Ah hell, here....
There’s all kinds of handy crap you can buy to help you work with amsteel, but this is what I use....
It’s raining and my tape is out in the truck so still no measurements, but that don’t matter, it’s all relative. Make you a loop the size you want with the amsteel and leave enough tag ends to equal about 2/3” of the loop.....
Where the two ends cross at the top of the loop, bunch up the amsteel to open the weave....
Put your pokey thingy thru it to make a hole....
Stick the other end thru the hole...
Now do the exact same thing to the tag end you just stuck thru the hole. Be careful here, this is where all the safety and strength comes from...each end of the rope MUST go thru the other to lock it....
Now pull it tight.....
Now go down to the bottom of the loop and bunch up the amsteel to expose the weave again. This time stick your double clothes hanger thru the rope, bunching it up as you go and bring it out near (not right up against....near) the lock you made earlier.....
This is where the pics stop because I’m not ready to make this one, but what you do from here is:
About 3/4” from the end of the tags you need to pull out 1/2 the strands and cut them off.
Put the remaining strands thru the coat hanger and hammer it down tight.
Pull the coat hanger out bring the tag end with it. Milk the rope as you go to help it pass
Once the tag end is exposed, loosen the coat hanger and take it off then milk the outer rope down over the buried tag end.
Repeat for other side.
Done.
Enjoy.
