Dubz Ropewalk

[Dubz]

It's a bit quieter at the moment and I'm still busy with my Ropewalk, especially with the making of the smaller diameters. The bigger ones are easy.

At least I have now beaten the 1.3 mm anchor cable for the Polotsk :-)







cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

Slowly I am getting closer to the desired results with my Ropewalk. Up to now I have "beaten" everything with the free-turning swivel, now I have also switched to active beating.

Only in this way was it possible for me to achieve the small diameters.

I would not have thought that such thin yarn is able to pull a 1.1 kg sledge. But it works perfectly.



When I'm done, I always hang a swivel between the hook and the rope to get the excess drill out.



Video: https://www.indee.de/uploads/big/3c850c0...dd0572.MP4

After I was quite happy with my Mara 220 0.3 mm (3x1) and 0.2 mm (2x1) ropes, I used some with a 360 scale (0.3 mm (3x2) and 0.2 mm (3x1)).


The difference is gigantic, see the following pictures. So I will make my thin ropes with scale.



0.3 mm scale on top, 0.3 mm mara on the bottom:

EDIT: Mmm could also be the picture of the 0.2 ... I have made so many I get confused :-D





0.3 mm scale





0.3 mm Mara





0.2 mm scale







0.2 mm Mara







The following has become clear to me: from 0.4/0.5 mm I can beat the ropes "automatically" with the free-turning swivel, which is quick and gives a constant rope over the whole length. Below that I need the beating motor to have the necessary control over the drill and beat. I still need to gain more experience here so that the rope is struck consistently over the entire length (switch the drill motor back on).

All in all, I am very happy that I can now manage all sizes macro-suitable [@Alexander too :-D] :-)

cheers

Dirk

[tkay11]

That's very good, Dirk, to have the measurements. I'm just about to start experimenting with Mara myself and was wondering about its performance at the smaller sizes. Thanks very much!

Tony

[Dubz]

Hey Tony, I send you a mail with LibreOffice Calc-Sheet with all my results so far :-)

Dirk

[egkb]

Looking good Dirk, that Anchor Cable is class .. I need to experiment myself with Mara (I have some on stand-by for Sherbourne)

Eamonn

[Dubz]

Get Skala 360 and 200 for the smaller diameters. 

cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

The results are getting better and better now :-)













In the meantime, I have also accumulated quite a bit ... haha.










Greetings,

Dirk

[egkb]

Get Skala 360 and 200 for the smaller diameters. 

cheers

Dirk

Will Do.. Cheers

E

[Dubz]

Producing the necessary rope for my Schooner Polotsk

I started with 0,3 ( about 50 meters) & 0,4 mm (about 25 meters).


















0.3 mm





cheers

Dirk

[tkay11]

Lovely ropewalk, Dirk. And lovely rope too! I've ordered some for myself.

I use a hanging ropewalk from my door. So it's restricted to 2 metres. It's only for three strands, so I might take up your stimulus of having four strands should I start feeling the need.

Tony