What to do with scrap of winch rope.....DIY soft Shackle!!!

[Kraqa]

Today I converted some random lengths of extra winch rope to some soft shackles.

not sure what style i like better. the left or the right. the left seams to be the most popular with the winch rope companies.

takes about 5 min per shackle. i don't know why i didn't to this before.

 

[msimmo]

What size winch rope? And how much did you use per shackle?

 

[Kraqa]

3/8" amsteel orange. 65" per shackle.

 

[Metcalf]

Nice Job!

On the 'improved' twin leg design where the legs are buried, make sure they have some taper on the buried section to help with the transition. If the line is a hard full diameter transition it can create a weak point.

 

[Kraqa]

Making some soft shavkle snatch block rings.

 

[Hillbilly Heaven]

Nice rings!! Care to share the drawing? I have access to a Haas Lathe at work. I could whip out a couple from scrap material.

 

[Kraqa]

Pm me ur email.

 

[Kraqa]

 

[Kraqa]

and the final product. still deciding if i'm going to coat them or not.

quickly polished, i wanted to make sure the ID was as smooth as possible.

and on the soft shackle

 

[Hillbilly Heaven]

I vote for hard coating.

 

[jgaz]

Beautiful work!
The finish looks perfect

 

[Kraqa]

Beautiful work!
The finish looks perfect

thanks

 

[markww]

Nice work kraqa,

 

[Kmrtnsn]

I'm ready to replace my winch rope too. I was going to make half into a winch line extension, and now you've given me an idea for the other half.