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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

2027. A rope "mud chain" for an automobile wheel, that does

away with the necessity of reeving the whole rope at each spoke.

Make fast to any spoke and reeve a short bight forward through the

adjacent opening. Bring a short bight from the rear around the tread
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and through the first bight. Bring a bight from the rear out through

the second opening in the spokes and through the second bight.

Continue reeving alternate right and left bights in this same manner.

To finish off, reeve the end of the rope through the last bight and

make fast.

If any considerable length of rope is left, exhaust it in tightening

the structure already made, by making frapping turns.

2028. A jury bicycle tire. This is a rough-riding substitute but

it will get a person home without damage to rim or tire. Remove the

tire and take fifty-two feet of old clothesline (for a 28-inch tire).

Stick an end down through the valve hole in the rim. Tie a FIGURE-

EIGHT KNOT in the end. Then, facing the right side of the wheel, lay

another short piece of rope across the rim in a round turn, as pictured

at the left. Lead the long rope counterclockwise two turns (in one

layer) and draw as taut as possible. Add three more turns in a second

layer and heave all taut. Then add two more turns in a third layer

and stick the end of the rope through the near side of the loop that

was laid across the rim and draw the end through to the opposite side

of the wheel. Heave the rope taut and ut on several S turns around

the two nearest spokes. The success 0 this "tire" depends entirely

on how tautly it has been passed. If the rope stretches, it ".'ill have

to be readjusted. So don't wait for it to come off. Ride a short dis-

tance and then examine the tire, and adjust it if necessary.

If the rope is small, three turns may be required for the ground

tier, four for the middle tier and three for the upper tier.

20 2029. To heave on a strand when splicing: Take a hitch with a

strand around the tip of the pricker oint as pictured and draw

it up close to the rope. Hold the end 0 the strand tightly with the

left hand and twist the pricker clockwise. Change the grip as often

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as IS necessary.

2030. The MARLINGSPIKE HITCH is always used for heavy heaving
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on splices, seizings and service. To tie the knot: With the marling-

spike in the right hand, lay the point across the marline and with

the left hand add a turn of marline around the tip. Lift the spike and

place the tip to the right of the standing part and slip it under the

hight.

2031. A practical girdle or belt, that is easily adjustable, may be

made of a short piece of rope by tying two ROLLING HITCHES

(~I734), which form the ADJUSTABLE BEND shown elsewhere as

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