Alright, today on Repairs 101 I ve got one for all you knot tying enthusiasts I m going
to show you how to tie a monkey s fist knot which makes a great toy for cats and dogs.
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Whether you use braid rope or laid rope, melt the ends so that they don t unravel while
you work.
Find yourself something pointy to work with, you ll need it to tighten things together
when you re finishing the knot.
So, this knot is challenging in that you have to keep it well organized.
But if you keep your lines straight it will look much better when you re finished.
Three times around, then change direction through the center and wrap three times around
the outside.
Now you have to pull off another change of direction and weave it over, under, over under
the other band of three wraps, and you do that three times around.
So, here s another look at that process using a jig and a larger piece of rope hopefully
making it easier to see what s going on and how exactly you shape the ball of the monkey
s fist.
Now, you may think you can just pull on the tails and you re done but actually tightening
it up is the challenging part.
You re going to work the knot and the tail into the cavity in the center of the monkey
s fist.
Then you start with that tail, pull it tight, and work all the slack out through the whole
knot and into the free end.
Stainless steel balls or other weights can be used to increase the distance achieved
with your heaving line.
But you know, depending on what kind of boat you re heaving a line to, maybe you want to
use a flotation core.
On a completely unrelated subject once I loaded my new sliding top tool cabinet up with my
hammers, chisels, and punches - I Iiked it so much I got another one.