How do you terminate Kevlar cord?

[H_Rocket]

I try to make sure I'm using my wife's best sewing scissors to cut with. They're usually really sharp....

Can I have your stuff after you do?

 

[hcmbanjo]

Wood glue will stop fraying Kevlar. CA will run up the line and make the Kevlar brittle.
After the wood glue dries, you can use diagonal wire cutters on Kevlar.
Never use scissors to cut Kevlar! Kevlar will quickly dull a sharp knife blade.

 

[Greg Furtman]

I bought a pair of finely serrated scissors. They do a great job on cutting Kevlar. I've used just a tiny dab of medium CA to keep it from fraying.

 

[David Schwantz]

.44 mag

I just could not resist!

 

[dhbarr]

I'm in Virginia, a right to work state. The documentation could be as simple as "The sky is blue, you're fired"

Good paperwork helps keep nuisance lawsuits from turning into settlements. Back to Kevlar, it's way tougher than most of my peers, even if it is a bit abrasive. :-D

 

[kuririn]

.44 mag

I just could not resist!

With extreme prejudice.
(I couldn't either).

 

[OverTheTop]

That pic in post #2 reminds me of my Mum's reaction when I used her good scissors when I was a kid!

 

[steveh.jae]

Why would you want another knot as opposed to tape or heatshrink. Also, I worked at sea and bowlines were never used as end line knots.

You can’t backsplice a Turks head into braided Kevlar (at least not easily), and a bowline can be untied easily even after a 30 Gee deployment if need be.

 

[RobertH3]

On the cut only: Klein Electrician Scissors - Home Depot and Lowes. Get the ones with stripping notches and a straight blade, not serrated. These will cut anything and must be hidden from any fabric use. I keep mine in the workshop with other tools hanging in front of them on the pegboard.
Cheers / Robert

 

[gdiscenza]

Trauma shears do much the same work without hurting my index finger on harder cuts.

G

 

[Greg Furtman]

These are what I bought to cut Kevlar, both cord & cloth. They work great!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VYOISU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[beeblebrox]

You are not alone, but I do hope the cause for termination was reasonably well documented.

 

[blackjack2564]

If you have one of those kitchen knife sets with the bone scissors, those cut Kevlar like butter. Any scissors with tiny saw teeth [just feel edge you can tell if not smooth] will work fine. I also do a wrap of tape and cut through center...keeps both edges from fraying.

 

[Handeman]

If you have one of those kitchen knife sets with the bone scissors, those cut Kevlar like butter. Any scissors with tiny saw teeth [just feel edge you can tell if not smooth] will work fine. I also do a wrap of tape and cut through center...keeps both edges from fraying.

I always use electrical tape. Buy it cheap by 8 packs at Harbor Freight. Like Blackjack said, wrap tape around it and cut through the middle of the tape.

 

[kuririn]

No matter what you're using to cut the kevlar, pull the line taut then make the cut.
Much easier.

 

[lakeroadster]

How do you terminate Kevlar cord?

Plastic bag over it's head......

 

[gna]

I try to make sure I'm using my wife's best sewing scissors to cut with. They're usually really sharp....

You're a brave man

 

[kbRocket]

I have been smearing a little E6000 glue into cut Kevlar ends. It has good flexibility. I may try the wood glue.

 

[alexzogh]

The best tool for me is my credit card... I just buy it from Teddy :>

 

[Onebadhawk]

The best tool for me is my credit card... I just buy it from Teddy :>

hahahahaahahhahaha..

Opps,,

I'm sorry..

Was that out loud ??

Teddy

 

[Voyager1]

Most of my kevlar and nylon cords are have a folded loop at each end with the folds secured with a little epoxy and then heatshrink to finish off. The image shows an example of a nylon cord, but I use the same technique with kevlar. They have proved to be very reliable.

 

[cornbeef007]

Cut it with something sharp?

 

[cwbullet]

I tie a knot and heat shrink - but not in that order. Think about it and you figure the problem out.

 

[Banzai88]

I wrap with tape, cut in the middle, then tubular gets finger trapped and stitched and flat gets folded over and stitched.

 

[SolarYellow]

I tie a knot and heat shrink - but not in that order. Think about it and you figure the problem out.

I've read a lot of Kevlar threads and have never seen that suggested. Seems brilliant to reduce the radius of the bends in the knot. Will try.

So you shrink the heat shrink before tying, or shrink first and hit it with heat again after tying?

 

[cwbullet]

Heat shrink after trying. But you need to put the heat shrink on the cord before you tie the knot. You slide it over the knot and shrink.

 

[beeblebrox]

Tie a Bowline knot and tape the loose end... Not only is this knot very easy to UNTIE too, it is strong and reliable and you can get a nice loose loop.

 

[OverTheTop]

I use bowlines sometimes too, with a daub of PVA glue on the knot to stop it unravelling. This will reduce the capability of the harness in regards to breaking strength a little, but most are so overrated it doesn't matter.

 

[RocketPro]

I only use bowlines to attach kevlar cord to anything. The best thing about a bowline is that regardless of how tight you pull on it, it will untie easily. Sometimes I use tape on the ends, but generally, I leave it unfinished and let it unravel just a little.

 

[dmaaero]

Hot glue works also.