I have taken a putty knife and heated it to red then used it to cut (
the end of a line. It cuts and melts the line, fusing it together, at
the same time. I wouldn't want to to 10 or 20 cuts at a time that way
but two or three cuts it works well. You need to reheat between each
cut.

Dave Hall

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:50:45 -0500, "RB"
wrote:

Here's a trivial one...

I have some nylon dock lines with ends that need repairing. I tried fusing
them with a cricket lighter, but ended up with charring and partial fusion.

What does it take to make those nice neat line ends like they come from the
store, and can I do it at home with commonly available stuff. How about a
big, electric soldering iron? Would that do it?