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Eye Splice For Class 2, 8 Strand Ropes


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eye splice 8strand Class Ii Class II ropes are made in whole or part from any of the following high modulus fibers Additional rope needed for splice Dyneema Vectran Technora and Zylon length of 30 crowns plus length of eye with thimble length of 30 crowns plus The eye splice is used to place a permanent loop in the end of a rope generally for 12 circ in feet attachment purposes to a fixed point An eye is also used to form the rope around a thimble which is used to protect the rope especially when it is to be attached to a shackle chain or wire rope g e t t i n g s ta r t e d Eye Size The size of the eye is determined by bending the bitter end Plaited rope is no more difficult to splice than 3strand It is made of of the rope back over itself for a distance equal to the desired 8strands grouped in 4 pairs 2 of these pairs turn to the left and 2 to the length of the eye plus a length of 30 pics crowns right The illustrations show the 2 pairs turning to the left in white and preparation the 2 pairs turning to the right in gray They will be referred to as the If the rope which you are about to splice is all of one color white and gray pairs Note The gray pairs are diametrically opposite mark those pairs which turn to the right so that they will one another but at a 90degree angle to the white pairs and viceversa conform with the gray pairs in the illustrations Count back a distance of 30 pics from the end and tie a string securely 30 Crowns Picks around the rope so it passes directly over the center of both 2 Crowns pairs of gray strands Place the knot so that it is directly on top of one of these pairs It is important that this be tied securely to prevent slipping Now unlay the pairs of strands back to the Bitter end of rope 2 Picks Standing part of line string Making sure not to mix or twist them tape the ends of the pairs together 1 Hold of lay the rope so that the pairs of white strands are on top 1 3 step and bottom with a knot to the right as you look toward the end 2 Fig A Standing part Bend the rope over to form the desired eye in such a way as to of linestep keep the knot inside the loop as shown in fig A 3 Using the fid to make clearance and starting with the gray pairsstep tuck them under the diametrically opposite white pairs as shown 4 in fig A Make sure you do not disturb the lay of the pairs Do not twist them so that the individual strands cross over one another 1 2 4 in the pair Fig B 4 Now turn eye over tuck the white pairs under the diametrically ep opposite gray pairs as shown in fig B Note that in fig B thest splice is turned over from fig A The white pairs to be tucked should follow the white pairs of the standing part and the gray to be tucked should follow the gray pairs of the standing part The ends in the drawing have been numbered to help show their 3 position as the tucks progress Page 1 of 2 2090 Thornton Street T 3603844669 Ferndale WA USA 98248 F 3603840572 eye splice 8strand Class Ii 5 2 Now you have your eye with the first full tuck complete a full tuckstep means inserting all 4 pairs pull all 4 ends down firmly Starting with the gray pairs take another full tuck By starting with the gray pairs 3 Fig D you avoid having to go under 2 pairs at once Your splice should now look like fig C which now lays on the same side as fig A From here on you should have no difficulty completing the splice 2 1 3 4 6 Fig D Now starting with the gray pairs make four more full step tucks with each pair of strands 7 Having completed 6 full tucks for each pair of stands 1 step select the strand in each pair that is closest to the eye and tape it where it emerges from the tuck Then cut 4 off the taped strands as shown in fig D 2 8 3 Now splice the remaining single strands just as before for Fig Estep another three full tucks The splice should now appear as shown in fig E which will lay on the opposite side as shown in fig D Each single strand should now have three full tucks 1 4 9 Fig F 3 2 The tapering process continues by reducing the volume of each remaining strand by half count the number of step yarns that comprise each strand and divide as evenly as possible Select the divided half of each of the four 1 4 strand yarns 10 With the remaining four halfvolume single strands perform three full tucks Tape the strands after they have step been tucked and cut them off as done with previous strands Page 2 of 2 2090 Thornton Street T 3603844669 Ferndale WA USA 98248 F 3603840572


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