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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 th e days o f sailing ships T
<s> every sailor knew how to splice <S>
<i> ropes and a score or n ore of
<s> splices learned he. When steam
<s* superceded sail th e
sailor no
longer learned how to splice. B ut
<j> it is ju st as necessary for th e 'C'
<e> farm er to know how to splice ropes
<J> as it ever was fo r th e sailor, th a t
is if he believes in economical
<s> m anagem ent on th e farm . T h at <?•
<s- is w hy
we
believo
Professor
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th e accom panying illu stratio n s by
<$> courtesy of Oregon A gricultural
<#■ College, one o f the most \a lu a b le e>
<t> articles we have been able to of- S'
fer.
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Br. C lifton Frem ont Hodge, professor
of social biology a t the Oregon S ta ts
U niversity, a t Eugene, who has become
w idely known over Oregon because of
his numerous lectures along lines of
popular biology, has ju s t been in itiated
into the G range, lie becam e a m en u er
of th e organization a t Ju n ctio n C ity,
L ane countv.
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BY E. M. D. BRACKER,
In s tru c to r in F arm M echanics, Oregon
A g ricu ltu ral College.
'VERY farm er should be able to
i splice his own ropes. T his would
save much tim e when tim e m eans
money. It would also save th money
value of ropes th a t are prim arily dis
carded w in s broken.
The .ong splice only will be ronsid
cred in th is article, as it is used where
th e spliced rope passes through a pul­
ley block. If, however, th e rope should
break in a place which does not pass
through the pulley it may be tom porar
ily rem edied by ty in g an overhand
knot in nil end o f the rope. Pass the
o th er end through th is knot and tie
an overhdnd knot in its end so as to
include the firs t end. The knots are
u n til th ey meet.
Tho firs t step in m aking a long
splice is ‘ o unlay th e stran d s some
distance from the end o f the rope. The
am ount of rope to u n lay lepends on its
size and the num ber o f strands. Each
end of a th ree-stran d half-inch rope
should bo unlaid tw o feet. U nlay six
inches more fo r each one-quarter inch
increase in size over one h a lf inch. A
fo u r stran d rope should be unlaid eight
inches more fo r each size th an a th ree have been p aired if th is resu lt is ob
stra n d rope. I t w ill then be seen th a t tained. R eference to F ig. 3 indicates
a three stran d h alf inch rope will be th e resu lt if th e rig h t stran d * are not
fo u r feet shorter, and a four-strand, j aired.
one hall inch rope will be fiv e and one
I t will be voted th a t stra n d fiv e has
th ird fe e t shorter, a fte r being spliced. been unlaid, b u t th a t stran d s ir do»s
not fall d irectly in to th e sp are le ft, as
In te rla y S trands.
A fte r unlaying th e stran d s they a stra n d o f th e main rope lies betw een
should be arran g ed on each end of the them . A’hen th is result is obtained
rope in sncli a w ay th a t one stran d does new beginning w ith d iffe re n t p airin g of
not pass over betw een th e o th er stran d s stran d s should be made. I t th e results
in the sam e end o f t i e rope. Proceed are as those in d icated in F ig. 2 pro
to b rin g the tw o ends o ' th e rope to ceed w ith th e splicing b y unlaying
g eth er in terlacin g th e stran d s by put stran d one a tu rn a t a tim e and tw ist
tin g a stran d from one end betw een ing and laying itra n d tw o in its place.
tw o stran d s of th e o th er end.
The R epeat th is un til all b u t ab o u t eight
tw o ends should be placed firm ly to inches of i rand tw o as been laid up.
gether.
By referrin g to figure 1 it C ut stran d one o ff th e sam e len g th as
w ill be noted th a t a stra n d from one stran d tw o and b rin g it inside the la t
end is paired w ith a stran d from the ter. Tie an overhand k n o t w ith th e
o th er end. The stran d s m aking these tw o stran d s. U n tw ist th e strd n d s a lit
p a irs should not be selected a t random. tie and work th e k n o t down, u n til the
A s the rope is held in fro n t o f the place is p ractically no la rg e r th an the
o p erato r rn e h a lf of th e stran d s p ro­ main rope.
W ork W ith Body of Rope.
je c t to th e le ft and th e o th er h a lf to
This process should be rep eated w ith
th e rig h t. W ith th e rope held so th a t
tw o stran d s are on top ta k e one th a t stran d s fiv e and six. S tran d s th ree and
passes to the rig h t inside o f one th a t four should now be cut o ff to about
passes to th e le ft and tw ist i ‘ around eight inches long and tied. The correct
th e la tte r as indicated. T urn th e rope w ay o f ty in g these ^n o ts is clearly in-
and tw ist all b u t one p a ir together. dicated in Fig. 4.
Each stran d should now be spliced or
T his will keep th e stran d s out of the
Way and will hold th e ends of th e rope w orked into the body o f th e rope. Pro
ceed to do th is by ta k in g stran d six
together.
E ith e r of the rem aining stran d s may over stran d seven and under stra n d eight
now be tak en and unlaid one full turn as has been done in Fig. 5. The la tte r
around the rope. T ake the o th er stran d stran d should be raised b y u n tw istin g
tw is t it up firm ly betw een the thum b it. A pointed hard wood stiek made
and fo refin g er o f the rig h t hand and smooth and tap erin g , will g re a tly aid
lay it in place of th e one unlaid. U n­ in th e splicing process. A fte r passing
lay stran d one an o th er tu rn and repeat stran d six under stran d eig h t, the form
th e tw istiu g and lay in g proce**’ w ith er should be loosened by u n tw istin g it
a little anc then pulling it down snug
Strand two.
ly. Thi* nhonld leave th e place where
oefer to Illustration*.
it passes over stran d aeven a little larg
I t is best not to unlay stra n d one any er th an it was before. Remove one of
fu rth e r u n til sure th a t th e rig h t stran d s the corde from th e lower side of etrand
hav e been paired. 'Thia may be d eter six by cu ttin g it o ff | to | inch from
m ined a fte r tinlaying st-a n d fiv e and stran d eight. This short end should be
la y in g etran d six in ita plaee by the securely tucked under etran d nine. Con­
m ethod ju s t given.
By re fe rrin g to tin u e to tpliee stran d is by passing it
Fig. 2 it will be noted th a t stran d two over stran d nine and under ten , rem eve
fall* directly into th* space le ft by a eord a* before, bury th e short end
s tra n d one, th a t th e aame is tru e of under the stran d to be passed over
atran d s fiv e and six, and th a t if etrand next, and rep eat un til stra n d six ha*
th ree w ere unlaid stran d four would p a s s e d u n u e r a stran d of th e rope five
fill the apace le ft. The rig h t strand* or six tunua. Tin* proceae should be
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