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Every Farmer His Own Rope Repairer-The Long Splice
Money and Time Saved by Those Who Read Carefully Professor Bracker’s Informative Article.
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In the days o f sailing ships
^ every sailor kacur how to splice
^ ropes and a score or more of
<fr splices learned he. When steam
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the sailor
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& it is just as necessary for the
^ farm er to know how to splice ropes
as it ever was for tlie sailor, that
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the accompanying illustration? by
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strands back a little distance on each
side o f the place where the ropes aro
joined.
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Dr. Clifton Fremont Hodge, professor
o f social biology at the Oregon State
University, at Eugene, who has bocome
w idely known over Oregon because o f
his numerous lectures along lines o f
popular biology, has just been initiated
into the Grange. He became a member
o f the organization at Junction City,
Lane county.
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B Y E. M. D. BRACKED,
Instructor in Farm Mechanics, Oregon
Agricultural College.
V E R Y farmer should be able to
splice his own ropes. This would
save much time when time means
money. It would also save th money
value o f ropes that aro primarily dis
carded when broken.
The iong spliee only will be consid
ered in this article, as it is used where
the spliced rope passes through a pul
ley block. I f . however, the rope should
break in a place which does not pass
through the pulley it may be temporar
ily remedied by ';ying an_ overhand
knot in an end o f the rope. Pass the
other end through this knot And tie
an overhand knot in its end so as to
include the first end. The knots are
until they meet.
Tho first step in making a long
spbee is
unlay the strands some
distance from the end o f the rope. The
amount o f rope to unlay lepetMS On its
size and the number o f strands. Each
end o f a three-strand half-inch rope
should be unlaid two feet. Unlay six
inches more for each one-quarter inch
increase in size over one-half inch. A
four strand rope should be nnlaid eight
inches more for each size than a three-
strand rope. I t w ill then be seen that
a three-strand half-inch rope will be
four feet shorter, and a four-strand,
one-half inch rope will be fiv e and one-
third feet shorter, after being spliced.
Interlay Strands.
Paddle Your
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A fte r unlaying
the strands they
should be arranged on each end o f the
rope in such a way that one strand does
not pass over between the other strands
in the same end o f the rope. Proceed
to bring the two ends o? the rope to
gether interlacing the strands by put
tin g a strand from one end between
tw o strands o f the other end.
The
tw o ends should be placed firinly to
gether.
P y referring to figure 1 it
w ill be noted that a strand from one
end is paired with a strand from the
other end. The strands making these
pairs should not be selected at random.
As the rope is held in front o f the
operator rne half o f the strands pro-
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ject
to the left m
and
the other h alf
to
the right. W ith the rope held so that
two strands are on top take one that
passes to the right inside o f one that
passes to the left and twist i‘ around
the latter as indicated. Turn the rope
and twist all but one pair together.
This will keep the strands out of the
w a x and w ill hold the ends of the rope
together.
Either o f the remaining strands may
now be taken and unlaid one full turn
aronnd the rope. Take the ether strand
twist it up firm ly between the thumb
and forefinger of the right hand and
¡•J it in place o f the one unlaid. U n
lay strand one another tarn and repeat
the twisting and laying proce-i with
strand two.
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meter to Illustration*.
I t is best not to unlay strand one any
further until sure thnt the right strands
have been paired. T b u may be deter
mined after uslaying st-aad f ir e and
U y in g strand six in it* pine« by the
method just given.
By referring to
Fig. 2 it will be noted thnt strand two
falls directly into tho cf*co loft by
ft rand one, that the same is true of
otZands five and six, and that if strand
th re* were unlaid strand four would
fill the space l e f t
The right strands
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w ill
have been paired i f this result is ob
tained. Reference to Fig. 3 indicates
the result i f the right strands are not
j aired.
It will be noted that strand fiv e has
been unlaid, but that strand sir do*s
not fall direetly into the space left, a i
a strand o f the main rope lies between
them.
vVhen this result is obtained a
new beginning with differen t pairing of
strands should be made. I t the results
are as those indicated in Fig. 2 pro
ceed with the splicing by nnlaying
strand one a turn at a time and tw ist
ing and laying rtrand two in its place.
Repeat this until all but about eight
inehes o f r.rand two as been laid up.
Cut strand oue o f f the same length as
strand two and bring it inside the lat
ter. Tie an overhand knot with the
two strands. Untwist the strands a lit
tie and work the knot down, lintil the
place is practically no larger than the
main rope.
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This process should be repeated with
strands fiv e and six. Strands three and
four should now be cut o ff to about
eight inches long and tied. The correct
way o f tying these knots is clearly in
dicated in Fig. 4.
Each strand shonld now be spliced or
worked into the body o f the rope. Pro
ceed to do this by taking strand six
over strand seven and under strand eight
as has been dene in r * . 5. The latter
strand should bn raised by untwisting
it.
A pointed bard wood stick made
smooth and tapering, w ill greatly aid
in the splieing process. A lte r passing
strand six under strand eight, the form
er should be loeeened by « t w i s t i n g it
s little sad then pulling it down snug
ly. This chonld tears the place where
it pssses over strand nersn a little larg
er than it was before. Remove one e f
the cords from the lower tide e f strand
six by catting it o f f ) to | iaeh from
strand e igh t Thin short end should be
securely tacked under strand u s e . Con
tiima to spt>es strand tx by panning it
ever strand nine and aadar tea, remove
a sord as before, bury the short end
under the strand to be passed over
next, and repeat an til strand six has
m i amuse a strand of the rope five
or six tunes. This process should be
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