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    DIY Whoopie Slings HELP!

    Hey gang,

    We have watched a number of videos on how to make our own Whoopie slings. I thought this would be a greatthing for me and my son to do together and both of us could learn some cool stuff. Not so yet.

    I ordered some Amsteel Blue 1/8" line that is 12 strands for the simple fact that I figured it would be just a little stronger. We have yet to be able to "bury" the end of our line very well. We have tried the "cello tape" technique, as displayed by a British sounding guy, we have also tried the "fish wire" option also and just can't seem to get the rope to feed back through itself as easily as shown.

    Are we missing something?

    Are their some tips and tricks we need to be aware of?

    We were hoping to get this down so we could share it with our Scout troop, but I am not confident with our technique enough to do so.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks Krazy and Kiddo

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    Try cutting 4 strands out of the 8 strands to get you started. Post pictures so we can help better. Thanks.

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    As georgemaung mentioned, you need to taper the end first. There is a pic in the suspension forum in one of the sticky threads. Tapering is not only important for making it easier to bury but it also is recommended my the manufcturer to avoid sudden changes in diametre which can be a point of failure.
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    One thing that I found really helps (especially with smaller diameter lines) is to work you way down the area that will take the bury and expand the rope by placing your hands about an inch and a half apart and pinching between your fingers and pushing your hands towards each other. You should see the braiding open up. Gently work your way down the area to accept the bury and open up the braiding first. Also +1 on the taper. That is more important on the larger diameter ropes.
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    I also had difficulties at first until I purchased large, inexpensive "plastic yarn needles" from W-Mart. I think you'll also find them to help a lot.

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    +1 on the green yarn needles from walmart

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    Are you tapering the end before you attempt the bury? Taper, taper, taper!

    My opinion is to skip the "cello tape" and stick with a piece of wire folded in half or (my preference) a Dritz Loop Turner.

    Be careful when you start the wire into the amsteel and again when it exits that you are routing it between the strands. If you split a strand it will be hard to start the bury.

    Here's a pictorial I posted way back illustrating the steps to a bury. Using a folded wire is done just like the loop turner.

    Here's a thread from yesterday on the subject. Check out posts 11, 18 and my video linked in 19.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gmcttr View Post
    Are you tapering the end before you attempt the bury? Taper, taper, taper!
    The second picture in this thread on how to make Whoopies shows the taper I used on my 1/8" whoopies.

    http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=9349

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    +1 on the Dritz Loop Turner. It makes things very easy to work with.

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    We are using 12 strand, 1/8" Amsteel. Should I have gotten the 8 strand 1/8" or even just succombed and gotten the 7/64" stuff? Do the higher strand count lines open up less?

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