I am sure someone here has done this already but I will post this anyway. After searching for a suitable color and diameter of cord for a cord and cork inlay I decide to try to make my own. I found some very small nylon twine (masons twine) that I liked the colors of. I searched the net and found a pic of a "rope maker" I thought I could build. A trip to the hobby store and Lowe's and a couple of hours later I am spinning out twisted rope.

Here are some of my first attempts. After I got the tension worked out it is an easy process and the kids love it.

The first pic is navy blue, light blue, royal blue, and black that I used in the cord below. It is 16 strands and the finished product mics at .125" (1/8"). That is the perfect size for what I wanted and the color is good also. The others were just attempts to figure out what I was doing.



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that is nicely done

can we have a pic of your rope maker?

Will try to post later but they are in the photo bucket account above. also some other ropes made. This is too cool.

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Bill - willierods.com

Greg,

The cord you're making is very nice, I expect you'll get a number of people on this board that are going to want to try doing it. I haven't made rope since my son was in Boy Scouts 20 years ago. I took the liberty of looking at your Photobucket., are those black birds crows?

Steve Hartzell
Lake Conroe - Willis, Texas

Hey Steve,

Yes. Those are crows. We hunt them in orchards and farmers fields. We are avid hunters and fishermen. My favorite part is building equipment and reloading shells.

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Hey guys,

Charlie2 over on SOL said he used a hair braiding device to make rope soft rope for cast nets. I searched and found this if anyone is interested... Lacis Battery Operated Cord Maker and Fringe Twister. This would be much simpler than building what I did and the cost is about the same. I am still making up cord sections but I will post pics of a wrap as soon as I can.

I find it had to believe this has not been done by some of you. Has no one here tried this before?