Angry hands

[Roy Partin]

This is my tapered twisted core for a 12 ft 12 plait cow whip. It's 6 ft long and took me about 30 minutes to complete. There's much easier ways to make cores but this works well for my whips. It's rough on the hands

[Bobbi Holyoak]

Angry!!! That is the understatement of the year! I swear doing a taper twist fall. I can't believe that you did this monster so fast!

[Roy Partin]

Hahaha, yep it used to be really brutal. Now after a few minutes the pain subsides and I keep twisting with numb fingers.

[Guest]

Wow. Just looking at that makes my hands hurt, I'd probably put on my coconut helmet and start setting things on fire after the first foot or so :P


- Pokkis

[Robby Amper]

There's always an easy way to do it and a right one. The right one seems to hurt, but that's quality. You can't even see it in the end. But you know it's in there. Great work, Roy!

Robby

[David Cross]

I have also used tapered twists for cores. It seems to really work out, but it's not easy.

The Bradshaw rope maker makes life a little easier, if you can get the right tension on it. I do a little bit of 4-ply, drop one strand and tie it off, do a bit of 3-ply, rinse, lather, repeat.

[Roy Partin]

Thanks Robby. David I've seen pics of that rope maker but have never witnessed one. It sounds like it should work nicely

[David Cross]

It's a very nice tool. It requires a bit of learning to use, and it's not always the right answer, but definitely worth the purchase price.

Now that I'm getting into machining, I could just make them. For people without those tools, the 4-hook version should work fine.

[Chris 'Topher' Holtz]

Oh Buddy! Pokkis is right my hands hurt just looking at that!! I have to stop every few minutes to let my muscles stop cramping hahaha. Tap. Twist makes for a great core though, soaks up lots of wax.

[Robert Gage]

Roy, that is seriously impressive! (Now I have an even better idea of why the cow whip I got from you performs so well....) But your poor hands!