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Every Farmer His Own Rope Repairer-The Long Splice
Money and Time Saved by Those Who Read Carefully Professor Bracker'i Informative Article.
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In tli day of Miliag ttitps
every Miter. mw kow.te pliee
$ ropea and a score or .jkoMt; !
splices learned he. Whea eteam
uperceded iU the aaiioi i bo
longer learned bow to splice. But
it U just aa necessary (or the
farmer to knew heir to splice ropea
G as it ever was for the sailor, that
is if he believes in economical
management on the farm. , That
is why we ' believe Professor
5 Brackcr's article herewith, spe-
cially written for this paper, with
4 the accompanying illustrations by
$ Courtesy of Oregon Agricultural
! College, one of the most valuable
articles we have been ablo to of-
for.
BY E. M. D. BBACKEB, .
Instructor in Farm Mechanics, Oregon
Agricultural College.
EVERY fanner should be able to
splice his own ropes. This would
save much time when time means
money. It would also save tho money
value of ropes that are primarily dis
carded whin broken.
The long spliee only will be consid
ered in this nrticle, as it is used where
the spliced rope passes through a pul
ley block. If, however, the rope should
break in a place which does not pass
through tho pulley it may be temporar
ily remedied by tving an overhand
knot in an end of the rope. Pass the
other"eiid" through this knoY arid "tie
an overhand knot in its end so as to
include the first end. The. knots are
until they meet. , -
The first" step In making a ;long
splice" fs"-'k(J unlay, tbe strands . some
distance from the end of the rope. ' The
amount of rope to unlay Jepends on its
size and the number of strands. Each
end of a three-strand half-inch rope
should be unlaid two feet Unlay six
inches more for each one-quarter inch
incrcaso in size over one-half inch. A
four-strand rope should be unlaid eight
inches more for each size than a three-
strand rope. It will then be seen that
three-strand half-inch rope will be
four feet shorter, and a four-strand,
one-hall' inch rope will be five and one
third feet shorter, after being spliced
Interlay Strands. '
After unlaying the strands they
should be arranged on each end of the
rope in such a way that one strand does
not pass over between the other strands
in the same end of tho rope. Proceed
to bring the two ends the rope to
Bother interlacing the strands by put
ting a strand ' from one end between
two strands of the other end. The
two ends should be placed firmly to
gether. By referring to figure 1 it
will 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 of the
operator cne-half of the strands pro
ject to the left and the other half to
the right. With the rope held so that
two strands are on top take one that
passes to the right inside of one that
passes to the left and twist li around
the latter as indicated. Turn the rope
and twist all but one pair together.
This will- keep the strands out of the
way and will hold the ends of the rope
together.
Either of the remaining strands may
now be taken and unlaid one fnll turn
Around the rope; Take the other strand
twist it up firmly between the thumb
and forefinger of the right hand and
lay it in place of the one unlaid. - Un
lay strand one anotheT turn and repeat
the twisting and laying proeo'i with
Irand two.
nefor to Illustrations.
It is best not to unlay strand one any
further until sure that the right strands
have been paired. This may be deter
mined after unlaying strand five and
laying Btrand six in its place by the
method just given, fly referring to
Fig. 2 it will be noted that strand two
falls directly into the space left By
Btrand one, that the same is true of
trands five and six, and that if strand
three were unlaid strand four would
fill the space left. Tho right etraads
ria.1
essary to run the two middle pairs of
strands back a little distance on each
side of the 1-1 ate where the ropes are
joined.
Dr. Clifton Fremont Hodge, professor
of social biology at the Oregon State
University, at Eugene, who has become
widely known over Oregon because of
his numerous lectures along lines of
popular biology, has just been initiated
into the Grange. He became a memjer
of the organization at Junction City,
Lane county.
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have been paired if this result is ob
tained. Reference to Fig. 3 indicates
the result if the right strands are not
I nired.
It will be uoted that strand five has
been unlaid, but that strand sir dos
not faH dhfcetly Into the Bp leftj as
a strand of the main rope lies between
them. When this result is obtained a
new beginning with different pairing of
strands should be made. It the results
are as those indicated in Fig. S pro
ceed with the splicing by unlaying
strand one ft turn at a time and twist
ing and laying rtrand two. in its place.
Repeat this until all but about eight
inches of r'.rand two as been laid up.
Cut Btrand one off 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
tle and work the knot down, until the
place is practically no iargor than the
main rope.
Work With Body of Rope.
. This process should be repeated with
strands five and six. Strands three and
four -should now be cut off to about
eight inches long and tied. The correct
way of tying these knots is clearly in
dicated in Fig. 4.
Each strand should now be spliced or
worked Into the body of the rope. Pro
ceed to do this by taking strand six
over strand seven and under strand eight
as haB been done in Fig. 5. The latter
strand should be raised by untwisting
it. i A pointed hard wood stiek made
smooth and tapering, will greatly aid
in the splicing process. After passing
strand six under strand eight, the form
er should be loosened by untwisting it
a little and then pulling it down snug
ly. This should leave the place where
it passes over strand seven a little larg
er than it was before. Remove one of
the cords from the lower tide of Btrand
six by cutting it off i to J-inch from
strand eight. This short end should be
securely tucked undor strand nine. Con
tinue to splice Strand i by passing it
over strand nine and under ten, remove
a cord as before, bury the short and
under the strand to be passed over
next, and repeat nntil strand six has
passed under a strand of the rope five
or six times. This process should .be
continued for each strand. Rolling the
completed splice undtr the foot or a
boaru will assist in making the com
pleted splice practically no larger than
the main rope.
In case the lope is one of four
strands instead of three, it will be ner-
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