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KNOT TYING sa FISHING KNOT sa KNOTTING sa MACRAME sa ROPE & ROPECRAFT xx ROPE & ROPECRAFT How to tie and use the rolling hitch (rigger's knot, stopper knot) to apply a pulling force that is parallel to the object that you've made it fast to. Two versions shown. Mountain knots for mariners. How to tie and use the Magnus hitch, Prusik knot, and butterfly knot. How to lash a boat or other cargo to a cartop carrier using one of the many trucker's or wagoneer's hitch. Boater's five most important knots (square, bowline, clove hitch, double half hitch, and the sheet bend). Mastering the four basic boating knots (bowline, cleat hitch, clove hitch, and sheet bend). Knots used for decoration. Chinese lanyards feature decorative knot tying. Decorative knots, known as mats. Three decorative knots, the Chinese button, toggle and frog loop. How to tie six basic knots: square knot, clove hitch, sheet bend, two half hitches, bowline and tautline hitch. Four-knot tying competitions. Challenge games for Scout patrol teams. (1) "Hot" isotope transport. (2) Kick bridge. (3) "Far Out" clove hitch. How to make a knot board. A review of how to tie a square knot, sheet bend, clove hitch, taut-line hitch, and bowline. How to tie prussick knots, the type that can be slid up and down a climbing rope by hand and yet will not slip if you apply pressure and step in a loop. Diagrams illustrate 5 "emergency" knots. (1) Sheetbend (2) square (3) bowline (4) bowline on a bight and (5) chain. How to tell which knot is the best to tie in a given situation. Knot selection table rates 17 knots on their strength, security, speed of tying and untying. Tie the bowline, one of the best knots to know for mountain-climbing, fire and water rescues. Square lashing and shear lashing techniques illustrated. The do-everything power cinch hitch knot. Knots and lashings. Basic informatiopn on rope, end whipping, and lashing. Diagrams show how to tie a clove hitch, round turn with two half hitches, bowline knot, reef or square knot, tautline hitch, bowline on a bight, and a running bowline. Thirty-two useful, easy-to-tie knots are illustrated. How to tie a Scotsman's knot, traditionally used to join ends of bailing twine. How to use knots. Diagrams show how to tie five of the most useful knots (bowline, trucker's hitch, tautline, sheet bend, and constrictor). Hauling lumber home. How to do it safety. Includes information on car roof racks. Sketches show how to tie a "Trucker's Hitch", an ideal knot for tying down a load. Instructions for tying a surgeon's knot, useful when bundling branches. Tip shows how to tie a weaver's knot that works without slipping. Tip shows an alternative to a weaver's knot to use when joining a short length of warp to new warp ends. Knots made easy. Drawings show how to tie a timber hitch, clove hitch, fisherman's hitch, figure eight, fisherman's bend and bowline knot. How to tie knots you can use. Make plant holders, bottle and glass wraps, rope clamps for use when gluing irregular objects, etc. A 2 page reference guide on ropes and knots. How to tie a half hitch knot. How to tie the sheet bend knot. How to tie a weaver's knot and an improved weaver's knot. Two ways of tying the "bridling knot" used to join a kite's bridle line to the flying line. Tip suggests carrying a dentist's tool to use when untying knots. How to tie the "Turks Head" or pineapple knot. This rawhide braiding technique is used to cover the handle of a tool, make braided buttons, etc. Four photos illustrate how to tie a bowline knot. Basic knots for boatmen, including the half hitch, bowline, clove hitch and square knot. How to tie the ten most useful knots. How to tie a Zeppelin knot. How to tie the dutchman's knot. Three ways to tie the bowline, the king of knots. Chinese knot belt. How to tie the U.L. (Underwriters' Laboratories) knot to provide strain relief for electrical cords. How to tie a bowline knot. A physics analysis of the "hitch", a knot intended to secure a line to another line or to a fixture. This analysis looks at the degree of friction needed to insure the hitch will not fail. Mysteries of the bowline. Three methods for tying this knot. Bowline in a bight knot. The sheet bend knot. Three methods of tying shown. The clove hitch knot. Dangers of using a square knot in "severe service" conditions. The carrick bend. How and when to use this knot. The zeppelin bend. How and when to tie this knot. Blood knots. How and when to use this family of knots. The buntline hitch, the best knot for attaching a halyard or sheet to a shackle. The marlinespike (a ropeworker's tool) and the marlinespike hitch. Unique way of tying a bowline uses the mnemonic "over, under, around, and through." The anchor bend. When and how to tie this knot. True-lover's knot. When and how to tie this knot. The constrictor knot. Tying the single, double, and slipped constructor. The monkey's fist knot is one way of getting a weight onto the end of a line for tossing. Heaving line knot does a good job of putting mass and weight on the end of a line so it can be thrown a longer distance. Tack knot. How to take the loose strands of a laid line and work them into one of the many "knob" knots that are used to create a bulky mass at the end of a line. How to tie the "Constrictor" knot. Knots for tree-tenders. Used to pull branches, straighten trunks, etc. Looks at bowline, slipknot and half-hitches. How to tie a long-lasting knot in handsewing. How to adorn a stanchion, cylinder, handle, etc. with decorative hitching. Two patterns shown: (1) St.Mary's hitching. (2) Moku hitching. Hitching. (1) How to form the three-legged Turk's head hitch at the intersection of a rim and spoke or of a rail and stanchion. (2) How to tie 3 examples of ringbolt hitching. Seven bends. 7 ways to tie two lines together. Binds that tie. A good knot is versatile. Learn only the good ones and you will only need to learn a few. Tugboat hitch is a handy knot for use when towing any boat (provided that a towing bitt is available). | |||||||||
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