locking brummel?

[juddmyers]

I have been trying to put this on my fixed loop end of a new whoopie and I don't think I am doing it right. Should you be able to pull the fixed loop undone with no tension? I was thinking that you wouldn't be able to.... but I can

[Tendertoe]

This may help.

[lazyboy]

you have to lock it, I had to watch the how to video on this forum before I got it right. You have to do the brummel before the whoopie part because you need an unfinished end

[SmokeBait]

Follow the link Tendertoe posted. You should not be able to pull undone. I think you may be missing a step (the lock) in there.

[juddmyers]

I am doing it before the whoopie part. That's the link I am using for directions, guess I'm just doing something wrong

[lazyboy]

I am doing it before the whoopie part. That's the link I am using for directions, guess I'm just doing something wrong

I wish I could show you, too bad you can't make the Merriweather Lewis hang this weekend. It is fun to make when you know how. Let me give this a shot with written instructions. At one end, fold the cord forming the loopsize you want with about 3" of cord past the point where you will part the cord to pass the cord thru to form the loop, you will have about 3" hanging loose. Take the other end ( the end where the adjustable loop will be) and pass it thru this hanging loose part next to the first pass thru, pull it tight then bury this short hanging piece inside going towards the adjustable whoopie part of the sling. hope this helps.

[JohnVH]

Try this one McDonald locking bremmel post 40. This was the simplest one for me, works great and not to tough once you have it figured out.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...tml#post230949

[Knotty]

Try this one McDonald locking bremmel post 40. This was the simplest one for me, works great and not to tough once you have it figured out.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...tml#post230949

That's how I do mine most of the time, since it only requires access to one end of the rope.

[GrizzlyAdams]

Try this one McDonald locking bremmel post 40. This was the simplest one for me, works great and not to tough once you have it figured out.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...tml#post230949

thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just so happens that yesterday I was trying to use the instructions on the New England Ropes site for the one-ended locked Brummel and when I got to step 8 the topology was wrong. If you care, just compare figures 2 and 8 and explain how by rolling and and unrolling a loop you can go from having the short end penetrate the cord (figure 2) to having the long end penetrate the cord (figure 8).

But the instructions you point out are clear, and are photos rather than hand-drawings. They are real!

Too bad it is still not possible to work a ring or something inside of the deadeye loop. Topological tricks only go so far.

[Mike210]

Too bad it is still not possible to work a ring or something inside of the deadeye loop. Topological tricks only go so far.

When you use the one ended method it is not possible to put anything inside the deadeye loop. However, using the two ended method it is possible to put a ring inside the deadeye loop.