Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jim Wilkins" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Marlin Spike Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:54:00 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <5t2cjj53lrf2ejso7o2a6fs966a7bot15k@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:55:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b2149d06f7c69d59371a38794c10187"; logging-data="3063046"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190gx5CvpjV0kkYjMGmqRQVW47u3HdSFgc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Bkj7c9X2ljOP7IxDOgU8yRqYWME= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241109-4, 11/9/2024), Outbound message In-Reply-To: <5t2cjj53lrf2ejso7o2a6fs966a7bot15k@4ax.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 Importance: Normal Bytes: 1805 X-Original-Lines: 2 "Joe Gwinn" wrote in message news:5t2cjj53lrf2ejso7o2a6fs966a7bot15k@4ax.com... Inline splicing of one line into the midspan of the other works well in nylon 3-strand laid rope, and the better the rope quality the better and easier splicing works. ---------------------------- That should be better than the grommet (ring) I suggested, because the splice will be in line with the pull. If the added piece is shorter the continuous main rope will bear all of a centered load.