Eye Splice 3 Strand Rope

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Eye splice 3 strand rope.

All dock lines should have an eye splice in one end. Turn the entire piece over. Modern synthetic materials however tend to be slippery and now a minimum of five complete tucks is required. Step 3 the first set of tucks.

Note the mark around the standing part of the rope your individual strands will tuck under these marks. In this detailed video tutorial we show you easy step by step instructions for tying an eye splice with three strand rope. Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below. The animation only shows the threading of two complete tucks with the final image.

Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength. Bend the rope to form the desired eye size and mark with a temporary wrap of tape. Easy step by step instructions for splicing a loop in the end of a three strand rope in this knot tying video tutorial. I needed to put some short lengths of rope on a tarpaulin tarp and figured that this would be a good way to do it rather than just tying a knot and hoping it holds.

Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above. Today we re continuing our knot of the week hd series with the eye splice. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. Bend following the natural bend of the rope so as not to put any twist into the eye or the splice.

For mooring towlines and other long term or critical applications seven tucks are recommended. Tip jar support my channel. This is done with the standing part of the rope in front of you bending the tail of the rope from left to right note. Hi all this is my first instructable so any feedback would be great.