12-Strand Class II Tuck-Bury End-For-End Splice for Saturn-12™

SAMSON SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS

12-Strand Class II Tuck-Bury End-for-End Splice for Saturn-12™ The Tuck-Bury splice is designed as a short splice for Saturn-12 ropes that are 1-1/4" or above in rope diameter

MEASURING AND MARKING Tape the ends of the ropes to be spliced. Lay Ropes A and B side-by-side and STEP Rope A measure 2 tubular fid lengths (4 wire fids) from the taped end of each line and 1 Mark 2 Mark 1 make Mark 1.

Rope B

From Mark 1, measure 2-1/2 fids 2 fids 2-1/2 fid lengths and make 1A Mark 2 on both ropes.

TAPERING THE TAIL STEP At Mark 1, pull out half the strands (3 “S” and 3 "Z") by rotating Mark 1 around the rope, pulling out strands in the pattern shown: Bitter end Z Strands = counter clockwise twist 2 S Strands = clockwise twist This should leave 6 strands still braided down the middle. Tightly tape the ends of the 6 individual strands, and the end of the remaining braided portion.

On 1 side you should have 2 S and 1 Z 2A and on the other side, 2 Z and 1 S. ROUTING THE STRANDS STEP z s Reposition the ropes for splicing according s z to the diagram. z s Mark 1 Mark 1 3 s z Rope A z s Rope B s z

BURYING THE TAIL OF ROPE A INTO ROPE B STEP MarkMark 1 From Rope A, pass the 3 closest strands to Rope B through Rope B, 1 or 2 Standing rope picks down from Mark 1. Do not pull strands all the way through at this stage. The strands enter at the entry point 2 picks from Mark 1, and exit at the exit 4 points 2 picks from the entry point. z Exit points Entry point s Mark 1 z Mark 2 s z s Mark 2 z s Mark 1 z Mark 1

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12-Strand Class II Tuck-Bury End-for-End Splice for Saturn-12™

Bury the remaining braided strands down the center of the rope, entering at Mark 1 and exiting at Mark 2. The tail should enter 4A the standing part of the rope at the same point where the 3 fid loose strands passed through. Pull the tail out at Mark 2. z s z Mark 2 Mark 1 s z s Mark 2 z s Mark 1 z

Route the remaining 3 strands from s 4B the entry point to their exit points. z s Repeat Steps 4, 4A, and 4B on the s opposite end of the rope. z z Mark 1 Mark 2 s z s Mark 2 z s Mark 1 z

s z s TAPERING THE TAILS STEP At the end of the tapered tail, remove the fid and any tape at s the end of the tail. From the end of the tail, mark 3 consecutive z s z strands, as shown. Pull them out of the braid and cut off z Mark 1 s 5 close to the body of the rope. Smooth rope Smooth rope

Mark 2 Mark 2 s Mark 1 z z z s s Pull out marked strands and cut off Mark 3 consecutive strands

Remove the tape from the end of the tails. Now smooth the 5B rope from the crossover toward Mark 2 to bury the tails. s s z z s z Mark 1 Rope A

Rope B Mark 2 Mark 2 Mark 1 s z z z s s PAGE 2 OF 3

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12-Strand Class II Tuck-Bury End-for-End Splice for Saturn-12™ TUCKING THE STRANDS Tuck the strands from Rope A into Rope B. 1 complete tuck consists of passing a

STEP strand over 1 strand and under 2 strands. 6 Do 5 complete tucks for all 6 strands. Each strand is always tucked under the same line of the braid so that the tucks progress straight down the body of the rope. After completing the first 5 tucks, remove half the volume of the twisted yarns from each of the 6 strands near the taped ends, and complete 3 more tucks with the reduced-volume strands.

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z z FINISHING THE SPLICE s After completing the second set of 3 tucks, cut off the excess material

STEP and tape the ends. Leave enough of an end protruding so it does not slip back into the rope when the rope is loaded. 7 Follow Steps 5 and 6 until all tails are tucked. Your finished Tuck-Bury End-for-End Splice will look like this:

Finished splice

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