One reason splicing is a lost aart is that stainless really does not
splice well -- it's too slippery. Also most yachts use small enough
sizes (S/S is also very strong) that splicing would require tiny
fingers and a marlinspike the size of a needle.





Glenn Ashmore wrote:



Trent D. Sanders wrote:
Thanks for help,,,, found several vises at the sites mentioned.
But,,,,,,, they're all $600 to $1,000 ! Reminds me of the "Peanuts"
cartoon where Charlie Brown has a lemonade stand,,,, "Lemonade $35 a
cup" and tells Lucy "Yeah, but all I have to do is sell one!"

That's just it. They probably don't sell more than 2 or 3 a year. I
was looking at the one on Brian's site last night and tried to figure
what it would take to make one with the hand wheels, acme screws and
metal stock. I figured about $75 in materials if I didn't get fancy
with the hand wheels. Then probably 40 to 50 hours of labor counting
the castings and machine work. If I were making 15 or 20 I could cut
the time by 80% but building one or two at a time gets really expensive.
Also the cost drives the quality and vice versa. Someone spending a
grand for a vise would not be happy with a weld up.

Like I said, wire rope splicing is an arcane art. The rigging shops
willing to do it charge out the a**.

Michael Porter Naval Architect / Boatbuilder
mporter at mp-marine dot com
www.mp-marine.com