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Homemade brass fids. By Dspikes316.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...172#post141611
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...573#post139468
Nice but what is a fid for?
I believe that it is used to stiches rope together.
A fid is like a marlin spike only it has a hollowed out side to enable easier passing of a rope strand through the other twisted strands when making splices or eye splices once you get used to using one you will wonder how on earth you ever back splices a rope without one.
Beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s-lAgN_xrA
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Thanks for the video that really explains what a fib does. I didn't realize the knobs on the ends of the brass fibs were removable in order to insert the rope.
I wonder what the tensile strength of the loop is?
A properly made loop end can have up to 98% of the tensile strength of the line in which it's made.
Did the video illustrate a "properly made loop?" it certainly looked good. I wonder about getting a metal reinforcement, I used to know the name, inside the loop?
Rope thimble https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...w=1680&bih=947Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralphxyz
Thanks, voldar, it was lost back in the corner of my memory.