Posted by PJH on April 20, 2011 at 23:13:10 from (50.40.164.54):
In Reply to: Know any good Knots? posted by Ultradog MN on April 20, 2011 at 18:32:12:
When I was just big enough to reach the clutch on an 8N, they somehow broke the hay rope that was used to hoist the loose hay into the loft. I watched the OLD father of the neighbor splice the broken rope back together while the hay crew ate dinner. The splice had to go through the pulleys. The old man could hardly walk, but was a pretty valuable fellow that day.
I've used that same splice (no idea what the name is) for electrical pull ropes, making a never ending pull rope, kinda like a bicycle chain, that doesn't have to be pulled back each time. My neighbor worked on a riverboat and showed me how to make that splice and also eyes and ends. I think of him every time I use what he taught me. A good old neighbor, now long gone.
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