Selden Endless Line Splice — Instructions

Splicing an Endless Line

The sheet has no text – follow the numbered drawings in the PDF. What they show:

1. Tools: splicing needle (an alternative needle is shown), screwdriver, marker pen, knife, whipping twine, tape and scissors. With both parts of the line rove and stopper-knotted at the blocks, mark each free end (P and S): a at 30 cm from the end, b a further 30 cm along, and the line continuing 40 cm beyond b as drawn. Cut the ends.
2. Open the cover at b on each part (detail shows the core being drawn out).
3. Feed one end into the other part between the marks a and b (3a); detail 3b and the alternative show the end worked in 2,5 cm past the mark.
4. Steps 4 and 5: work S and P through so the marks a meet, each tapered out 2,5 cm beyond b (alternative method shown with a screwdriver).
5. Step 6: the detail shows a 12 cm section of the splice locked with a needle and stitches.
6. Step 7: work the cover by hand along the splice.
7. Step 8: tension the line.
8. Step 9: cut off the tails with knife or scissors.

Drawing-only instructions: if in doubt, use the figures in the PDF as the reference.