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    The sheet bend (also known as weaver's knot and weaver's hitch) is a bend knot. It is practical for joining lines of different diameter or rigidity. It...
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    strength. Some common types include the sheet bend, the double fisherman's knot, and the double figure-eight bend. Bends allow two ropes to be securely...
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    Bending is a manufacturing process that produces a V-shape, U-shape, or channel shape along a straight axis in ductile materials, most commonly sheet...
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    Lapp knot (redirect from Lapp bend)
    Lapp knot is a type of bend. It has the same structure as the sheet bend, but the opposite ends are loaded. The slipped Lapp bend is also an exploding knot...
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    A brake is a metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal. A cornice brake only allows for simple bends and creases, while a box-and-pan...
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    referred to as king of the knots because of its importance. Along with the sheet bend and the clove hitch, the bowline is often considered one of the most essential...
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    the sheet metal down into the v-shaped die, causing it to bend. There are several techniques used, but the most common modern method is "air bending". Here...
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    Eskimo loop effectively mimics an ends-opposite (and inferior) left-hand sheet bend and thus can slip like the bowline; the less common Eskimo loop variant...
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    Swedish knot manual Om Knutar. The heaving line bend is similar to the sheet bend and the racking bend, and may be used to pass a thick rope to a distant...
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    Bend radius, which is measured to the inside curvature, is the minimum radius one can bend a pipe, tube, sheet, cable or hose without kinking it, damaging...
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    similar to the reverse figure of eight and stronger than the fisherman's bend, sheet bend or reef knot". In October 1978, an article in The Times presented it...
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  • to a pole or other structure Double ring knot [ru] Double sheet bend – doubles a sheet bend by making an additional round turn below the first and again...
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    considered one of the most important knots, alongside the bowline and the sheet bend. Although the name clove hitch is given by Falconer in his Dictionary...
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    inferior" to the standard bowline because of its similarity to the left-hand sheet bend. Various tests of the different versions' strengths show little difference;...
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    The flag of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations depicts a sheet bend....
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    loop, i.e. on a becket. A becket hitch has the same structure as the sheet bend, which joins, or "bends", the ends of two ropes together. The becket hitch...
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    Albright special (category Bend knots)
    general-purpose bend to join more conventional lines of different diameters, see sheet bend (which, again, can be made more secure by adding turns). Sheet bend Surgical...
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    Simple Simon over (category Bend knots)
    that make up the famous Sheet bend ... an open loop and a single hitch. — Dr. Harry Asher: The Alternate Knot Book The Sheet bend was the starting point...
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    simply is brought over the horse's head, through the loop and tied with a sheet bend. To lead or tie an animal a lead rope or leash is used. The lead is attached...
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    around an object or objects Sheet bend for joining the ends of two ropes, which need not be the same diameter Double sheet bend for tying the ends of two...
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  • Strangle knot Surgeon's knot Thief knot Jamming knot Sheet bend Sheepshank Common whipping List of bend knots List of knots Rope splicing Ashley, Clifford...
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    applications, especially if stabilized. A proper bend knot, for instance a sheet bend or double fisherman's knot, should be used instead. Knotting authority...
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    Simple Simon under (category Bend knots)
    ropes, or slippery synthetic ropes. The Sheet bend was the starting point of developing the Simple Simon over bend. Simple Simon Over. The working part passes...
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    knot, unless one attempts to tie a square knot in a similar manner to a sheet bend (which is the correct way to tie a thief knot), then it is possible to...
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  • Dakota Bend, Texas Bending, the deformation of an object due to an applied load Bend, a curvature in a pipe, tube, sheet, cable or hose; see Bend radius...
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    bowline and locking with a sheet bend Harness of leather and blue fabric band Packers knot Sheet bend to bowline's loop List of bend knots List of knots "A-Z...
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    them, because the steel must be stretched to bend perpendicular to the corrugations. Normally each sheet is manufactured longer in its strong direction...
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    together. It serves a somewhat similar purpose as a Sheet bend, a Double sheet bend or a Heaving line bend, and may be used to throw a thick line over with...
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    (19,000 sq mi). The only current ice sheets are the Antarctic ice sheet and the Greenland ice sheet. Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine...
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    Double-Knotted Bowline Category Loop Efficiency 70-75% Related Bowline, Water bowline, Double sheet bend, Bowline on a bight Typical use climbing ABoK #1013...
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