Does anybody know of an inexpensive way to join two lengths of plastic (wire core) clothes line?
Crimping is probably the most effective but I don't have a crimping tool.
Tying doesn't work because the plastic coating makes it slippery and it just works loose.
You serious?
I've always used a reef knot and it doesn't slip. The more strain there is on it the tighter the knot gets.
Mary
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Use another type of knot. In extremis you could also tie tight then dip the joint in boiling water to soften and slightly deform it.
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try
Jim A
The little U-bolt clamps in Countrywide or any farm shop aren't too bulky (a bit like miniature exhaust clamps)
Possibly the OP could cannibalise a car battery connector clamp as they hold the cable with a couple of screws .Whether the rope would go in to it is another matter .
It doesn't work, I'm afraid. The knot just slips--the ends just pull themselves out. Yes, I tied a perfect reef knot, and not a granny knot. Maybe I have different line to everybody else--the plastic is very soft and thick. It's translucent. I notice that my neighbour's line has a much thinner plastic coating.
I've just tied two reef knots on top of each other, and I don't seem to be able to pull that apart. I'll have to see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'll have to try some kind of clamping system, as others have suggested here.
binding the ends with insulating tape will stop the knot coming apart
Jim A
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Why not just replace the line? It won't break the bank!
Indeed. A sheet bend is the one to try
I think the OP is serious. Plastic covered or monofilament line just doesn't knot and lock like ordinary rope or string. The suggestion to look at fishing knots is very sensible. In the fishing section of
Oh come ON Helen! What would the poster do with the old one?
:-)
Mary
My sentiments entirely,hence me saying "are you serious" :0)
No I meant it'd far cheaper to replace than any other remedy,
But if he did want repair then a piece of 1/2" wide x 2" or 3" long and using a staple gun to staple it together on wood.
Will a 30Amp cable block fit the ends of the lines ends?
Sell it on Ebay!
Or photograph it for the launch issue of "Antique Clothes Line and Whirly Dryer Collector" Magazine.
Owain
Mine does.
Mary
See alt.washing.lines.short
Cheaper than tying a proper knot, hum...
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