Blue Moon Splice Vid

[NickfromWI]

A few weeks ago one of the fine dudes from the tree house sent me some rope of his to be spliced. I mentioned that I might be able to video the process and throw it up online.

Here it is. It isn't great video because I was doing it myself (karina was at work that day).

Regardless, I thought it might be good for y'all to see. Might help someone who is trying to figure out this splice.

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nick

 

[Old Monkey]

Thanks Nick. I really like the Blue Moon, its a nice line.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[NeTree]

I like watching you splice- excellent work, bro.

 

[NorthWoodsDiver]

Thanks so much. That answers so many questions.

Looks like investing in a splicing wand may make life much easier for me next time.

 

[Burnham]

What Erik said times ten, Nick. Love to see a skilled, talented craftsman at work.

 

[Treepreacher51]

Neat! When can we expect part 2?

 

[NickfromWI]

Well, here's the story with part 2: Karina was at work the day I did this order. So the camera angles were just guesses.

When I reset the camera so I could do the final bury, the camera angle was WAY off...it was 15 minutes of my crotch. As much as I'm sure y'all would've loved it, I don't think it was as educational as it coulda been.

So that footage is scrapped. Now I just need someone to order another rope so I can have an excuse to do film it again!

Seriously- it's just a matter of when I have time to do the splice AND film. Doing a double braid splice like you see in the video takes 30 minutes TOPS (that while facebooking and twittering!) Usually I just want to get the order out the door. So it'll be when I'm doing a double braid, during the day (for lighting), Karina is around to run the camera AND I have another hour to do multiple takes, check lighting, etc...

Thank you for the kind words, gents!

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nick

 

[bill22]

Your definitely talented Nick,i can only splice 3 strand.

 

[NickfromWI]

It's like anything else. The more you do it, the better you get at it...if you're paying attention!

Thanks, Bill!

And we gotta get you an avatar. Do you have a nice pic we could use?

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nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[bill22]

yeah, i can't seem to get my work pics off face book on here,and i lost them off my computer when we cleaned it last.

 

[SkwerI]

It's pretty easy to save the pictures to your computer from the web. Just right click on the image and then 'save image as' (or whatever wording your particular browser uses).

 

[bill22]

thanks,Brian,i'll give it a try.

 

[sotc]

Excellent Nick

 

[Jed]

I can't splice three strand. I've never seen anyone perform such an esoteric function with such dextrous agility. Well done man... Thanks for the video: inspiring... my head's still spinning a little; but inspiring.

 

[NickfromWI]

Thanks, jed!