Uses:
Whipping is a series of
knots intended to stop a rope from unraveling. As it can slip off of
the rope easily, the common whipping should not be used for rope
ends that will be handled frequently.
The benefit of a common whipping is that no tools are necessary
and the rope does not need to be unlayed.
The problem is that it will slide off the end of the rope with
little provocation. Other whippings avoid this by interleaving the
whipping with the strands of the rope and creating friction with the
strands to avoid slipping.
Normally a natural fiber rope is whipped with twine. The size of
the rope dictates the size of the twine. Any twine can be used, but
tarred two strand hemp (marline) is preferred. Unnatural ropes
should have their ends fused by heat rather than whipped to prevent
unraveling.
Instructions:1)The
rope should be whipped a short
distance (2 or more diameters) from its end. 2) Lay
the head of the twine along the rope and make a bight back along the
rope. 3) Begin wrapping the twine around the rope and
bight of twine securely. 4) Wrap until the whipping is
one and a half times wider than the rope is thick. 5)
Slip the working end of
the twine through the bight.
Carefully pull on the standing end of the twine until the bight and
working end are pulled under the whipping (Note: It is normally
necessary to maintain tension on the working end to prevent the
bight from being dragged completely through and so destroying the
whipping) 6) Cut the twine flush with the edges of the
whipping and the rope end not less than half its width from the
whipping to give the rope end a finished look.
Instructions:
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