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Figure 6-56A-F. Elements of Service.
The eye of the splice is served before splicing. The finished Holding tension with one hand, use pliers to pull slack out.
splice is tarred, then wormed and parceled. Worming mate-
rial should be just large enough to provide a smooth sur-
face over which to parcel. Carefully seal the join between
eye and splice with parceling.
Marline service being applied with another type of serving
board—one with a very wide groove suited to splices. Note
that marline is threaded through the hole in the handle to gain
tension and to prevent accidentally dropping the board over-
board.
To finish the seizing, use a heaving mallet or spike to pull first
left (facing vise), then right. The wire should snap at the exit
point during the pull to the right.
Serve until you have five turns of twine from the thimble, then
stop and pass five turns around the standing part of the wire
rope. Slip the twine end under its most recent turn of service. A finished oversized eye. Note that the seizing-wire diameter
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Continue serving until all five turns are undone. matches the marline. Most often, ⁄32-inch wire will suit.
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