gandy
Active member
Hi,
Does anyone here find that they can successfully splice small lines of 3mm to 5mm using any of the various published methods? (Apart from three strand, of course)
The type of line I use has a braided polyester cover, then a near parallel polyester or Dyneema core. This is for control lines, kicker, outhaul, reefing lines etc.
Marlow's splicing needle, and the smallest hollow fid I can find are both to big to fit into the cover. If anyone successfully splices this type of stuff, then I'd love to know how you go about it.
Alternatively I'd be grateful for suggestions of other types of line, suitable for small control lines and more easily spliced.
Thanks,
Tony S
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but a search for "splice" or "splicing" in any combination seems to hang indefinitely.
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Does anyone here find that they can successfully splice small lines of 3mm to 5mm using any of the various published methods? (Apart from three strand, of course)
The type of line I use has a braided polyester cover, then a near parallel polyester or Dyneema core. This is for control lines, kicker, outhaul, reefing lines etc.
Marlow's splicing needle, and the smallest hollow fid I can find are both to big to fit into the cover. If anyone successfully splices this type of stuff, then I'd love to know how you go about it.
Alternatively I'd be grateful for suggestions of other types of line, suitable for small control lines and more easily spliced.
Thanks,
Tony S
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but a search for "splice" or "splicing" in any combination seems to hang indefinitely.
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