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NEW!! The FOX Splice |
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I've always asked that if someone
out there thought they had a better way to go to please share.
Well Ken Fox of Canada has come up with one that is very worthwhile.
He modified the Norson splice. Have a look at this and see what
you think. |
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1/ Slide the cover back to expose
about 1 foot (300mm) of core |
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2/ Cut off about 8" of core
and taper
about 3" of the end of the core. This allows the core to
be put inside the cover so it is easier to pull into the throat
of the eye.
(Bob's note; Do this by trimming
away some threads at varying stages as is shown in the Norson
Double Splice) |
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3/ Now slide the cover back up
over the end of the core so that the tapered end of the core
is fully inside the cover. Lay out the eye as shown here and
note where the throat of the eye falls on the standing part of
the rope.
The end of the core is about where the
yellow arrow indicates. It will pull up into the cover in step
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You will need a special fid for
the next step so make it up by bending a piece of coat hanger
size iron wire double as in this picture.
(Bob's note; Iron coat hangers are
getting hard to find in Australia but are about 2mm wire) |
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4/ Insert the end of the fid under the
cover about 3" up from throat position noted in step 3 and
out of the cover at the throat. Thread the end of the cover through
the eye of the fid and if necessary squeeze it down with pliers
so it gets a good grip on the cover as shown. |
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5/ Now pull the fid and end of the
cover through the cover and out as shown here. |
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6/ Right where the cover comes
out bend the rope sharply and extract the core making a loop
of it as shown below. This will take some digging but it can
be done without too much difficulty. The end result is shown
in this photo.
(Bob's note; If you need further
explanation on this procedure, have a look at the Norson
splice page. This step is important and a part that I think
makes an improvement of the technique.) |
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7/ Now remove about half the strands
in the loose end of the cover starting right where it exits the
standing part of the cover (As in the Norson Double Splice)
and weave the cover end in and out of the core. (As in
the Original Norson splice) |
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8/ Massage the cover down over the
core so that the core is drawn up into the cover. This photo
shows the almost finished result. The knot of white is the almost
finished core and this will require quite a bit of force to pull
in but less than the original Norson splice. |
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The finished splice. |
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Ken has taken parts of my splices
and recombined them and added an important step all his own.
All of us owe a debt of gratitude to Ken for his work and inventiveness.
Well done Mate!! |
