Splicing Hollow Braid

[Ian_Rob]

I am wanting to renew my lazy bag lines using 6mm Liros Hollow Braid. It is sold on the basis that it is, amongst other things, easily spliced.

In the online Splicebook by Gleisten Ropes, the technique to form a loop is to simply thread the entire end back through the rope and back again four times before leaving the end hidden inside . This is strong but from my attempts so far, isn't particularly cosmetic. Is there a neater solution?

 

[KAL]

I was shown how to do this years ago and it has never failed.

Use a fid to make a simple loop, the size you need, feeding one end of the rope into the main body. You can compress the main body to make sure that the loose end goes in about twice as far as the loop is wide, then pop the end out of the main body a tiny bit, remove the fid, then tuck the little protruding end back into the main body. Job done.

 

[bbg]

You mean something like this?



When tapering the core I like to do it a bit more methodically. Cut a couple of strands as close as possible to where the line emerges, go down a cm or so and cut a couple more, continuing until you have just two left at the bottom.

 

[Ian_Rob]

Thankyou. I will try these alternatives.

 

[bbg]

I was shown how to do this years ago and it has never failed.

Use a fid to make a simple loop, the size you need, feeding one end of the rope into the main body. You can compress the main body to make sure that the loose end goes in about twice as far as the loop is wide, then pop the end out of the main body a tiny bit, remove the fid, then tuck the little protruding end back into the main body. Job done.

That can pull out. The version shown in the video I posted cannot, because it locks on itself.

There are other techniques available if the standing part is already attached to something, but the video is a good simple start.

 

[lw395]

I just put the end inside the standing part and taper.
Finish with small whipping and/or a few stiches at the base of the eye.
I beleive this is strongest FWIW, as the load is shared evenly on all the strands.
I use this a lot on dyneema and vectran for dinghy controls.
Never seems to fail, even if the whipping wears out!