how do you splice 7/64 amsteel?????

[AlfalfaMale]

Electric guitar string works well.

^^^This ^^^

[okinaw55]

I watched 6-7 youtube videos and eventually gave up trying. You all must be Hercules to get that rope pulled back through. I even put one end in the vise and put my full body into it, and promptly fell on my butt when the tool broke.

[gmcttr]

...You all must be Hercules to get that rope pulled back through...

It's all about proper technique. Watch my video in post 5 to see how much of a two finger herculean effort it takes.

[TessdaTerrible]

I watched 6-7 youtube videos and eventually gave up trying. You all must be Hercules to get that rope pulled back through. I even put one end in the vise and put my full body into it, and promptly fell on my butt when the tool broke.

You have to keep the main rope open and work it in, more finesse than stregnth. If you hulk out I imagine that triggers the constriction, and then it's not going anywhere.

[Hudsonhawk]

Love walking around the craft stores and faces you get when asking for certain things, "You want to do what!"

[swoody126]

Love walking around the craft stores and faces you get when asking for certain things, "You want to do what!"

THAT'Z GREAT SPORT!!!

being one who rides motorcycles, camps, hangs, sails, builds wooden boats, builds street rods......, i often get that response, when working thru an issue/situation/problem/project

there used2waz stores, shops, craftsmen/women who could & would THINK

so often, now, if you can't relate your *#@&*%^$# to a specific MAKE & MODEL OF A PARTICULAR BRAND of WHATEVER, you might as well be talking to a tree

fortunately, my local O'REILY'S & WEST MARINE both have kids who love seeing me come thru the doors and are up to the challenge(s)

as for the OPs original issue, you might try starting out making DOG LEASHES out of SKI ROPE

SKI ROPE is made the same way AMSTEEL BLUE is and is way cheaper to play with

take a 6'-8' piece of SKI ROPE, splice a 2" loop in one end & an 8" loop in the other

push the big loop thru the small one & there you have it, A DOG LEASH

SKI ROPE is slipperier than AMSTEEL so make your buries longer & LOCK THEM(never mind how i know this)

once mastered w/ SKI ROPE, splicing AMSTEEL will be a cinch

i seem to have the best luck using a simple/cheap wire bent in 1/2 & pinched @ the bend for a fish tool

GOOD LUCK!

sw

[AA2FD]

I just knocked off a half-dozen whoopie slings using my baseball glove lacing tool ( Like this one <click here> ) 0008332133364_300X300.jpg

...Bob

[jeffrey2132]

I use a fishing leader. I use pliers and squish the hole in the leader closed, push it up the amsteel, then when it's out, I use a pencil or something round to open it. I put the amsteel in the hole then, using the pliers, squeeze the hole in the leader. Don't know if that makes much sense. But they can be found at any fishing/outdoor center. Super cheap too.

[Bumbler]

+1 on (non-wound) electric guitar strings. FWIW I have a few extras from broken sets - if anyone wants one let me know & I'll mail 'em out.

[swoody126]

I watched 6-7 youtube videos and eventually gave up trying. You all must be Hercules to get that rope pulled back through. I even put one end in the vise and put my full body into it, and promptly fell on my butt when the tool broke.

you are holding the main body of the burry from the wrong end

hold it @ the end you're pulling out of, not the end the burry starts into

and keep the length of the burry scrunched up & OPEN

otherwise, the braid acts like CHINESE HANDCUFFS & locks down on the tool & tail, inside the braid

It's all about proper technique. Watch my video in post 5 to see how much of a two finger herculean effort it takes.

TECHNIQUE!

it really is a 2-finger feat...

re-read my post #26 and play with some ski rope

sw