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?

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?


Try taping the ends with masking tape and then using the Bic, or a red hot
knife!
--
'Til next time,

John H

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***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
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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?

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?

Whip the ends.

http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg

RLM wrote:
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?


Whip the ends.

http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg

Actually, I believe it's the Weller
Soldering Iron company that sell a flat 'tip' just for that purpose.
Last time my buddy was up from the BVI we dropped in to The Binnacle and
that was the first thing he looked for.
I think the proper iron may be a litlle heavier duty than the cheaper
ones sold in hardware stores.

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:30:36 +0000, RLM wrote:

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?

Whip the ends.

http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg

If the line is twisted three strand. Whip the ends of the strands and do a
back splice into the line or splice an eye in the end. looks salty and is
good for calming the nerves.

http://www.scouting.org.za/resources...g/Splicing.pdf

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:30:57 GMT, RLM wrote:

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:30:36 +0000, RLM wrote:

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?

Whip the ends.

http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg

If the line is twisted three strand. Whip the ends of the strands and do a
back splice into the line or splice an eye in the end. looks salty and is
good for calming the nerves.

http://www.scouting.org.za/resources...g/Splicing.pdf

Thanks for that site. I've wondered how they do that.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

Heck, Just do it like some of the salty Bayliner guys, Put a knot in the
end of it.

UD, running and ducking for cover

"RLM" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:30:36 +0000, RLM wrote:

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?

Whip the ends.

http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg

If the line is twisted three strand. Whip the ends of the strands and do a
back splice into the line or splice an eye in the end. looks salty and is
good for calming the nerves.

http://www.scouting.org.za/resources...g/Splicing.pdf



Nice site. Here are some other good animated sites for nautical line
whipping and knots:

http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/AwhipV.html

http://tinyurl.com/qljke

http://www.cherokeescouting.org/knots/

http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Bowline.htm

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?

What they use at the boat sto

http://www.heatshrink.com/prod-steinel-hk.htm

If you're got one of those big Weller pistol-grip soldering irons:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...28667?n=228013