One-half of the strands go clockwise, the other half go counter-clockwise. Consists of 8 or 12 strands that are braided together in a circular pattern. Splicing laid rope is also much easier to do than splicing braided rope. Now complete two more sets of tucks with each taped strand pair. Eight-strand laid rope is made from 2 pairs of right-twisted and 2 pairs of left-twisted strands.Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while, in most cases, splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope. The eye splice is used to place a permanent loop in the. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. A splicing fid (aluminum needle) sized for the rope diameter to be spliced. Make sure each strand has as little twist as possible. Pass the 5B shorter taped end through the center of the rope at Mark B. Reposition the ropes for splicing according to the diagram. 12-Strand Ee-and-Ee Tail Splice SAMSO SPICIG ISTRCTIOSSaMSon SPliCing inSTruCTionS 5 step ForMing and CloSing BruMMel Burying TailS Marking and CuTTing endS FiniShing SPliCe 5A Form the locked Brummel on both ends. This modification must be used on Saturn-12 products larger than 1-1/4' (30mm) in diameter. Remove tape wrap at mark A and gently but firmly pull on each of the strand pairs so mark A is now snug to the base of the eye mark B. Class I 12-strand ropes are made from any or all of the following fibers: olefin, polyester, or nylon. EYE SPLICING 12 STRAND BRAIDED SYNTHETIC ROPE 1. This is a modification to the standard HMPE Tuck-Bury 12-strand splice to increase splice length on Saturn-12.With remaining pair strands '4', '5', and '6', select a crown row for each pair and make one tuck.Now tuck pair strands '2' and '3' in the same way with each pair, select crown row and tuck the individual pair over one strand and under two strands. Splicing arborist ropes is a fun and useful skill which allows you to make your own custom tree slings, eye splices, prusiks, and more.Once tucked, pull out slack in strand pair '1'.

Starting with strand pair '1', select a row of crowns down the axis of the rope and tuck the pair '1' over one strand and under two strands.NOTE: Rope braid pattern forms a line of strand crowns running parallel to the axis of rope.

Splicing 12 strand rope