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2825. A DOUBLE Loop SPLICE for small rope drives (belts) is of

hard-twisted cotton. The rope and splice are made together on a

"coning machine," so called because the rope, being of only two

strands, does not require a "top" to guide the strands, and instead

is closed with a metal cone which is held at right angles to the rope.

Four or five cotton yarns are middled and placed around the upper

left hook. They are led parallel, first around the single hook at the

right, next to the lower hook at the left, and back to the single hook

at the right. Finally they are made fast with a CLOVE HITCH to the

upper and longer hook at the left. The two hooks at the left are

revolved at equal rate until the strands are tightly twisted. The cone

is then inserted between the two strands close to the hooks at the

right; the single hook at the right is disengaged so that it may turn

freely, and as the cone is moved to the left, the twist in the strands

2825"" causes the single hook at the right to spin, and as the cone moves

from right to left a two-strand rope is formed.

The CLOVE HITCH on the upper left hook is now removed and the

two single ends from the lower hook are rove through the eye (see

the bottom illustration). One of the two single ends from the upper

hook is next rove through the smaller eye. The two ends, being led

beyond each other, are laid into the strand and buried or sunk, as

shown in the drawing.

The single large loop that has just been formed is now put over a

left hook. The left hook is revolved until the rope is entirely un-

twisted again and reduced to two tightly twisted strands. The cone

is introduced between the two strands at the extreme right, the right

hook is disengaged so that it may revolve freely, and the cone is

moved at a steady rate to the left, which lays the rope up again and

completes the belt. When the belt is to be put to use, the two eyes

are joined together with a little metal clip.

2826. SIDE SPLICE (I). A three-strand end to a three-strand bight.

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The strands are stuck as pictured and tucked over and under twice

full, then they are split and one half the strand tucked again. This is

structurally the same as EYE SPLICE 'H 2726. To side splice two strands

of a rope, proceed as in EYE SPLICE 'H 2769.

2827. SIDE SPLICE (2). A four-strand end to a four-strand bight.

Stick the strands as pictured and splice over and under exactly as in

2828 the SAILOR'S FOUR-STRAND EYE SPLICE 'H 2737.

2828. SIDE SPLICE (3). A single strand is spliced to a rope with

three full tucks and then is split and stuck one half and a whipping

is added. The end should not helix around the rope but should pro-

gress as pictured.

2829. SIDE SPLICE (4). A four-strand end to a three-strand bight.

Stick the strands as pictured. Lay together one half of each of the

2829 2.830 two left strands and tuck them as a single strand. Then tuck all three

strands, full twice, and once one half.

2830. SIDE SPLICE (5). A three-strand end spliced to a four-strand
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bight. Divide the left strand into two equal halves and stick all four

ends as in a regular FOUR-STRAND EYE SPLICE ('H 2737 ); then divide

and layout half of each of the two full-sized strands and tuck the

four half strands that are left twice more.

2831. SIDE SPLICE (6). A small rope is side spliced to a larger one

in much the same way as 'H 2828, except that the small rope is opened