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Rope hank trick

Don Case

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I've been fighting with rope hanks, trying all of the You Tube methods and ending up with tangles. I was laying awake last night and it popped into my head. I use heat to stop rope from unwinding when I take it off the rope walk. Why not put my loaded hank jig in the oven, maybe it will lay right afterwards. It does!! 5 mins at 325f and the hanks are the perfect shape and don't sproing. Minimum glue is needed because the thread has taken a set so there is no strain on the glue. You can even put it in the oven with wet glue and in the 5 min the glue is set. They are maybe a little too perfect as they all look the same but I'll work on that. One caveat, I think it will only work with polyester rope. But the sproings and tangles are gone :)
 
I watched Lauria's video again and he soaks the whole thing in dilute glue. That would probably accomplish the same thing. I missed that the first time. He has kind of a Bob Ross voice and I must have nodded off for a bit :)
 
A clarification of nomenclature for future reference: "The Ashley Book of Knots" by Clifford Ashley, specifies that ropes and lines are gathered into coils. Fishline and twine are gathered into hanks. So we are discussing coils in this thread. Furthermore, Ashley shows a half dozen or so methods of coiling. Fair winds!
 
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A perfect example of the "ah ha" moment, when you think to yourself... "that's just so logical, why didn't I think of that?". Thank you for posting. Another little jig I need to build and add to my tool collection. So much better than what I've done to date, which is to wrap the line around a metal rod, and then touch with a bit of clear drying wood glue and bend into shape. This will work so much better than what I've done historically. Again... thank you...
 
Most likely you have polyester rope. It's basically plastic and tough to coil. By Heating , the plastic softens and the "sproing" gets relieved so the strands will lay down like they would with real rope. I have a lot of that work coming up and this tip will be very useful to me. Thanks. Norgale
 
Don Case said:
I've been fighting with rope hanks, trying all of the You Tube methods and ending up with tangles. I was laying awake last night and it popped into my head. I use heat to stop rope from unwinding when I take it off the rope walk. Why not put my loaded hank jig in the oven, maybe it will lay right afterwards. It does!! 5 mins at 325f and the hanks are the perfect shape and don't sproing. Minimum glue is needed because the thread has taken a set so there is no strain on the glue. You can even put it in the oven with wet glue and in the 5 min the glue is set. They are maybe a little too perfect as they all look the same but I'll work on that. One caveat, I think it will only work with polyester rope. But the sproings and tangles are gone :)
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Genius! As others have said (or are at least thinking) "Why didn't I think of that?!"
 
making coils can be a real pita. my problem is size. ive got to make mine smaller but its so hard as it is to jig m up never mind making the loop... thats were the challenge begins. im working with the sharpest forceps in the surgical catalogs. when looping the loop is when everything goes crazy. my coils have to be finished 5/32" at most or they are laying on deck. my jig now has been reduced to 2 hemming pins. i wet my thread so it stays managable n dries neatly. but that last step screws me everytime. the coil picks up n the fun begins. the few finished ones i did get are then given a soak of thinned glue to hold their shape. id say 1 out of 5 tries makes it to the model.

ps im using cotton

so how much time do you spend getting one finished?
 
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