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quarter or even one half inch from the rope. If a nicely finished 

 cxX':-..-.r-.---<r-----^^i^--«**--^aEr-.;.^^ job is desircd, however, 



Fig. 166.— Short splice, for Figs. 65 and 66, giving 



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Lotig splice. — This may be made with either three-strand or four- 

 strand rope, as follows: //^ 



(i) Three-strand rope. 

 In order to secure a splice 

 not so bulky as that de- 

 scribed above, and one 

 that will run through pulley 

 blocks, the strands are un- 

 twisted for a longer dis- 

 tance and the splice is so 



J ,1 , 1 • r Fig. 167. — Long splice, three-strand rope. First stage 



made that each pair of / & r . r & 



strands is joined in a separate place in the rope instead of all at one 



place. The greatest number 

 of strands at any place in the 

 spliced rope is thus four in- 

 stead of six. 



Unlay only one strand of 

 each rope for a distance de- 

 pending on the size of the 

 rope: 18 inches for |-inch 



Fig. 168.— Long splice, three-strand rope. ^ope, 24 inches for i-inch 



Second stage rope, 30 inches for f-inch 



rope, 36 inches for i-inch rope, and so on. Lock and draw the ends 

 of the ropes tightly 

 together, as shown in 

 Fig. 167, having the 

 single strands A and 

 B side by side. Tak- 

 ing care not to let the 

 ends of the ropes sepa- 

 rate, unlay strand A 

 from its rope one turn 

 and follow it with 

 strand B. Keep B 

 twisted up tightly and pulled down firmly into its place, as explained for 

 relaying (Fig. 50). Continue this procedure until only six to nine inches 

 of strand B is left out (Fig. 168), depending on the size of the rope. 



Fig. 169. — Long splice, three-strand rope. Third stage 



