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taught myself ho to make these before the internet was a thing. I used 1/8" nylon rope and a 1/2" wooden bead (ball). I also had a crush on a girl who played volleyball and the obvious resemblance to a volleyball inspired me to make them for her whole team s keychains so she wouldnt suspect I liked her! Good times!
Tip to prevent the chopsticks squishing together on your first set of passes: tie a bit of rope around the other ends of the chopsticks on the other side of the cardboard. That way they will stay in shape better on the end where you're making the monkeys fist.
I'm currently working on getting the supplies together for a REALLY BIG Monkeys fist. I picked up a bowling ball at Goodwill for $6. It's not that heavy, maybe 10 or 15 pounds-ish. The wife is pretty small and she can pick it up no problem. I'm currently working out what size cordage I'm going to use to make it look right. I'm rather excited about this one. 😁😆😆
...Said the people willing to waste 5 mins before ANYTHING about how to wrap. Gotta go find chopsticks and make small holes, and do another hole and push and then one more chopstick and struggle to make the jig. Blah..Blah..Blah..now we have a geto jig made of chopsticks. Yawn. Got here lookin for this dude who had a 2min monkeyfist (3 or 4 wrap) and it was simple. Cant find it. Found chatty cathy here and 5mins before the actual fisting starts.
We used these to throw lines to the pier from aboard ship....always wanted to learn how to make one. I need to make one to throw a line over a high tree limb and pull up a temporary Ham Radio wire antenna. Thanks for the tutorial.
Tree Surgeons I hired to take down 30 trees too close to my home used one of these to pull the tops of the trees. In the direction they wanted the tree to fall after the initial cut was made. A strap with a good size hand ratchet was used to tighten the cord. It was not para cord but a super strong braided type of cord. It was cool to watch him get it perfectly into the top of the tree on one try !
I've made some with plastic practice golf balls. I didn't want the weight so they can be used on car mirrors or as a Christmas tree ornament. I use 14 to 15 feet of 550 paracord and make 8 passes. Just confirming what others have said already.
Very awesome! One note I had is that if you're making a one-time jig, you may want to pull the chopsticks or skewers out the other direction so you're not forcing the large end through. However, perfect as always! Thanks for posting! Also, this answers a question by raising another one. What does it do to compress the wraps with, say, one extra wrap on all sides (8 as opposed to 7). Would it strengthen the knot or just get in the way?
Using more wraps than called for the core size you're using usually ends up with it getting bunched up and lumpy along with adding that much more work dressing and evening out the tails. I found a nice chart online that gives the suggested number of wraps for common core and cord sizes. After doing a dozen or so monkeys fists from 3/4 to 1 1/2 with para cord and cheap cloths line using the chart gave me nice tight smooth knots. it's been a few years and I don't remember where I found it though.
HI Tim, thanks to this video I was finally able to conquer the elusive 🐒 🤜🏻. I used a fishing weight as the core. This was one used by my late father in law. We placed a padlock on a ring in the sea front wall where he used to fish from and the cord I used is high viz orange by day and glows at night. Thanks for the instructions and another great video. 👍
make a permanent, adjustable jig using 3/8 plywood and threaded screw/bolt that will be more sturdy and can be loosened or tightened. As well, you can drill some additional sets of holes for larger/smaller.
Really good tutorial. I think I actually got it. This is the only tutorial that made sense. Just a tip you could use a second piece of card board to stabilize your stix on your homemade paracord jig. i used your idea though for the diy jig. Very innovative.
“I’m Asian so I have tons of these laying around”. I truly laughed out loud. Well, I’m white and I have tons of those laying around lol. Not mad. Good diy jig. Thanks!
Made it with you first time. I just didn't hear or see you mention the first end gets pulled inside on the final tighten. I've made mine as a light pull for the bathroom. Thanks. K
to stop the chopsticks from moving around on your working end, you could technically just use another square piece of cardboard on the opposite end to hold it position
you say 14 feet ! Will this leave any for a good swinging handle ? Should I add a few feet for that ? I am using a golf ball that is 1.5 inches across .
Could you also use maybe one of those high bounce balls for the center? Maybe aluminum knitting needles for the homemade jig? I want to make my kittens some hanging type toys using the monkeys fist. I thought that the rope that is commonly used for clothes lines would be good for this. Of course any suggestions you may have would be most welcome.
Nancy Savage if you hang it and make it with something absorbant like paracord or some type of rope that absorbs get a small spray bottle and put some catnip in the bottle about a quarter full then fill the rest with water shake for about 3 minutes and spray it onto the monkeys fist or just try this with any toys for cats they will be amused for hours
great idea thanks for the vid! i do have a question though. since there are many different sized monkey fists and most people seem to pre-cut the paracord, how do you calculate the length to use so that you don't come up short?
Mine was a piece of oak board and four #2 pencils for my jig It has made many of those Get back whips with a 1 inch ball bearing.. Keep up the good work enjoy watching ONT.....o~*o.....Ride...On........
jerrod eatherton well id recommend finding someone else to teach. Unless you have 6hrs to kill listening to someone ramble. Sure. He makes decent things but talks way too much
Great learning experience for this bad boy. Thank you very much. Couldn't you just have tightened the off centered passes, albeit a pain. But perfection is what we are about, right?
Comment. .....the vid was clear up to the cinching part....it was clear that you understood the process of cinching but unclear to me. how did you take out the slack and "even out " the lenghts?.....did enjoy the vid please keep them coming
Guess I could use a couple ✏️ or 🖊 since I don’t have chop sticks. And, I bet to hold the 1St 4 wraps in place, could use a pretty long Hemostat or some skinny clamp. What lengths did you start with? Ghetto jig 😂, . Nice video.
Great video. Two quick questions. Why did you work the knot off the big end of the sticks? Wouldn't it be easier to pull them though and then off the points? Secondly if you used a band to hold the wrong end of the sticks together, thus preventing them from distorting the shape would this cause problems with the knot in the end?
The help should be what are you doing at the end and where are the ends you start pulling. I am lost at all the tightening cause I pull the wrong ones and mess it up! Help.
Linda Allen he is basically reversing the weave. He wanted to take up some extra length from his "tail" cord, so he carefully followed the cording back, pushing and tightening as he went, essentially retracing the weave from beginning to end. It really helps to keep the wraps flat and somewhat snug together during the initial wrapping so that the "cords" don't overlap and twist - just as he demonstrated at several points during the video.
I've tried to make this like 3 times and I give up each time because it's always lopsided or the loops aren't woven right. I'm following this tut to an exact science...I'm so frustrated :(
lol that chop sticks and cardboard method was my first jig as well, yo tim my wife keeps asking why you never show your face maybe u can appease her someday thanks lol
Tony Tidwell the world would implode. ...nothing, really. It would just be lighter and a bit harder to handle since the ball bearing helps stabilize the cord while your wrapping. You definitely do not need a centerpiece to tie this knot
