Уважаемый микко, я бывший моряк из России ... узнаю твои умелые руки. Ты хороший и настоящий боцман ❤ подписался на канал будем общаться... мир дому твоему
I worked I'm the oilfields of Texas. I drove a specialized truck that was designed to spool of 9/16" Sandline/Swab line. I would add new wire rope to existing rope by making a 40' splice. It would consist of 9 tucks about 6 feet apart. The tucks would serve to replace the inner fiber core with wire rope. During the busy years about 35 years ago, I would work on anywhere from 10 to 30 workover or drilling rigs a week. I even was sent to Siberia to train Russians that were working in BP chemical plants. I close my eyes to sleep some nights and replay the splices in my mind.
Nicely done, now try doing one through a larger rope e.g. a jackstay!! Once sat in the bosun’s store and made a lovely grommet, only to realise I’d forgotten to to reeve it through the jackstay!!! Felt a right fool!! 🤣
Man, mikko snellman, it is so satisfying to watch you work and to see what you do with the rope and things that you work with. My daddy was a woodworker and my mama started working with wood also while I was a young girl. I really love to watch people with a knowledgeable craft work with their hands!
A very cool video. I was just looking at how to make wooden blocks for rigging my sailboat and didn't like the metal used to wrap around the block to hold it. These grommets are just the thing to hold the block and with an eye seized into it gives it a place to attach to the boom or other places. Thank you for your time and trouble to show how this is done. (oh yes and try keeping your hands in the camera frame more please)
I publicly apologize for my hasty “earlier” comment as this rope ring can be used for many different things (which the author brought to my simple mind in a humane way) and is a very neat and useful item if your smart enough (not me) to duplicate the process which he made look so easy. Thank you for being an understanding gentleman for a very simple being.
Used to use this method for making deck quoits, slightly larger rope though. Very impressed with those side cutters, I've got several pairs for cutting wire and plastic etc., but none of them will cut rope with the ease that yours does, have you sharpened especially for the task?
thanks for this video, tomorrow ill go to buy some rope and try to do this grommet, whats the name in english of the tools you use to pass the rope through? thanks, regards from the island of Mallorca in the mediterranean
Great vid! Thanx. Question.... where is a good place to purchase the tools? I've made some of mine but the fluted one would be a great addition to my homemade set...lol again thanx in advance.
You should find tools in any well equipped boat supplies store but if you are interested in high end, handmade tools you can contact me. ;) www.snellman.ax
Is it possible to just keep twisting it around? Instead of weaving the tails between the others... & thin the tails as you did... just curious... I have no experience with splicing rope...
Thank you. I'll contact you via your website. I will tape off ends when I can but when I undo the strands to feed them through or to trim away strands is when they can be trouble.
mikko snellman, .... I don’t know why I was so confused before, I now see many uses for it. Thank you for being patient with my myopic behavior. 👍. I’m a dumbass (heavy on the ass part) at times.
I've had success making small grommets, but I am having trouble making a large one (20") for a rope-stropped ditty bag. I'm using the New England polyester that looks like hemp, but is much softer and doesn't hold its lay very well. Very difficult to make it lay neatly and I invariably get a vicious twist in it. What kind of rope are you using, or would you suggest for such a large grommet? Thanks!
Hi John. Polyester or other man made fibers usually don´t hold the lay very well. My recommendation would be good quality natural fiber rope made from single ply yarns. Manila and sisal hold the lay very well and even hard laid hemp or jute.
@@mikkosnellman Yes, I tried your hot-water soak trick on my last effort. It helped a bit to get the twist out, but not enough. I'm going to give up on polyester and try a natural fiber. Another problem is getting the finished grommet to be the right size. Mine have ended up too small, somehow. Ah well, that's why they call it 'practice'. Thanks!
Especially good for bushcraft, if a metal ring breaks. Works as temporary tree saver, multiple attachments if making a tarp shelter, great in outdoor kitchens/bbq's area etc......
@@gentlelove Hi, I wasnt being flippant. I just googled it and you are right. There is little other than handles and rope quoits. I suppose it is interesting that you can make a rope appear to have no beginning or end and that in itself makes it worth looking at..Shalom
Pick a spot on the surface of the table or mark it and make sure your hands are over that mark all the time when you're filming . It's frustrating when you're following people's hands that wonder off the field of vision ...... often .👎
