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Great knot tying website
« on: March 19, 2018, 02:47:41 PM »
What a great site.....just about any knot you can think of animated. Search by activity, type, or name. Some tech info on rope properties too....very useful stuff.

http://www.animatedknots.com/
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2018, 03:08:34 PM »
That's funny, I've recently been using this web site for off road soft-shackles and eye splices in Dyneema.

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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2018, 04:47:54 PM »
I started using the animated knots site in 2003 when I first got into saltwater kayak fishing. The fishing knot sub segment is the one I always used.

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2018, 06:07:00 PM »
I'm surprised I haven't seen it before this. I've looked for similar sites previously. My daughter sent me a link on Pinterest that she would like me to make for my soon to be born granddaughters room and as usual something else (the knot website) caught my eye. Pinterest is a time suck but a great place for ideas. Here's the Fairy house she wants me to make..... :)

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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2018, 03:54:27 AM »
That's has heirloom potential for sure!

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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2018, 07:32:24 AM »
Not sure about heirloom but it will be a fun build. Has to go on the to-do list but I probably won't get to it until next fall/winter. Long list... :P. In a weird bit of synchronicity I have the log already....big arborvitae came down in the storm...bottom 4' or so is hollow with ant damage..... :)
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2018, 03:42:52 PM »
I have been on animatedknots as much as any DIY website. I love knots and ropes and rigging.

I bring rope on vacation.
I trust my rope tie downs over any mechanical strap, and they don't hum in the wind.
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2018, 10:44:13 PM »
I trust my rope tie downs over any mechanical strap, and they don't hum in the wind.

Yup
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2018, 06:05:41 AM »
I finally got around to tying a couple soft shackles.  It's hard to beleive that this 7/16" rope will hold 32,000 lb (WLL = 4 Tons).   My primary motivation is to eliminate the 3/4" steel shackle (potenial projectile) on the end of my winch line.  It's not perfect, it will cut fairly easy with a regular blade.

Having said that, I'm still a fan of dedicated board straps for tying my boards down.  I just find it more convenient, and the straps help protect the boards with the right amount of stretch and the load is  distributed better on the rail.  Plus, I don't really trust my knots... ;D

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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2018, 06:10:22 AM »
Very cool and handy website Stoney..thanks for sharing
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2018, 06:51:23 AM »
Only time I use straps is if I need to lock my board to the rack. And the only knot I tie is a simple double knot. I swing the rope over then wrap it around the rack 4 or 5 times and tie a knot...the wrap does the work...the knot just holds it there. My boards have never moved, never had any rail damage from rope, and I drive at 75 mph frequently with them on there. I have straps galore including two sets of Kanu-locks....rarely use them.
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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2018, 06:06:56 AM »
Since you were interested Bean.

Here's the fairy house I'm making.
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2018, 07:08:19 AM »
Holy smokes ;D

You are a true artist!

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« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2018, 10:16:33 AM »
Ok Bob, I totally love this project.  I just need you to promise you won't be like Bill and leave us hanging for years while it gets completed.  ;D

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Re: Great knot tying website
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2018, 07:06:45 AM »
LOL....missed your response....no, but it won't likely be done for awhile. I have an advantage over my brother, my projects are far simpler to complete. Though this one is competing with gutting our guest bath and rebuilding it which is much higher on the honey-do list...especially since the gutting part is done. She can't complain too much though, I did manage to build a new vanity
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,33368.msg376681.html#msg376681
I was thinking of carving a sink out of the same wood as the fairy house but it's too soft for a sink. I have a very large birch burl that I need to cut out of the ground at my old house. I transplanted the tree there 35 years ago and it died last year. I should get some nice wood from it and the burl is 30" across so the sink will come out of that.

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