Samson MISCELLANEOUS User Manual

SAMSON SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS

Smooth ICE/Flavored ICE Cover Installation

MARKING AND KNOTTING

Lay out rope to be covered and from the end to be covered, measure off distance to be covered and make
Mark 1 on the rope. From Mark 1, measure off a distance of 15 inches and make Mark 2 on the rope.

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1

Section of rope to be covered

Mark 1 Mark 2

15"

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2

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3

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4

Ice cover plus 15% extra length

Lay out Ice cover below rope to be covered and allow 15% more cover length than rope to be covered from Mark
1 to the end of the rope. Then make Mark 1 on the cover using Mark 1 on the rope as a guide. Next make Mark 2
and Mark 3 on the cover by measuring off 6 inches for each mark.

Tape and cut the Ice cover at Mark 3. Then extract the internal feed line from the cover at Mark 1. Attach feed line
to rope end to be covered by passing the feed line through the rope braid and forming a loop knot. Be careful not
to pull the feed line into the cover on the other end.

Extract feed line at Mark 1 on cover

Attach feed line from other end of cover

to a xed point for assistance in burying

the rope into the cover.

Tie off 1 end of feeder core

Mark 1

Attached feed line to rope with loop
knot. Tape for smooth transition
between feed line and rope

Mark 2

Mark 3

Mark 1

Lock stitch cover to rope

Feed rope into cover and milk cover
over rope until Mark 1 of cover and

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5

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6

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Mark 1 of rope are matched. Then
lock stitch the cover to the rope from
Mark 1 back for 3 complete passes.

Insert a splicing d, d should be sized to rope diameter, with the cover into the rope as
close to the lock-stitch as possible. Continue pushing the d through the center of the
rope and extract the d and cover at Mark 2 on the rope.

pusher

Insert fid at Mark 1 on rope and exit at Mark 2

Cover, insert in fid.

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SAMSON SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS

Smooth ICE/Flavored ICE Cover Installation

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step

8

Pull the Ice cover out of the rope until Mark 2 on the cover is exposed. Unbraid the cover
from the end back to Mark 2. Angle cut the strands from Mark 2 to the end of the cover
to perform a taper.

Pull cover out of rope until Mark 2 on
cover is exposed

Unbraid cover from end
back to Mark 2

At the point the cover is inserted in the rope, milk the rope down
toward the end of the tapered cover strands. This will cause the
cover strands to become buried into the rope and disappear.

Cut unbraided strands at
an angle to taper

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9

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10

11

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Whip from the area where the cover is inserted into the rope to

just beyond the lock stitching to nish that portion of the splice.

Opposite end: remove feed line and secure the rope to a xed

point. Milk the cover toward the rope end/bitter end to eliminate
any slack between the cover and the rope.

Lock stitch and whip the cover to the rope.
(See page 3 for tips on lock stitching and whipping.)

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