Great wire rope trick

[txslowpoke]

Look guys I splice wire rope for a living. It is no joke when it fails. We hand splice very seldom anymore. There are a few drilling companies out there that prefer this method for "spinning". The actual industry standard for a pull test on any wire rope sling is 3x, we pull 5 x. I stand corrected.
My question is why would someone WANT to hand splice when wire clips do the job? We sell wire rope clips upto 2" diameter wire rope.
I like this thread.

[BillinTX]

I want to thank the original poster for this long and interesting thread.
This past weekend I was going thru my accumulation of junk and came across two pieces of 3/16 stainless steel cable. One about three feet long and the other a little over six. No ends on either piece.
I remembered reading this thread and decided to try the rope trick.
It was very easy after I got the hang of it. Now I have two slings I can use around the shop instead of a couple of pieces of useless junk.

Thanks again,
Bill

[rdbrumfield]

where I am from this is called a farmer's eye. I have only used it with wire rope and I do splice in the ends or clamp them. I have seen it pull out without breaking the wire. Try not to make to small an eye, as the longer the eye, the less chance of it pulling out. Unless I am using that eye for a stationary line, I splice my eyes with a 3 tuck. It will break the main line before it pulls out, and can go through a tommy moore block or over a roller without harm.
With the rope, actually, each side of the loop takes half the load, so the one strand is worth two strands. still, it doesn't take but just a few minutes to make a proper splice in rope.

[cityfarma]

Originally Posted by rdbrumfield

where I am from this is called a farmer's eye. I have only used it with wire rope and I do splice in the ends or clamp them. I have seen it pull out without breaking the wire. Try not to make to small an eye, as the longer the eye, the less chance of it pulling out. Unless I am using that eye for a stationary line, I splice my eyes with a 3 tuck. It will break the main line before it pulls out, and can go through a tommy moore block or over a roller without harm.
With the rope, actually, each side of the loop takes half the load, so the one strand is worth two strands. still, it doesn't take but just a few minutes to make a proper splice in rope.

I was going to drop out of this thread but...

"With the rope, actually, each side of the loop takes half the load, so the one strand is worth two strands. " Don't you mean that one strand carries the same force as the two strands? And as the two strands are carrying 1/2 the force then the single strand must also be carrying 1/2 the force. Therefore the single strand force is greater (proportionately) than the two strands and hence will break at a lower force applied to the rope.

I will qualify this by saying refer to my last post and say this only applies for the 3 strand rope example.

Cityfarma