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I am trying to make a boarding ladder for a boat. This is for man overboard retrieval rather than regular use so I thought a rope ladder that can roll up for storage would be the best option.
I have cut 5 bits of thick wall tube for the rungs and I have plenty of rope.
What's the best way to make this thing up?
Originally I was going to drill a hole in each end of the tube, thread the rope through, tie a knot, leave a space and repeat.
Having just seen the instructions on the rope it does say that a knot can reduce the strength of the rope by 50% though, and, after chopping the tube I realised I could just thread the rope through it rather than drill and deburr 20 holes.
I can get run the rope through each rung 4 times without much trouble which should be plenty strong enough. Just having a brain block on how to do it best bearing in mind I don't want the rungs to be able to slide around or anything!
Ideas please!
I have cut 5 bits of thick wall tube for the rungs and I have plenty of rope.
What's the best way to make this thing up?
Originally I was going to drill a hole in each end of the tube, thread the rope through, tie a knot, leave a space and repeat.
Having just seen the instructions on the rope it does say that a knot can reduce the strength of the rope by 50% though, and, after chopping the tube I realised I could just thread the rope through it rather than drill and deburr 20 holes.
I can get run the rope through each rung 4 times without much trouble which should be plenty strong enough. Just having a brain block on how to do it best bearing in mind I don't want the rungs to be able to slide around or anything!
Ideas please!