Eye Splice 3 Strand Rope

Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below.

Eye splice 3 strand rope.

Tip jar support my channel. Note the mark around the standing part of the rope your individual strands will tuck under these marks. 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. Bend the rope to form the desired eye size and mark with a temporary wrap of tape.

For mooring towlines and other long term or critical applications seven tucks are recommended. Today we re continuing our knot of the week hd series with the eye splice. A splice you put in yourself will be just as strong as one done by a professional rigger and splicing an eye into three strand rope is really very easy. The eye splice and its variants are well described by ashley abok 2725 p 445.

Easy step by step instructions for splicing a loop in the end of a three strand rope in this knot tying video tutorial. For more about this knot check out our article here. 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. Turn the entire piece over.

Modern synthetic materials however tend to be slippery and now a minimum of five complete tucks is required. The animation only shows the threading of two complete tucks with the final image. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. In this detailed video tutorial we show you easy step by step instructions for tying an eye splice with three strand rope.

How to eye splice three strand rope. Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength. Step 3 the first set of tucks.