I use a small plastic zip tie, pull it up snug, trim the excess and it works well, uses a minimum of cord and looks better than bulky knots.
I use a small plastic zip tie, pull it up snug, trim the excess and it works well, uses a minimum of cord and looks better than bulky knots.
If you prepare for failure you will probably succeed.
I use those little copper ground ferrules for electrical ground connections and I crimp them with my klein crimpers, I've got pics somewhere of my tarp tensioners that I splice, they leave a nice looking, slender smooth splice. I'll get a pic up later.
David
I splice mine with small aluminum tubing that I buy from a local hobby shop. I just cut it to the desired length and crimp it with a set of Klein crimpers. It holds well. You can also put just a dab of silicon in the tube before you crimp for extra security.
Yes. Want to see some pics. I have never thought of anything but a fisherman a knot with shock cord.
I've used heat shrink tubing, after butting together and melting the ends. Or the wire wraps, then heat shrink.
Semper Veritas.
For some reason this post has been stuck in my head all day and I've been trying to come up with a reasonable way. I haven't really come to a great conclusion, but take a look at women's hair ties. I just destroyed one of my girlfriends in an attempt to see how it was made continuos and it looks like it was melted together. I yanked and yanked on this thing for a while before it snapped. I'm assuming with shock cord you could find a good way to "weld" them together.
Why splice/tie/glue/weld the shock cord at all when a simple clove hitch and setup of the guy line provides a better solution.
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...arp-Tensioners
Kpi890,
Here's a pic of my prusik tarp tensioner phase, see the little copper ferules in the pic, my technique was to do 2 crimps in order to neaten up the crimp by squeezing it sideways after the first crimp. Then burn off the fuss with a lighter.
Notice I also used shrink tube on some but it seemed like overkill. I was fail testing these at a little over 35 lbs.
David
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