I'm about to buy some New England Ropes Sta-Set replacement lines.
What should I buy for fid and where are the best instructions for
learning to make some eye splices?

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Roger Long

The absolute best instructions and tools are at http://www.briontoss.com/
Buy the "Making Eye Slices" video for $30 and the medium splicing wand
(about $55). The video covers double braid, straight yarn with braided
cover (Sta-set) three strand and the high tech braided fibers. The wand has
a snare on the end that makes eye splices a lot easier than regular fids
and pushers. You can whip out a tight eye in Sta-Set X is 5 minutes with a
little practice. The really high tech stuff takes a minute or two longer.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I'm about to buy some New England Ropes Sta-Set replacement lines. What
should I buy for fid and where are the best instructions for learning to
make some eye splices?

--

Roger Long

A "fid length" is "21 diameters" of the rope you are working on.

eg. a fid made to work 1/2" rope by convention should be 10.5 inches
(21 X 0.5) long.
eg. a fid made to work 10mm rope by convention should be 210 mm (21 X
10) long

so a fid length is not the size of the fid you are working with (in
case you're working with a too short or too long a fid; but, 21 X the
DIAMETER of the rope.

In article eMlPf.485322$0l5.467600@dukeread06, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

And whose fid? Most splicing instructions say "measure x fid lengths" but
seldom state it in inches or rope diameters. There are several makes and
different lengths of each but there are less fid sizes than there are rope
sizes so how would you define a "fid length"?

Roger Long wrote:
I'm about to buy some New England Ropes Sta-Set replacement lines.
What should I buy for fid and where are the best instructions for
learning to make some eye splices?

You can buy the traditional (sort of) aluminum that have been around a
long time or try Brion Toss's "splicing wand". If it's Sta-Set X then
I have no idea.

New Englad ropes has a good set of instructions on their web site.

If you've never spliced double braid, buy some rope ends from your
local chandlery and do a few practice splices on some similar double
braid before trying it on a 80' halyard.

My hints: follow the instructions carefully. Even if they don't make
sense. I've made lots of splices and still get out the instructions
every time. Use only new rope. Use gloves to milk the core back into
the cover. Don't bother with less than 5/16" rope. Too much work.

Evan Gatehouse

Roger Long wrote:
I'm about to buy some New England Ropes Sta-Set replacement lines.
What should I buy for fid and where are the best instructions for
learning to make some eye splices?


Evan Gatehouse wrote:
You can buy the traditional (sort of) aluminum that have been around a
long time or try Brion Toss's "splicing wand". If it's Sta-Set X then I
have no idea.

New Englad ropes has a good set of instructions on their web site.


There's also some pages of splicing instructions in Chapman's.

If you've never spliced double braid, buy some rope ends from your local
chandlery and do a few practice splices on some similar double braid
before trying it on a 80' halyard.

My hints: follow the instructions carefully. Even if they don't make
sense. I've made lots of splices and still get out the instructions
every time. Use only new rope. Use gloves to milk the core back into
the cover.

What he said.


... Don't bother with less than 5/16" rope. Too much work.


Well, it can be done, and the results are nicer than knots
or parcel/served eyes.

I like to see some nice rope-work in running rigging. Makes
the boat look like it's cared for & eager to sail.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King