2. TOOLS: Splicing Wire Rope with Brion Toss
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5m 25s
Master Rigger Brion Toss presents the tools he uses to splice wire rope. These include...
A special vice
Heavy duty thimbles
Modified marlin spikes
Caliper gauge
Wrist gaiters
Safety glasses
China markers,
Soft hammer
Pipe lever
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Working orientation: horizontal or vertical
Makeup of wire rope strands, 7x7 or 7x19
Setting the thimble as a hard eye in the vice
Serving the wire in the thimble
Determining the lay of the wire
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4. TUCKING: Splicing Wire Rope with B...
Master Rigger Brion Toss demonstrates how to tuck strands to make a wire rope splice
Where safety glasses and wrist gators
Start by determining the length of the wire tail
Use a splitter to remove a strand, unlay it and determine if its the correct stand to start with
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5. MORE TUCKING: Splicing Wire Rope w...
Master Rigger Brion Toss demonstrates the second row of tucks required to complete a wire rope splice. He demonstrates ...
Tips to locate the first strand
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