Tying the (Turk’s Head) Knot — How I Made an Engagement Ring
My tools: a pool cue, pliers, and some T-pins. My goal: a one-of-a-kind engagement ring.
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How-To: Full Tang Cord Handle Wrap
There are lots of great Paracord projects over on Instructables, and we’ve featured quite a few of them here before (see below), but this one from Harlan Whitman caught my eye, both because of the great job Harlan does presenting the technique, and because of the great-looking results he gets on this camp axe, which he made himself.
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The Knot Zoo
Old but very interesting resource from Canadian Robert Scharein, programmer of the software package KnotPlot. The knots are organized by the number of crossings, and can be clicked on to display rotatable 3D models. [via Maxwell’s Demon]
Continue ReadingHow-To: Quick ropecraft laptop shoulder sling
It’s probably not much good against the rain, but this handy bit of urban fieldcraft from YouTuber sumitsumit would be hard to beat for showing off your DIY-fu at the local hackerspace, coffeeshop, or school. Pretty much guaranteed to impress that attractive gentleman or lady in your engineering class. It takes about 20′ of rope, includes an adjustable shoulder-strap, and–I suspect–could probably be tied or untied in ten seconds or less with practice. I don’t want to spoil sumitsumit’s reveal, so I didn’t include a screen-cap, but you can scan forward to 4:20 to see the finished product. [via Boing Boing]
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How to tie a sheepshank
Were you down at the archery range when your scoutmaster showed you how to tie a this handy knot? Wikihow shows you the moves. The sheepshank is a useful knot for two purposes. It can be used to temporarily shorten a rope or it could be used to allow a rope with a damaged or […]
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How-To: Make little green army men from paracord
Instructables user seamster produced this cool little DIY-posable-army-guy tutorial for their ongoing Paracord Contest. It’s OD cord over a wire armature, with one foot glued to a cardboard base.
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Cool Idea: Bannister ropes
Image courtesy W.R. Outhwaite & Son, Ropemakers. Depending on where you live, this may be old hat for you, but I’ve lived 30 years on this earth and never seen a rope bannister before. And I just finished remodeling my staircase too. Besides being less expensive, easier to ship, easier to install, and way more […]
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