1/8th" Amsteel.....

[Richard Tipton]

Just made a set of 1/8" Whoopies and those things are huge! I never really paid any attention to my 7/64" whoopies before but when I put them side by side, the 1/8" seems like ski rope in comparison. Anybody else using 1/8"?

[raiffnuke]

If you think those are big, you should see my first set of whoopies that I made. I accidentally ordered 7/16" amsteel instead of 7/64" amsteel. You can suspend a car from those whoopies!!

[Richard Tipton]

If you think those are big, you should see my first set of whoopies that I made. I accidentally ordered 7/16" amsteel instead of 7/64" amsteel. You can suspend a car from those whoopies!!

I can only imagine!

[Flynguy521]

What did you use to splice it? I have not had a lot of luck with my splicing hook on the bigger stuff.

[Richard Tipton]

What did you use to splice it? I have not had a lot of luck with my splicing hook on the bigger stuff.

A folded piece of .020 safety wire. I can use it on everything from Zing-it to 1/8" Amsteel, haven't tried anything bigger, don't see why it wouldn't work. The 12 strand ropes are a little more difficult to splice, but not too bad.

[Jaeger]

I used 1/8" for Whoopies on my hammock and it hasn't let me down yet. Getting 900 lbs of extra capacity for 1/64" was just too appealing to my "when in doubt, empty the magazine" side. I did use 7/64" for my tarp ridgeline, though. I know many people use much smaller lines, but I hang a variety of gear from my continuous ridgeline and didn't want to have any concerns about loading and I very much wanted minimal stretch.

Jim

[Richard Tipton]

I used 1/8" for Whoopies on my hammock and it hasn't let me down yet. Getting 900 lbs of extra capacity for 1/64" was just too appealing to my "when in doubt, empty the magazine" side. I did use 7/64" for my tarp ridgeline, though. I know many people use much smaller lines, but I hang a variety of gear from my continuous ridgeline and didn't want to have any concerns about loading and I very much wanted minimal stretch.

Jim

There is a certain sense of safety with these things......I use 200# Planer Board line for my tarp ridgeline, haven't had a problem with it.

[HangingOut]

What did you use to splice it? I have not had a lot of luck with my splicing hook on the bigger stuff.

When you spread the strands out and cut 6 of them off to make splicing easier also cut the amsteel down at an angle to make it slide throuth the hollow weave. I do 1/8" amsteel all the time with a splicing hook and don't have much trouble.

[Flynguy521]

K thanks. I'll give that a shot.

[HangingOut]

K thanks. I'll give that a shot.

Another thing that helps splicing 1/8" amsteel that I forgot to mention: before you try pulling the line into itself for the bury you can expand the opening hole by pushing a tapered object (like a sharpened pencil) into the weave where your splicing hook or wire will be inserted. This will help you get it started. Once inside the weave just gently pull and twist. I find it goes in without a problem.