Making a "loupe"

[NickfromWI]

Originally Posted by Brion Toss

A dear friend of mine regretfully informed me that my search for a locked Brummel in a grommet was doomed to failure. He explained that it was topologically impossible, as the load always came onto the wrong parts, so the Brummel would come undone. So when I figured out how to do it, and gave him a finished sample, he spent a couple of sleepless nights trying to figure it out. He finally came back into the shop, red-eyed and haggard, and said, "Alright, show me how you did it."
It's in the splicing handbook.
Fair leads,
Brion

OOH OOH!!! I know!!! I remember when I took the advanced splicing class Brion sent us home one night with homework- see if you can figure out how to splice a locking brummell into a grommet. I was camping at Ft. Worden State Park that night and spent a while next to the fire trying to figure out how to do it....then it dawned on me. I had to cheat, but I figured out a way to do it.

I remember coming in the next day excited to share what I'd done. As a matter of fact, I wrote down Brion's response, because I didn't want to forget it!

Trust me, get the splicing book. It's well worth it even if it were JUST for this one tiny tid-bit.

love
nick