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Tight eye

CharlieRayT

CharlieRayT

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Not too bad for my first attempt with improvised tools.
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Tapeworm said:
Looks good

Was it difficult?


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The hardest part for me was passing the core through the jacket. It’s tight and I had to work at it. The smaller diameter of the arrow shaft (2314) made it doable. I think it would be really tough with a 7/16 fid.


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boyne bowhunter said:
Nice! I agree with you though, getting the core back though the cover is the hardest part. The trick I use is to taper the core first before feeding it through. I can get it in a small fid then.
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Yes I did not taper. You can bet I’ll do it on the next one.


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Apex7 said:
I watch the video a while back and I think I'll just order my ropes with an splice in them. I think I'm to old to start trying that. I think I would go nuts. Lol
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It’s not bad just go step by step. But I don’t blame ya for buying them prefab either.


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That tight eye looks awesome. Great job!

I purchased some rope a couple of weeks ago with the intent of burying and making a loop. Whooop, I did not purchase "double" braided. :D

Again, your tight eye is rock'n.
 
CharlieRayT said:
The hardest part for me was passing the core through the jacket. It’s tight and I had to work at it. The smaller diameter of the arrow shaft (2314) made it doable. I think it would be really tough with a 7/16 fid.


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That’s the part I couldn’t get passed. Great job!
 
Looks great! I've spliced Bandit and didn't think it was too bad. I may have to pick up some predator and give it a go. I had been waiting after hearing how much more difficult predator is...
 
How long is the rope you used? How long once finished? Is that for your teather? Preditor rope? Thanks
 
Mag1 said:
How long is the rope you used? How long once finished? Is that for your teather? Preditor rope? Thanks
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This is Predator rope. Actually this is just a short piece I practiced on. I originally bought the 12 foot tether from new tribe but it was way too long so I cut 4 feet or so off. I bought a 30 foot piece from wesspur that I plan to make a lineman and a tether from. I’m probably going to make em both around 8 feet with a small eye on the lineman and a larger eye on the tether.


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