A concern about the Arborist Splice

[RonReese]

For the life of me, I can't seem to get the slack out of the cover in the eye. The eye looks pretty good, but when I "milk" the cover in the eye from one side of the eye to the other, it bunches up some. Boy that's frustrating! I thought I was keeping tension on the cover and the core as I buried them, but something's happening.

Since I haven't stitched it yet, I presume it's possible to "unbury" and re-bury and try to deal with the tension better??????

[NickfromWI]

Originally Posted by RonReese

For the life of me, I can't seem to get the slack out of the cover in the eye. The eye looks pretty good, but when I "milk" the cover in the eye from one side of the eye to the other, it bunches up some. Boy that's frustrating! I thought I was keeping tension on the cover and the core as I buried them, but something's happening.

Since I haven't stitched it yet, I presume it's possible to "unbury" and re-bury and try to deal with the tension better??????

Ron...you're not talking about the 16 strand splice any more, are you? Sounds like double braid probs to me.

When there's a tiny bit of tension, is there still excess cover? If so, then there's a prob. If it only happens when the eye is slack, that might be normal...I'd have to see it. Just think how rope can be milked when there's no tension on it...is it like that?

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nick

[RonReese]

Very astute, Nick, of course from your posts that I've read, that's pretty SOP for you.

I'm sorry, I was splicing Velocity again, which is double braid. I "unburied" the splice and re-buried it. I had to use one of Brion's tricks of "skewering" the rope and pulling out the slack. I think I finally got what I wanted.

Originally Posted by NickfromWI

"...Just think how rope can be milked when there's no tension on it...is it like that?..."

Impressive insight Nick, I think that's exactly what's happening - well now anyway. I think before I tightened it, the cover did have a bit of slack in it, but it's better now. I think you're right; it does seem to be a normal milking thing.