Splicing a ring mid line

[NorthWoodsDiver]

I'm trying to splice a hollow braided poly line to a float, then rings spliced on every 10ft and a stainless clip on the other end for a SCUBA dive next Wednesday. The Stainless rings are 2" diameter and the carabiner clip has a captive eye. I've never spliced something mid line like that. After an hour of looking like an idiot, splicing hollow braid is about the simplest thing, I figured I would ask for help since google wasn't turning anything up.

Ideas?

 

[Grendel]

I don't see how you could do that without re-braiding the whole length? Might be easier to tie the rings on?

 

[Raj]

brummels, not locking brummels.

 

[rangerdanger]

No, use locking brummels. It would be spliced just like an ultra sling.

 

[NorthWoodsDiver]

No, use locking brummels. It would be spliced just like an ultra sling.

Different kind of ring, think stainless welded rings.

 

[rangerdanger]

Different kind of ring, think stainless welded rings.

Are you talking a ring or a thimble? Either way the method is the same. How long are you planning on making whatever it is you're making? It'll require double the rope.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I'd cheat and just pull a loop through the hollow braid and put in an appropriate sized clevis.

 

[Brocky]

Grendel's idea is the easiest,just girth hitch them on.

If you want splices you might think about making cringles for each ring, uses up less rope.

 

[High Scale]

Why not a three strand rope then you can splice into it like lobster fishermen splice pots into a line.

 

[Grendel]

Double fisherman the rings with some hitch cord and then prussic them to the host line. Not ideal, but it would be adjustable.

 

[NickfromWI]

Why not a three strand rope then you can splice into it like lobster fishermen splice pots into a line.

I was going to say something like this, but with hollow braid. I'll take a picture...

 

[NickfromWI]

The application would tell me if I'd use straight buries or locked brummels.

The spacing of the ring would tell me if would just have one piece of rope running down inside the whole length, or have lots of little pieces spliced into the main piece.


love
nick

 

[Grendel]

Nick, my mind is blown. How did you do that? Are there two lines in the spliced section and the inside one tapers out? Would it be better to have the ring somewhere in the middle, with a brummel above/below?

Awesome.

 

[NickfromWI]

It's an end to end splice with the ring incorporated into the brummels. It's super duper easy.


love
nick

 

[Altissimus]

Looks clean , better , even stronger than Morels.

 

[stig]

You climb on lines spliced with mushrooms