Swages (not a knot)

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Swages (not a knot)

Standing rigging onboard of sailing yachts is made of steel wires. They make it to a rope by twisting a number of strings together and then twisting the other way round some of these bundels together.

The result is a rope that always has the same strength whether bended or straight. Also these ropes will have a very little elastic property. Stretching the rope will tighten the strings more firm together.

Ropes made of more flexible fabric can be spliced, this is a knot interwaving against the twist. Ever I will draw and write instructions how to do this (if I can find the time).

Any rope attached to something will have to have an end capable of passing the pulling forces. For flexible fabrics one can use splices to create a loop. For the steel ropes one has to use swages.







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Bundels of steel strings

inserted into a steel tube







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Steel tube swaged to hold

the bundels together.

The forces pulling on the rope are

transferred to the steel tube.








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