3 in buries but no lock. i did it as shown in OP pictorial where the ends just pass through themselves and bury.
i honestly had no idea at the time what i was doing and im pretty sure i made a couple passes through the ends before burying. on top of that i sleep in this hammock nightly and its received a fair amount of abuse considering the environment(college house). i actually saw it earlier that day and thought it looked like it might have slipped but decided to let future me worry about that...
I hold full faith in properly made CLs, and will definitely be using mine if i go the drip ring route again. For now im just going to stick to whoopies hangin on with good ol' trusty locked brummels i can splice blind folded. again nothing against this setup, im just trying to simplify my setup and reduce bulk wherever i can.
Last edited by thekalimist; 11-22-2010 at 16:00.
...in it for pics.
I made some of the continuous loops but it just seemed that too much messing around and the bury would come loose. I know, dont mess with it, but I made two closed loop Locked Brummel and I think it will serve the same purpose.
Last edited by thekid; 11-27-2010 at 17:18.
Something like that happened to me. An old continuous loop in spectra wakeboarding rope failed because the bury wasn't long enough. The failure was at the foot end, and it dropped me on my butt. I was asleep at the time, and I awoke instantly, realized what happened, and thought, "That wasn't so bad!"
Fast forward a year, and I had a another failure, but this time at the head end end of the hammock (whoopie slipping off a toggle). Ouch, ouch, and ouch! It slapped the top half of my body to the ground this time. Initial impact was my spine just below the neck, then head. It was months before I felt fully recovered. Don't let your survival of this accident lull you into a false sense of security.
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Hey guys,
Just curious to know how small a loop you can form with 7/64 amsteel. I've done a practice one using a 36" piece and 6" buries, which leaves 10" of cord 'empty' on the loop. I take it there are no ill effects if I were to use a 28" piece of cord to leave 2" of 'empty' cord?
What about shortening the buries? How short is no longer safe?
Thank you for the tutorial! This was my first time working with splices and it was a piece of cake compared to what I expected. Now what to try next
Last edited by Highbinder; 01-24-2011 at 13:07.
I have done smaller but I used 2mm amsteel and its on my ridgeline of my DIY BB I am currently working on. I started with 24'', buried 6'' on each side making it a 6'' loop. Gets a little difficult in the second bury cause it meets the first. If your looking for a loop that small I would suggest a soft shackle or something of the like.
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29" of 7/64" line will yield a 7" loop with 6" buries. That's about a small as I like to go. It gets harder to thread a wire when going smaller than that. I curved wire might allow one to go a little smaller.
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