into it
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could you use a golf ball in the middle?
Cael Wickham Yes, you can. You have adjust for the width, though.
Cael Wickham if it's a sphyiracle ball type object yes you can it's common
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so was that second part all i needed was that first part u said, sorry im not as smart as u, and as mean
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Comment. .....the vid was clear up to the cinching part....it was clear that you understood the process of cinching but unclear to me. how did you take out the slack and "even out " the lenghts?.....did enjoy the vid please keep them coming
Where can you buy one of the paracord threading needles?
Check my links in the description box. 😀
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Guess I could use a couple ✏️ or 🖊 since I don’t have chop sticks. And, I bet to hold the 1St 4 wraps in place, could use a pretty long Hemostat or some skinny clamp. What lengths did you start with?
Ghetto jig 😂, . Nice video.
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Can you tell me the color of that paracord❤
It's Licorice or sometimes listed as Firefighter.
Great tutorial, really enjoyed it & very easy to follow BUT I can't believe you used that crappy jig. With you talent build a real one.
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I've tried to make this like 3 times and I give up each time because it's always lopsided or the loops aren't woven right. I'm following this tut to an exact science...I'm so frustrated :(
Hey, I made a jig like that with a box of toothpaste hahahahaha
The help should be what are you doing at the end and where are the ends you start pulling. I am lost at all the tightening cause I pull the wrong ones and mess it up! Help.
Linda Allen he is basically reversing the weave. He wanted to take up some extra length from his "tail" cord, so he carefully followed the cording back, pushing and tightening as he went, essentially retracing the weave from beginning to end. It really helps to keep the wraps flat and somewhat snug together during the initial wrapping so that the "cords" don't overlap and twist - just as he demonstrated at several points during the video.
Where can I find a bearing that big?
Amazon sells 2" ball bearings.
I keep running out of cord on the fid end, I cut 14ft of cord, any tips on what I’m doing wrong 🤦♂️
How much cord is on the other end?
The Weavers of Eternity Paracord Tutorials I have about 3 ft on the non working end and the rest on the other side
hey can you make me one plz
Wait so if it uses a ball bearing does that mean if i hit someone it can hurt or injure them?
Malkhut hinds-bernard It could kill someone! Definitely not a toy.
shawn winegar thanks, works perfectly with my plan then 😈
Yes i do, i came here because of watchdogs 2 and i was wondering if i was looking at the right thing
Malkhut hinds-bernard well yeah, you can injure someone with it... but since in watch dogs 2, he was using an 8 ball which is heavy, it can kill someone if you bash them in the back of the head or maybe in front
Malkhut hinds-bernard they have also been used to belay lines between sea vessels any time ships (think wood and sails here not modern ships) needed to be lashed together. They added weight to the end of the line so it could be thrown further.
do you HAVE to use paracord?
Nope, you can use any sort of rope you have! :)
Why can't anyone post a complete demonstration of this knot?
rcwariii fuck off son of the damn bitch
I get all the way to the part when i have to sinch every thing through to tighten it and it just comes all undone .
Is the ball slipping out?
The Weavers of Eternity Paracord Tutorials no i just don't seem to be able to keep the direction in my mind and end up undoing it lol.
I did the exact same thing hahaha
I only had three chopsticks on hand, so I used four pencils.
That works too!
Could you tell me where you got that nice red paracord?
Link is in description.
It's in the description
Oh, thanks... Guess I gotta start using my eyes more😀
Its all good! :)
+The Weavers of Eternity Paracord Tutorials could I possibly buy a paracord bracelet of you. I've tried for about 4 months to make the mad max series.
Wait you mean the monkeys fist isn't just a spongebob joke?
Could you use yarn
You could, but it won't be exactly the same. Also yarn would probably move around a lot.
Crystal Cantrell tried it. I'll tell you it's not fun. You could make it thicker and easier by braiding..
Thanks i actually tried this with a marble and some dark blue yarn
Using a 5 pass
It turned out really well
It broke but only because i was really rough with it
@Crystal Cantrell Congrats!! I tried knitting once, I ended in a mass of tangled string... Lol