After completing five to six weave cycles, pull everything as tight as possible and then cut the three strands within a half-inch of the body of the splice. Use a butane lighter or torch to melt the ...

Mathematics is unpicking the secrets of a centuries-old nautical skill called splicing - joining two ropes together end to end by interweaving their strands 1. Chris Leech of rope and fibre ...

The mooring and towing of oil rigs and huge ships rely on the strength and durability of thick ropes and the splices that join those ropes. Yet the mathematical models used to evaluate ropes have ...

Washington - At one end of the 20-foot rope is Tessa Lightfoot ... finesse that takes years to master, the ringer pulls just so, stopping the bell at the very top. It stays, brimming with ...