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    Senior Member old4hats's Avatar
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wysedav View Post
    You might want to check this link out, it has better instructions. And they are better than mine....

    http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Bu...mes/read/54933
    Love the idea and it sounds good, but as a visual learner I need pics!!! Please?
    “The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.”

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    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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bannerstone View Post
    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 am interested in seeing these pictures!

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    Yes. Want to see some pics. I have never thought of anything but a fisherman a knot with shock cord.

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    I've used heat shrink tubing, after butting together and melting the ends. Or the wire wraps, then heat shrink.
    Semper Veritas.

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    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kpi890 View Post
    I am interested in seeing these pictures!
    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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