Splicing Rope With A Fid

For hands on splicing demonstrations visit the marlow stand at any of our shows and exhibitions throughout the year or sign up to attend a marlow rope show held across the uk at sailing clubs once per month.

Splicing rope with a fid.

Fid size range 1 4 through 1 2 diameter. Samson splicing kit makes splicing double and hollow braid lines a snap. Modern major rope manufacturers such as yale cordage new england ropes and samson rope technologies each have full sets of published splicing directions available on their websites. Shop whitworths range of splicing fids and more sailmakers accessories online.

Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. 4 5 5 7 5 10 13 for use with ropes 1 8 hollow braid to 1 1 8 double braid or 3 strand rope 3 8 out of 5 stars 5 93 50 93. For those wishing to splice their own ropes we have produced a comprehensive splicing guide and range of splicing tutorials scroll down to view detailing a range of splicing methods. These tubular fids work for natural synthetic line allow you to create clean strong splices on double braid rope.

A short fid is 1 3 a fid length and a long fid is 2 3 the overall fid length. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength. Choose the size of fid pusher corresponding to the rope diameter you want to splice. Typically all splice directions measurements use fid length as the unit of.

Samson fid pushers are used in rope splicing to push the tubular fids attached to the rope through the rope to complete the bury and also can be used to help extract core fibers when beginning the splice. Australia s largest marine accessories retailer est. Selma fid rope splicing kits set set of 5 size. Selma fid rope splicing kits set set of 5 size.

This kit comes in a handy storage tube and includes 5 aluminum tubular fids a pusher for pushing your fid through your line and instructions for eye splicing. Includes fids and eye splicing instructions.