This is nice! realy nice! see how fast he does a 1'3/4 thimble eye :)

@chronic4202k "Texas Tuck" sometimes referred to as "Tails Inside" is the procedure of which you are speaking. Halo uses "Tails Outside" because it conforms to the Wire Rope Technical Board's requirements, and we find it has superior shock loading reliability over other types of splicing techniques. It is more difficult to slide the sleeve up using this method ( especially for large diameter rope), but we will accept the difficulty in order to provide a quality product that keeps LIFE FIRST.

@jackkoon I have visited them, and their facility is truly amazing. Here in the US we are trying and getting very close to matching their capabilities. If you search for 3" wire rope sling fabrication" you will see videos of our guys fabricating a EEIPS wire rope sling, and if you look at the link below you will see pictures of a 3" x 30' 9-part grommet that has a 1000 ton WLL.

@jackkoon I doubt this is average speed, because I have seen rigging fabricators in different rigging shops and none have been able to match this speed over a long period of time. I have no doubt that you may be equally as quick, but one thing that sets Halo apart from the rest is our extremely efficient shop setup that allows quick turnaround of products that keep LIFE FIRST!!

@gazza3166 I have to say that this is classified by AWRF and WRTB as splicing. It is technically called a mechanically spliced flemished eye. This type of sling is used 99% of the time in offshore applications in the Gulf of Mexico, and is the type of sling that Halo is very proficient at fabricating. Our fabrication team is also very effiecnt at hand splicing, and long splicing, but we rarely have requests to fabricate those types of slings. Have a great day!!

Don't do rigging no more, been looking for a job because it pays pretty decent and situation in life has changed but you should head over to that big rigging place in Texas with 50+ riggers on hand 24/7. I read about it in that wire rope news magazine. They work with 6" rope splices, I'd love to see that. Most I ever worked with was 1 3/4" 6 turn sling and then a few 2 3/8" Spelter Socket, Boom Pendants. Do you know the other way to splice eyes though? That's how I did it.

That's an average speed. I did rigging for 3 years; cutting, splicing and pressing 200 slings in a half day doing 6 turn (6 lay as you call them), was milking it. Of course this was really 3/8" and down. Press is what kills your speed but our shop is setup so you're within a foot step from cut, assembly and finish in all directions. We did mining jobs so pumping out 1000 slings a week was pretty normal ranging from 1/4" to 1 1/2".

thats not even splicing its a superloop easy as pie could do with eyes shut

whooaaaa !!! too fast for me. i think i can be fast like that but i don't use the same technic

Yes, It failed visual inspection, but the RFID tag held up to the elements and this sling can correctly be identified in the certificate and asset management database as "destroyed." RFID is a great technology that can aid in record keeping, and this is just one more reason why!!!! Thanks for your comments!!

ok but i think the sling need a little repair