Transcription of fusing - Rope Works
1 1999, Gerald L. Findley 11 fusing :The ends of a synthetic rope can be fused toprevent the rope from fraying. This is done byheating the end of the rope so that the ends of therope fibers melt together.[WARNING] Do not use a butane cigarettelighter to fuse rope. A butane lighter can ex-plode if it is permitted to burn too small lamp such as an al-cohol lamp or a small oil lampworks very well for fusing rope.[NOTE] If the rope is cut to length with a solder-ing iron or other hot cutting tool, the ends ofthe rope will be fused as the rope is being cutto length. The fusing can be done by holding the end ofthe rope to the side of a candle or other small the end of the rope is placed in the flame or heldtoo close to the flame, the plastic will ignite caus-ing the end of the rope to turn black.
2 Burning plas-tic can also give off toxic fumes . If the end of therope is held above the flame, unburned carbon par-ticle will be deposited on the melted plastic caus-ing it to turn black. A candle flame will generateenough heat to fuse the end of a rope up to aboutone inch in diameter. If the rope is larger than oneinch, a propane torch will work better.
