Thread: Bungee cord with rope ends

Hi,
Bungee cords as usually sold have very dangerous hooks on either end. Having seen a child blinded with one embedded in one eye and inducing blindness in the other, I have since been very wary of the potential danger.

This is one way to eliminate the hook hazard.

Get a meter or so of silver bungee cord. Avoid the black one, it kinks after being loaded up.
The braided rope should be nearby in the hardware shop.

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You might want to heat the ends of the cord to meld the braid around the rubber. Use gloves - it gets hot.

Then open up the one end of the braided rope.

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Feed in the bungee cord.

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That should be far enough.

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Whip the end of the braided rope to bind it to the bungee cord. Don't go past the end of the rope, the bungee cord stretches and won't hold whipping.

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Any fine durable thread will do for whipping.

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Trim off the ends.

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A bit of heat shrink will neaten it up and protect it from fraying.

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Seal off the other end of the braided rope with heat.

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You can leave it like this - or make it into a loop.

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Same technique as before.

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Whip, and seal if you want. It is easy to make and undo the loop any time if you don't want to make it a fixture.

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Bingo! (once you've done the other end of course.



Cheers

for the side that you're going to use to tension on....

if you tie a monkeys fist or crown knot (even a figure 8 works) on the end of the braid and then tie a loop into the rope (or do a mid rope loop splice)

you can then secure your load quickly by passing the end knot through (or looping the rope over) your lashing point and passing the end knot into the eye on the rope, when you let it go it will self tension. If you need to have more rope simply lock the end knot into the tie down point and then pull up on the eye on the far side.

if you want the ulitimate in flexability instead of a single eye splice tie on a few bypass splices that give you 2 bits of rope that run parallel that you can push the end knot into.

(these also work great for swag ropes and swag tie off points.)

edit....

For the bungy cord....

When you cut it, if you pull the sheath back a little from the rubber strands coat it in tyre repair glue or tube glue from a bike kit then slide the sheath back up past the ends it will bind down together and if youve been generous enough with the glue it will seep through the bungy cord sheath and into the braided rope under the whipping when you apply it.