Learned how to splice zing-it yesterday

[eshold]

I researched splicing zing-it yesterday. Found some old coax and cut out the copper core and used that as my tool. Made some continuous loops and brummel eye splices last night. Tapered with 3.5 inch bury.

It's awesome being able to splice! I upgraded my lines to zing-it earlier this year, but didn't know how to splice, or even really consider it as an option. It really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

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[PopcornFool]

Good for you. And well done! Your splices look great!

But beware ... it can get addictive. I got so carried away at one point that I was splicing CLs from 1mm dyneema fishing line to serve as prussiks for my Zing-it ridgelines, etc. I needed to use a magnifier I had from my old computer building days and still thought I might go blind. On the plus side. once you get around to splicing different items using 7/64" and 1/8" Amsteel, that will be a walk in the park for you!

[cmc4free]

Nice work! Those looped TarpTicks will be super handy - and versatile in that you can rig them to either your tarp corners or your stakes. A while back, I made some with Dutch Fleaz, each one also spliced directly through the eye of a titanium nail. Similar to these, but with the stake and hardware riding on a CL, rather than the way these are with a locked brummel at each end.



As PopcornFool said, if you've never spliced Amsteel before, doing that would be a cake walk for you now.

[Crazytown3]

Oh you are into it now. Those look really good to me.

[jakev383]

Very nice! (sideways looking at the rolls of Dynema hanging on my wall I've bought thinking I could use another CL)

[eshold]

Thanks all! Finished making 8 lines with Brummel eye splices. Planning to have eye splices on all of my lines and store them in Dutch cord winders. I also have 10 tarpticks and 6 tarp fleaz on the way that will get CLs.

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Good for you. And well done! Your splices look great!

But beware ... it can get addictive. I got so carried away at one point that I was splicing CLs from 1mm dyneema fishing line to serve as prussiks for my Zing-it ridgelines, etc. I needed to use a magnifier I had from my old computer building days and still thought I might go blind. On the plus side. once you get around to splicing different items using 7/64" and 1/8" Amsteel, that will be a walk in the park for you!

It's definitely addictive! My wife was asking me why I need to be doing all this splicing right now until 2am when I have all winter. Splicing 1mm line sounds tough, but I bet it was rewarding! Yes, I am looking forward to trying Amsteel. It should be pretty easy after doing zing-it.

Nice work! Those looped TarpTicks will be super handy - and versatile in that you can rig them to either your tarp corners or your stakes. A while back, I made some with Dutch Fleaz, each one also spliced directly through the eye of a titanium nail. Similar to these, but with the stake and hardware riding on a CL, rather than the way these are with a locked brummel at each end.

As PopcornFool said, if you've never spliced Amsteel before, doing that would be a cake walk for you now.

Thanks! Yes, I love the tarp ticks. I have 10 more on the way that will all get CLs. I have not only my hammock tarp, but large camp tarp and sometimes tent sauna lines to run, as well. I like your idea with the stakes. I have thought about this, but instead I am going to leave hardware on my tie-outs, put eye splices in all of my lines, and store the lines in cord winders. A lot of times I will tie off to a tree or something else, rather than use stakes. It will be nice to have a whole system which does not use any knots, apart from larks heads of course. I am hoping to have as fast, clean, and tangle-free setup as possible.

[eshold]

My hardware showed up yesterday. Got everything on CLs last night!

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[iceman857]

My hardware showed up yesterday. Got everything on CLs last night!

Those look amazing! You should be proud of the work you've done. Since it takes about ~66 repetitions of a task before it becomes a habit, I figure you've only got about 50 more to make before you'll do them in your sleep

[cougarmeat]

eshold, if you visit a store like Joanns or Michaels, they will have hooks/pulls in the knitting supply area. There are sizes that work well in 7/64th and sizes for smaller Dynema. Also, if you like to use wire, there are plastic beads you can buy that, when heated in boiling water, become pliable and you can mold them together like clay. So you can put a 90-degree bend at the handle end of your wire and embed it in a plastic handle molded to your hand shape. Works great. A music supply/instrument shop often has plenty of small, scrap, wire.

[Shug]

Splicing is a Super Hero skill~~~
Whooooo Buddy)))

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