Eye splice in double braid polyester rope
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How to make an eye splice in a double braid polyester rope for e.g. halyards. SPLICING TOOLS can be bought at: www.premiumropes.com/splicing-...
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My friends pops is an old school splicer for 40yrs. He builds these tables and they have everything you would need built in. Measurements, melter, needle holders , marker holders, and a radio w TV. I grew up watching him at his craft and even though it's a dying trade it's amazing. We live in New Bedford, Mass so plenty of boats and splicing still
I can easily explain what you did! What you did was nothing but pure... MAGIC! Great job!
THIS IS HOW AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO SHOULD BE! ON POINT WITH NO BULLSHIT!
I actually watched this (thx for the upload) and in conjunction with a pamphlet I have now tied this eye splice dozens of times for work and for my own use on boats. Yeah it takes a little practise but once you get it they are a lot of fun to tie and look awesome (plus of course the functionality). You can tie these with a thimble too and they are excellent for anchors, etc. All you need is the correct jacketed rope and the corresponding size Fid (that special rod he is using) is also important. Any sail shop can set you up. I simply use an awl, fid, needle with nylon thread, and very sharp Olfa-style knife (I wrap masking tape around the cut point first it makes an easier cut). I have even tied rings with a very similar method. I suggest gloves are great for when pulling it out because hands can get kind of raw with the nylon rope. As another commenter mentioned, it is good to use a whipping stich needle and nylon thread or it can come apart. Use only top quality rope it's worth every penny!
This brings back memories of back splicing (and eye-splicing) three-strand sisal ropes as a scout back in the 1960s. The method is quite different with the newer nylon ropes.
When I was in the navy on a YTB tug... we use to do this with eight inch lines... Memories. The eye splice never failed, but I did hear some high pitch whining before the lines snapped. It would get to a pitch that you knew it was time to duck. Moving ammo ships in the stockton river's current snapped a few quarter lines.
Going to have to watch this another 20 times I reckon....!!! Clever stuff, always wondered about eye splicing this type of rope, very interesting indeed, thanks for posting this...!!
Absolutly impressed as I have done standard splicing IE back splice , eye and joining splice including Flemish or Molly Hogan (wire )for years but this is the 1st time I have seen this in detail.for braided. best start learning I guess. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. DAVE
I used to splice steel ropes underground as part of my duties as a maintenance fitter. We used to make a loop by splicing into the body and hiding the ends. At the latter end we had to use eyelets and clips as mines regulations had changed. What you basically have is a Chinese finger puzzle. Very neat thanks for showing.
What wizardry is this!
Thank you. No audio needed which means the visual was on point for explanation. Great quality visual and beautiful results. Much mahalos!
Good to hear!
Brilliant video - thank you for posting it. I’ve just managed to do my first double braid splice, followed every step and it worked. No way I could have done it without this video.
Glad it helped!
Very smooth! Well done, both video and operation.
Of all the demonstrations I have seen this one makes the most sense. Good job! You even use the same set of fids I have. Thanks you for taking the time to show us novices how-to. Having the proper equipment and work area set up ahead of time will make this much easier. I have subscribed.
Wow! Amazing, Thanks for showing us how it's done. Fascinating!
I have always shied away from putting an eye-splice in double braided line, but this was so clear. I will give it a go! Thank you soo much!
Very cool, the magician gave us a peek! It’s always neat to watch a craftsman work.
Hi Redart789, thank you for your positive feedback. Some lines are very rigid and it can take a while to get the core out. (In this video we choose a rope which is very easy to splice). The first step in a rigid line is to make point B less rigid, so move it around for about a minute or so and it will become a lot softer. Then use a fid or a splicing needle to 'open up' the line. Stick the needle in without damaging the rope itself and make some room, then pick out the core. Good luck!
wow, this is so much more simple than I imagined. Nearly as easy as twisted rope. Thanks!
Ingenious! Thank you for teaching.
Looks
easy but you need to practice it several times to perfected.
Thank you for sharing that with us. I will use it to change and make new lines for my Boat.
First I must commend you for educating people on rope work, still today rope is one of my favorite and most used tools. First introduced to me in the boy scouts, then again as an apprentice Iron Worker. It at least for me was very very hard to grasp the concept, especially if you had to tie it reversed, (around someone else for rescue). We had to learn nots and hitches forward, backward, with one hand, in the dark. I took a small line with me everywhere, practicing at any opportunity. Three years later I knew 300 knots and hitches. Applying the right not and rigging properly is a great challenge and very rewarding. I would like to add to your tutorial on forming an eye if it is ok with you. If a physical attachment is made at the eye it throughs this constricting hitch off and it can not function as designed. Instead make the eye a little smaller and sew in at the other end. The eye will get larger one time when first placed under load, this allows the outer sheath free to constrict with a very high ratio, like chinese finger cuffs. By sewing the front the thread takes much of the stress and restricts the constriction from doing its job. Also the amount of rope incerted can be reduced by over half.
This fellow knows how to whip a rope.You can reliy on 99.9% of these folks for help 24/7.Take best care.
Very cool my friend..! I always wondered how all that fine braiding /splicing was done. Got to try that...
Epic video ...doesn't over complicate things. Well done.
Absolutely amazing. So many cool things.
Absolutely a beautiful demonstration!!!
a very excellent process to explain such a functional & essential loop!
One of my first assignments after commissioning was as 1st Lt. on a destroyer. I was always impressed by the marlinspike skills of the boatswain's mates assigned to my division. Unfortunately my ship was decommissioned just a few months into my assignment and I didn't get an opportunity to pick up on these skills.
Beautiful eye. Well done.
Thank you for the excellent video - makes spicing a breeze!
you make this look easy I had a go at it and discovered why you put nice calming music with the video.
WOW..... I just watched that and it's like amazing, but so simple. Well done!
Excellent tutorial. I don't do much sailing anymore but years ago I tried this on some old sheets.... Boy did I learn a lesson. Never try on old stuff. Always on new.
been trying to understand this thru illustrations its so much easier when you show it on video .. lovely job
замечательная работа! Это самый внятный урок по изготовлению огона ! GREAT JOB!
Excellent video, thankyou!
So easy to follow and glad there's no overexplaining audio.
I also struggled with there not being enough space in my rope but got there with force and blisters in the end! Looking forward to trying again with better rope :)
Good luck!! :)
Muy prolijo, muy seguro y muy didáctico, gracias !!!!
Excellent tutorial! Next job for me would be how to perform this including the thimble within the eye!
when I have trouble sleeping I use this video as a sleep aid with hopes that when I awake that I magically can make a Dyneema eye splice. So far nothing but it’s still a fantastic sleep aid. Usually conk out around the 2 min mark! Definitely well done with the splice though. LOL
If I remember correctly, Dyneema is single braid like Amsteel, correct? If so, it's single braid and will splice much, much faster. Don't use a fid for that though, it works best and easiest with a loop turner.
Jeesh so easy compared to so many other videos ive watched. all the other videos, i couldnt get a good eye splice. took me two tries before i got a good eye watching this video. much thanks for the great video.
Great to hear!
Great video easy to follow....Much appreciated.
Как говорится , всё гениальное просто !👍👍👍☀️😛
neat trick..i was a ship fitter..but you bosen mates did learn alot of cool rope tricks..nice..have to look into a few of these
Fantastic - looks so simple!
Very clever, and so neat
One of the best eye splice ever,it's self tighten once load is applyed and can resist more in the splice segment than the rope length,under overload,the rope will snap along any sector of the rope BUT NOT THE SPLICE is the segent that will fail under overload,i really don't know why most peoples don't test theyr own theory in all scenarios (also the worse case scenario) to proove themselves that they have right on theyr own point of vision about an aspect they claim like they really know about...this type of splice is one of the strongest possible (including the variables related with) ! One advice,don't cut any scenes,rather play on a faster speed,so the peoples can see also the the more time consuming stuff,get a better video editor to allow you to do that,all the best regards from Romania :-)
Thank you! People just find it hard to believe how strong a splice is. We've updated our video a while back, you can find it here: th-cam.com/video/1GvXKiH1kLw/w-d-xo.html and we think it's a lot clearer
This video is magic to watch but amazing when you manage to do it .I've done two eye splices now, one on a 1/2" rope & one on a 1/4" rope without a fid. A fid length is 21 times the rope diameter.I used a small knitting needle, pushed it up from 5 to 10 cm beyond B, pushed it into the centre of the inner core, taped it on & pulled it back through.
Thanks for that. I was just wondering
Use an aluminum knitting needle. Pull the cap of the back, cut L = 21 x Dia and bevel the back end with a belt sander or file. Cheap and available fids that are also color coated. 1 pair of needles yields two fids or a short (7 x Dia) and long fid
Excellent. Start to finish uncut tutorial- Thankyou. I need to to do this without the thimbles falling out. Let’s hope practice makes perfect..
Very well done video and useful information. Thank you, John
I sure want to be able to do this. Very nice. Thanks
I remember learning to splice 45 years ago as a sailor but I don't remember that the rope had a core. It seemed a lot easier than what I see here. This is more like a science. Well done!
You might have learned to splice single braid, which is much faster and easier.
mesmerising and beautiful job.Well done
Thanks so much, works perfect every time. I was even able to splice on a snap hook by sliding it over the outer at 2:30 the pushing the inner through it at 3:30. Hope this helps someone else.
You make it look so easy! Great job.
Mitch Conner
Hi Bryan, Some ropes are harder than others, e.g. when the cover and cover are stiff. Taping the cover in this one is a good suggestion, we do that all the time. You can also use the D-SPLICER fid in this specific case. That one always works and is complementary to your regular fids.
You are an artist!
All these years wondering how it was done. It was always magic until now. Now it's just pure sorcery. Lol. Excellent. Thanks for showing how its done..
Blew my mind. Amazing
What a great trick! (For Earl below) The sheaf that goes over the 2 rope joint, holds the ropes together, the harder you pull the tighter the sheaf constricts, making the join even stronger.
Very satisfying to have that bit of life's mystery resolved.
The first time I tied these I was like "who would ever have ever thought of this was a genius!" Try it you'll be hooked and you'll be tying them for any of your friends with boats :)
Estupendos trabajos mil felicitaciones, y me cuento entre sus seguidores
That is really clever , thank you for showing me the right way to splice braided rope.
Excelente!!! Gracias por compartir
A real eye opener. happy trails
Mesmerizing to watch, thanks
An eye splice reduces the working load with 10% on average (a knot with ~50%). On PremiumRopes we have specified all breaking strength per rope. You can certainly put a carabiner in the eye splice.
Très professionnels. Continuez à apporter aux amateurs et au autres passionnés. Bravo
Excelent video. Simple and efficient!
Really great video. Just what I needed.
Good to hear!:)
Хорошая работа!
Oh my gosh that is way easier than I thought. All this time I have been splicing 3 lay rope.
Excelente muy buen trabajo artesanal, viendo el vídeo me pregunto algo si este tipo de ojo se puede hacer en una cuerda estática para trabajo en alturas? y si se puede hacer cuanto es la resistencia en kilo newtons
Great easy to follow instructions,thanks for sharing.
Muito bom. Muito obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento.
Que interesante..gracias por compartir
This was satisfying to watch!
Wow! Clever stuff👍
very nice and neat way of doing it
My bench and every kind of fid is set up to a howser.Go figure I am now retired and living inshore.Kind of sucks but I still have to keep a copy of Payne's Marine if I get too rusty.I do get some snubbers and eye splices,sometimes with a thimble,,,,,whoopie but at least I love it and they always seem to enjoy (and pay) for my blisters.Good stuff being back into it anytime at all.Cheers to all!
Schwierig. Gratuliere. Hält dieser Knoten noch bevor das Seil bricht dann ist er perfekt. Danke Ihnen!
This is just awesome.
May I ask what is the music you have playing, its excellent. And thanks for the videos, super helpful :D
Very nice! The music was great, too.
Super, excellent video. Gotta give that a go!
Perfeito maravilhoso 😍😍🇧🇷
Excellent! Perhaps you could follow up, with a _backsplice_ for the other end??
Yep, thats a win, right there.
Awesome!
not having any large rope home from work I did this on 550 paracord. It came out nice even though my center core was a 3 twist core I put the fid through half of each 3 strands alternating.
A very clear demonstration. Many Thanks.
Thank you! We have a new version uploaded: th-cam.com/video/1GvXKiH1kLw/w-d-xo.html Hope you like that one too!
No idea what just happened, but very interesting handy work. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wow! Just learned that you can do this!
What music is this?
I always wondered how braided rope was spliced. I’ve done plenty of splices with normal twisted rope...
You make it look too easy. Nice job
Yup, got me subbed. Very informative
Beautiful
Amazing! Thank you SO much!
So that's how they make a clean smooth loop in ropes. Although I just gotten into paracording and I have a vary limited supply of 550 paracord as well as small scraps pieces that I save from being tossed into the trash. I could of gone further with this knot by using the strands that make up the core that you pull on at 6:37 in the tutorial to further strengthen that loop by weaving them around the rope.
Omg thanks for it! is beatiful!
A nice final touch would be to stitch the base of the eye in two passes at right angles to each other. This would give added assurance that the splice would not slip under load.
Hi Dave, that is not necessary as the splice will pull itself tight under load.
Kevytmoottorikelkka
Another comment here points out that doing this will actually prevent the slight slippage required for the splice to pull itself tight.
Nice video. I've been doing this splice for many years but never thought of tapering the braid ends. That's neat, I'll try it next time. But whipping, siezing or stitching the splice is a mistake because to achieve it's full strength the inner and outer must close up around each other under load within the splice. If they are seized they cannot move the tiny amount needed so that the splice is effectively only as strong as the siezing. With time and loading the splice will work up stronger and stronger. I've done hundreds of these and never had a single failed splice. Still, a nice video - thanks.
sea gorilla I was wondering about the whipping and thought it might make it stronger so the core cannot slip back. Interesting to hear that that’s not the case. I wonder why though.