The only book devoted completely to slicing today's ropes, this fully illustrated, step-by-step guide has been expanded and enhanced in this new edition and now covers wire splices, and splices in Spectra and Kevlar ropes as well as Dacron braid and traditional three-strand. The Splicing Handbook includes every splice project a boater will ever need.
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"Gets straight to the point with clear instructions and useful tips... An excellent title book." -- The Westcoast Fisherman
"Particularly helpful in explaining how to manage the bewildering array of new rope materials and weaves." -- Down East --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Particularly helpful in explaining how to manage the bewildering array of new rope materials and weaves." -- Down East --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"The Splicing Handbook is particularly helpful in explaining--and showing with simple, straightforward illustrations--how to manage the bewildering array of new rope materials and weaves."--Down East
"Here's a book you can read for the pleasure of knowing how splicing is accomplished. It is also a reference book that you and your crew can review when tackling a . . . specialty splicing job."--Shoreline
The only reference devoted entirely to splicing today's ropes, this new and expanded edition includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional twisted and modern braided ropes. Now covers eery kind of splicing project a boater is likely to encounter, including modern cordage such as Spectra, and wire and rope-to-wire splices.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Review of "The Splicing Handbook" 2nd Ed by B. Merry,
This review is from: The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition (Paperback)
I bought the book because I wanted to splice high-tech yacht rope, especially the 12-strand braids like Amsteel. This review pertains only to splices related to such rope.
The photos are not always of the splice being described (p.84). The illustrations appear to have been cropped to fit the page, which is especially confusing for complex splices (p.88). The hollow braid splice on p.83 results in a weak splice with a bump at a vulnerable location - I believe this is a dangerous splice and that the authors have failed to grasp the workings of the Chinese Finger Puzzle principle mentioned in several places. Conclusion: don't waste your money. Go to the web sites for Yale, Sampson, and New England Rope to get better illustrations and text for free. Also, study the test results from Layline.com on the importance of tapering the buried eye splice tail.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect reference book for professional splicers!,
By Brian A. Glennon "BAG" (South Boston, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition (Paperback)
The Splicing Handbook is simply one of the best reference works for the working rope splicer and professional rigger. Barbara Merry has provided an excellent book to review rusty skills, to learn a new splice, and as a convenient compendium of splice history to settle any shipyard, boatyard, or construction site argument on how to splice a specific configuration of rope. Ms. Merry is held in high esteem for producing a book on the most difficult technique of rope work - making a proper end termination! Good for her!!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
How to splice all sorts of line.,
By blandis@projo.com (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes (Paperback)
Brief, clear descriptions of how to splice all kinds of traditional and modern line -- braided, plaited, the works. If you're interested in splicing, this is an inexpensive way to cover a lot of ground. Good illustrations.
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Rope in use is attached to something else-to another rope, to an object to be moved or prevented from moving, or to an object that prevents the rope from moving. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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