Master rigger Brion Toss demonstrates the setup for making a wire rope splice. He discusses...

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
Stretching out the wire with a purchase or come-along in preparation for splicing

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