A member asked if I would post this... so here ya go. This is the same process I use for my Zing It prusiks, although the measurements are a bit shorter.
A member asked if I would post this... so here ya go. This is the same process I use for my Zing It prusiks, although the measurements are a bit shorter.
is your splicing tool just a wire coat hanger? i saved like 25 of those because they come in handy for so many things.
I was following this thread and making my own continuous loops. My DIY fid is a guitar string. I started thick, thinking a low E would be good--that was a mistake. A "G" or perhaps a "B" from a heavy set functions best. Stiffest, but still thin. For non-guitarists, you could use any string, but the high "E" starts to get too thin to be useful. "Unwound" means a plain wire, not one that's wound with bronze in a helical fashion.
I suppose you could improve on the design with a dowel handle covered in shrink tubing... but my guitar string, doubled, rolls up nice in the Amsteel bag, ready to use.
Jonathan
Thanks opie.
I made one wrong...didn't lock it the way you are and the bury pulled out. Now i get it!
Thanks!
cooldays
One of the key parts.. and I think is very important... When you start your buries, you need to have your splicing tool exit as close to the lock as possible. So when you pull the tail through, there isnt enough exposed line between the lock and the bury entrance for something to snag it out.
Technically, its not a lock.... But it does prevent the tails from easily being pulled out.
EDIT: Need to learn how to spell.
Last edited by opie; 01-20-2010 at 21:34.
I was that member, thanks. Excellent work, again!
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