asemery
30-03-2013, 11:46 PM
Making rope with a hand drill is very easy. The only drawback is that you need a lot of space. To make a 10' length of rope you need almost 40' of clearance. (in this example 38'set up gave 10' 4" finished product)
1. Tie one end of the twine to a fixed point. The ball of twine (40' away) rests next to the hand drill (hook instead of drill bit).
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill001.jpg
2. Near the fixed point place a "S" hook. Pinch twine at point A and place the pinched point over the fixed point B. Should look like right hand image.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill002.jpg
3. Pull back with "S" hook to the hand drill (the "S" hook prevents rope burn). and put loop over hand drill hook. There are now 3 strands between the fixed hook and the hand drill hook.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill003.jpg
4. Tie off.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill004.jpg
5. Keeping tension on the twine turn the handle of hand drill CLOCKWISE until the twisted twine develops a kink when tension is eased.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill005.jpg
6. Now repeat step 2 with the twisted twine. Once again the "S" hook prevents rope burn and you have 3 strands between the fixed hook and the hand drill hook.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill006.jpg
7. Now twist COUNTER-CLOCKWISE with the hand drill handle. Over twist this a bit because any overtwisting will naturally disappear when tension is realeased.
8. Before releasing your new creation from the hooks tie a binding of some sort (clove hitch, constrictor knot, etc.) to prevent unravelling.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill009.jpg
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If you want to be more "bushcrafty", you can use a club like this. One end of the twine is attached to a fixed point and the other end is attached to the notched end of the stick. The dowel acts as a handle and the stick is swung around twisting the strands. I call it a club because it really hurts if you hit your hand with the swinging stick. Tony
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropetwister001.jpg
1. Tie one end of the twine to a fixed point. The ball of twine (40' away) rests next to the hand drill (hook instead of drill bit).
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill001.jpg
2. Near the fixed point place a "S" hook. Pinch twine at point A and place the pinched point over the fixed point B. Should look like right hand image.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill002.jpg
3. Pull back with "S" hook to the hand drill (the "S" hook prevents rope burn). and put loop over hand drill hook. There are now 3 strands between the fixed hook and the hand drill hook.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill003.jpg
4. Tie off.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill004.jpg
5. Keeping tension on the twine turn the handle of hand drill CLOCKWISE until the twisted twine develops a kink when tension is eased.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill005.jpg
6. Now repeat step 2 with the twisted twine. Once again the "S" hook prevents rope burn and you have 3 strands between the fixed hook and the hand drill hook.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill006.jpg
7. Now twist COUNTER-CLOCKWISE with the hand drill handle. Over twist this a bit because any overtwisting will naturally disappear when tension is realeased.
8. Before releasing your new creation from the hooks tie a binding of some sort (clove hitch, constrictor knot, etc.) to prevent unravelling.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropemakinghanddrill009.jpg
************************************************** ********************************
If you want to be more "bushcrafty", you can use a club like this. One end of the twine is attached to a fixed point and the other end is attached to the notched end of the stick. The dowel acts as a handle and the stick is swung around twisting the strands. I call it a club because it really hurts if you hit your hand with the swinging stick. Tony
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/asemery/ropetwister001.jpg