For transmission rope.
The successive operations for splicing a 1³⁄₄-inch rope by this method
are as follows:
1. Tie a piece of twine (9 and 10, figure 6) around the rope to be
spliced, about six feet from each end. Then unlay the strands of each
end back to the twine.
2. Butt the ropes together, and twist each corresponding pair of
strands loosely, to keep them from being tangled, as shown (_a_) figure
6.
3. The twine 10 is now cut, and the strand 8 unlaid, and strand 7
carefully laid in its place for a distance of four and a half feet from
the junction.
4. The strand 6 is next unlaid about one and a half feet, and strand 5
laid in its place.