Nicks Scottish Competition :evil:

[jamie]

http://www.jamiemcfarlane.co.uk

very basic so far but its a start

Jamie

 

[TheTreeWiseMen]

Nice Jamie, congrats on getting it up and running.

 

[jamie]

i'm going to go to yachting people i can imagine they are less concerned with my lack of insurance for them yet.

anyway, i have 4 splices to do

bye

Jamie

 

[MasterBlaster]

Pretty colors!!!

 

[pantheraba]

Beautiful stuff...keep us posted.

 

[jamie]

that was 10mins with front page. next site incarnation will be better

Jamie

 

[rumination]

Good luck with it Jamie.

 

[stehansen]

Looks good Jamie.

 

[NickfromWI]

Competition? No way! Another person keeping the art alive.

You're right...the site is basic, but it shows people what they need to see. An example of your wares and a way to get a hold of you.

Time for the tiny splice picture!!!

love
nick

 

[stehansen]

You know guys, I've looked at the instructions and I can't figure it out. I think I need a video to at least learn the basics.

 

[Paul B]

not a complaint but an observation.. is 'dynemma ' supposed to say 'Dyneema'?
pardon me if I am wrong and good luck in your venture Jamie!

 

[sotc]

steve, buy the toss video from sherrill, it has the 16 strand splice on it if thats what you use

 

[jamie]

I'd rather have critisism here than off other people. over here most folk don't know what dyneema is, they call it spectra, despite the cords being made with dyneema....weird

Jamie

 

[NickfromWI]

Dyneema = Spectra. They are different brand names for fibers made of the exact same stuff. Spectra is made by Honeywell. Dyneema is made by...someone else. I don't know who.

http://www51.honeywell.com/sm/afc/

http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/hpf/home_dyneema.htm

love
nick

 

[jamie]

Over here all the rope comes in branded as Dyneema but everyone calls it spectra. Really dont know why???? D(yneema)12 gets called spectra. I know its a minor point but, unnnnggghhh

Jamie

 

[Blinky]

My understanding is the trade name in Europe is Dyneema and the trade name in the US is Spectra. The technology in both is UHMWPE.

I always called it Spectra because I first heard about it for making superlight slalom K1s. Kevlar/Spectra laminates were THE ticket in the early 90s.

 

[jamie]

Thats my knowledge as well (not the skiing bit though) thats why i'm confused why europeans call it spectra when its sold as dyneema.

Jamie

 

[High Scale]

Good luck Jamie, how would you go about getting insurance for splicing ropes used in our industry?

It's still a mystery to me, would it be PI insurance and would you need some kind of qualification?

 

[Blinky]

Thats my knowledge as well (not the skiing bit though) thats why i'm confused why europeans call it spectra when its sold as dyneema.

Jamie

Er, umm... technically... a slalom K1 is a whitewater kayak. They are fun on a big snowy downhill though.

...and go figure about them screwy Europeans! They're most contrary, confounding, intractable people I've ever met.

 

[jamie]

Opps, i thought i read summit else....

Jamie