How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

The most difficult, but also reliable way to create a loop (fire) at the end of a cable is weaving. This method is better known as chalka. The technology of fire binding is not complicated, but it requires physical effort. You can weave any cable, the main thing is that you have enough hand strength to do it. In the future, under critical load, such a loop will not unravel, and if a rupture occurs, it will definitely not be on it.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

Materials and tools:


  • sharpened steel rod;
  • knife;
  • insulating tape;
  • thick gloves.

Weaving a rope into a loop


The first step is to prepare the steel rod. For a sling with a diameter of 4 mm, it is enough to sharpen a long nail or screw into something like an awl. For thicker cables, you can use a pry bar and a strong screwdriver.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

The end of the sling is divided into a pair of identical strands. This is done with the tip of a rod.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

You should work with gloves. The rod is threaded through the beginning of the cable, after which it is used as a lever. It should be rotated against the direction of the binding. You should get 2 tight bundles without any loose wire. It is advisable that their length be 2 times greater than what is required to form a loop. It is better to leave the thread heel at the base of the weave.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

Next, the fluffed strands are folded crosswise in the middle so as to obtain an eyelet of the desired length.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

After this, the remaining ends are alternately screwed into the screw body of the loop. They fit perfectly in the places where the braid was previously woven.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

First, one branch of the cable is screwed into the entire sling, and then the second.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

The result is a finished loop, but with protruding long tails.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

They also need to be woven. This is where the more difficult task begins, especially if a massive cable is being pulled. You need to cut the threads, because they will continue to interfere.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

You should take the loop in one hand or hold it in a vice. A rod is placed at the beginning of the loop.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

It needs to be rotated counterclockwise. As a result, the rod begins to screw into the cable, while inserting the remaining ends of the loop into it.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

Once the tails are completely woven into the cable, the rod can be pulled out. At this point the work can be considered almost complete. All that remains is to wind the electrical tape onto the double section where the wire protrudes.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

It is needed to prevent injections in the fingers and palms. Instead, you can use heat-shrink tubing or wind thin, soft wire in continuous turns.
A loop prepared in this way can be used anywhere. This type of chalk is used by miners and builders. In everyday life, you can braid a rope for towing or lifting a bucket from a well.

Tensile tests


Let's take a cable with two braided loops using the same technology, but with a smaller diameter.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

Let's secure it along the edges of the jack.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

When loaded, the bracelet does not unravel, because the stronger the tension, the stronger the pressed strands are held.
How to braid the end of a rope into a loop

As a result, the cable itself broke, the loops remained intact.

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Comments (15)
  1. Guest Ivan
    #1 Guest Ivan Guests 3 April 2019 15:05
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    The old, simple way. I’ve done this more than once.
  2. Guest Andrey
    #2 Guest Andrey Guests 3 April 2019 17:19
    2
    Vesch.
  3. Guest Alexander
    #3 Guest Alexander Guests 4 April 2019 04:36
    13
    Gorgeous video! He showed and explained everything simply, clearly and calmly! Everyone would do the same! Good luck in your future work! Like!
  4. Guest Oleg
    #4 Guest Oleg Guests April 4, 2019 11:51
    21
    It’s not correct, it’s called sloth, for proper weaving you need to make an awl with a longitudinal groove. Using this awl, you need to pierce the cable at the place where it is braided into the main one, thread it through the groove, strand it and alternate them to braid it. This process is difficult to simply describe; a video is needed, and the method described in the article is suitable for small cable diameters and unimportant loads.
    1. Alexei
      #5 Alexei Guests 5 April 2019 22:23
      5
      “and the method described in the article is suitable for small cable diameters and non-critical loads” and how many non-critical loads are they? We've hauled 60 tons or more on these ropes without any problems.
  5. ba06
    #6 ba06 Guests 4 April 2019 15:01
    2
    Amazing! I'll try to use this method for making fishing leashes...
  6. Arkady
    #7 Arkady Guests 4 April 2019 19:31
    3
    Great lesson! I've been wanting to learn this for a long time.
  7. Guest Andrey
    #8 Guest Andrey Guests 5 April 2019 19:49
    7
    I join Oleg. This method is suitable for ropes, maximum 6-8 mm. Thick cables weave, i.e. Each strand is woven separately (there are 6 of them in the cable). for this, use either an awl with a groove, or, for thicker cables, a metal wedge
    1. Al
      #9 Al Guests 8 April 2019 19:03
      2
      Yes. The ends fray. The cable is more likely to break than the loop.
  8. Guest Roman
    #10 Guest Roman Guests April 6, 2019 08:01
    2
    Great! What is needed is that the rope has been lying around for more than a year, no one can twist the loop. Now I can repair the cable myself! Thank you! Good luck!
  9. Boris
    #11 Boris Guests April 7, 2019 11:06
    5
    The loop is popularly called a lazy one. at the first visit of technical supervision, a fine is provided
  10. Yuri Grogoriev
    #12 Yuri Grogoriev Guests 7 April 2019 18:51
    2
    I’ve been using it for forty years. Previously, there was no photo of such a technique, I could share my experience (I constantly wove thimbles) But the method is really good, 10 mm slings could withstand 2 tons. The author has the most ..... wishes. Well done.
    1. Guest Alexander
      #13 Guest Alexander Guests 8 April 2019 16:44
      2
      The thimbles are not woven, they are inserted. And 10 mm. the cable will not support 2 tons. I'm a slinger.