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The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Traditional and Modern Ropes and Wires
Barbara Merry
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Description for The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Traditional and Modern Ropes and Wires
Paperback. The only book devoted entirely to splicing today's rope and wire. This new edition includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices using both traditional twisted and modern braided ropes, as well as wire and rope to wire splices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 b/w illustrations, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296. Techniques for Traditional and Modern Ropes and Wires. 256 pages, 150 b/w illustrations, 25 b/w photos. The only book devoted entirely to splicing today's rope and wire. This new edition includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices using both traditional twisted and modern braided ropes, as well as wire and rope to wire splices. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WSSN. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 17. Weight: 296.
The only handbook devoted to splicing today's ropes, this bestselling reference covers every kind of splicing project a boater will ever need. Featuring step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional twisted and modern braided ropes as well as wire, it covers:
- how to splice high-tech, slippery, synthetic ropes such as Spectra, Dyneema and Kevlar
- mainstream rope materials such as Dacron and nylon
- all standard rope constructions, including solid braid, double braid, parallel core, plaited and three-strand rope
- how to splice wire for shrouds and halyards, and rope to wire splices
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The only handbook devoted to splicing today's ropes, this bestselling reference covers every kind of splicing project a boater will ever need. Featuring step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional twisted and modern braided ropes as well as wire, it covers:
- how to splice high-tech, slippery, synthetic ropes such as Spectra, Dyneema and Kevlar
- mainstream rope materials such as Dacron and nylon
- all standard rope constructions, including solid braid, double braid, parallel core, plaited and three-strand rope
- how to splice wire for shrouds and halyards, and rope to wire splices
... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408141977
SKU
V9781408141977
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Barbara Merry
Barbara Merry is a marine rope specialist with over twenty years' experience in the splicing trade. She has written on rope and rope technology for WoodenBoat magazine. John Darwin is a master of rope technology - a former rope designer, he still tests and fabricates ropes.
Reviews for The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Traditional and Modern Ropes and Wires
'this revised version of the book covers almost every way of splicing modern ropes, wire rope and offers some fun ways to decorate with rope...Authors Barbara Merry and John Darwin have updated the book to include not only traditional ropes...but some new, high-tech products...along with wire splicing and how to properly select wire rigging.'
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