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09-12-2015, 12:27 AM
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Newbie
City: Cairns QLD
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3
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Recycling ideas please
Hi all, I'm not a trawler owner and I was after some info on how to cut a trawler rope as I was thinking you all deal with this everyday and you may have some fast ideas I could use. I got this rope from our local recycle plant. I would like to make it into other things but wasn't sure on how to cut it and stop it from fraying. Appreciation on simple and the fastest way of doing so as we may not have the items you guys use and I do daycare and my kids would really like to use it for tug of war games etc. Thanks in advance 
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09-12-2015, 12:30 AM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Ummmmmmmm yeah...
Knife?
That is. If you are allowed to use one.
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09-12-2015, 12:42 AM
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Guru
City: Hotel, CA
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,323
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I part way cut through a rope with my prop once. Swam under the boat with a knife to finish doing it. Didn't care if that one frayed.
Normally I wrap tape around the location to be cut then cut through the tape with a knife.
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It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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09-12-2015, 12:43 AM
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Newbie
City: Cairns QLD
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3
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Hahahahaha Northern spy, I don't know anything about this profession. Just wanted some info. Yeah I can use a knife. No need for sarcasm if this is what your group is about then I don't think much of it then now.
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09-12-2015, 12:48 AM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,703
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I think you might be looking for trawlers, as in fishing boats. We're just a bunch of recreational boaters. YouTube has some great videos on whipping ends of lines. I think that's what you're looking for.
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09-12-2015, 12:51 AM
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Newbie
City: Cairns QLD
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3
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Thankyou
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09-12-2015, 05:33 AM
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Senior Member
City: Brisbane
Vessel Name: Malagari
Vessel Model: Island Gypsy 36 Europa
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 405
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 15dragonfly
Hahahahaha Northern spy, I don't know anything about this profession. Just wanted some info. Yeah I can use a knife. No need for sarcasm if this is what your group is about then I don't think much of it then now.
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Hey Dragonfly,
Don`t be too harsh to judge this mob, there are a few Aussie members and we do what we can to keep the septics in check
Depending how thick the line is, bind the rope with electrical tape, cut it (yes, with a knife) then singe the raw ends with a match or lighter. Assuming its nylon/polyester it will melt the cut strands and fuse them together and stop any fraying.
cheers
George
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Brisbane
IG 36 Europa
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09-12-2015, 08:21 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 15,886
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Greetings,
Mr./Ms 15. IF the rope IS a synthetic (Nylon, Polyester etc.) and you follow Mr. B's good advice and melt the taped/cut ends with a flame to fuse said ends, please do NOT touch the hot ends of the rope. SEVERE burns can result. Have a vessel of water (fresh or salt, doesn't matter) standing by to dip the end of the rope into in case it catches fire. Again, be VERY careful of the hot rope material. Best NOT to have the tots in the vicinity...
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09-12-2015, 11:27 AM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,150
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Welcome aboard Dragonfly. Northern Spy is Canadian, the long winters have had their effect on him. He means well and his answer was correct, if incomplete.
I have to admit I thought about answering in the same way, but he beat me to it.
I think you should spend a couple of hundred dollars on an electric rope cutter. You don't need to tape the rope first and your knife stays sharp. (That's a joke)
Seriously how you prevent rope from fraying depends on what it is made of.
Do you know what your rope is made of? How big is it?
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Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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09-12-2015, 07:47 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisyboy
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Depending how thick the line is, bind the rope with electrical tape, cut it (yes, with a knife) then singe the raw ends with a match or lighter. Assuming its nylon/polyester it will melt the cut strands and fuse them together and stop any fraying...
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That's what I learned over fifty years ago. Gee, I'm old! 
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09-12-2015, 07:48 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northern Spy
Ummmmmmmm yeah...
Knife?
That is. If you are allowed to use one.
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 maybe a blunt one 
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09-13-2015, 02:39 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 12,647
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisyboy
Hey Dragonfly,
Don`t be too harsh to judge this mob, there are a few Aussie members and we do what we can to keep the septics in check
Depending how thick the line is, bind the rope with electrical tape, cut it (yes, with a knife) then singe the raw ends with a match or lighter. Assuming its nylon/polyester it will melt the cut strands and fuse them together and stop any fraying. |
Don`t go pressing melted rope end fibers together with your fingers. To tidy the end, press the melted end fibres on something they won`t stick to.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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09-13-2015, 02:55 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Laidley
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 91
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Hi Dragonfly.
Sometimes a newbie in all innocence asks a question which has been asked before many times or seems obvious to them but not you.
Don`t be too hard on them, now if you want to use the lengths of rope in yopur childcare job then just go onto youtube and find out how to whip the ends of non poly roly, the way to seal poly rope has been explained here by many.
Perhaps you could even learn and then teach your older charges how to splice rope also found on youtube or post a me4ssage on local radio in Cairns for a trawlerman who would could show you what you need to know.
People who work with and care for children are precious and I thank You for doing it.
Regards.
David.
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09-13-2015, 09:38 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 10,942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceK
Don`t go pressing melted rope end fibers together with your fingers. To tidy the end, press the melted end fibres on something they won`t stick to.
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Are we speaking from personal experience?
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