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A fid is a strange creature that lives mainly in the Sahara desert. Many sightings have been recorded and many bodies have been recovered but no one has yet to catch a fid. The speed of a fid is tremendous, and catching one has Provence too difficult for even the best hunters. |
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{{Other uses|FID (disambiguation){{!}}FID}} |
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A fid has a tounge that is extremely long and is used for eating from a varriety of trees. Mainly a fid will eat anything but it prefers leaves. |
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[[File:US Navy 060614-N-2659P-025 Seaman Jamie Lewis uses a fid to repair a snag on a mooring line aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).jpg|thumb|Fid in use aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier [[USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)]].]] |
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Below is a graph representing different lengths of recovered fid bodies. |
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A '''fid''' is a conical tool traditionally made of wood or bone. It is used to work with [[rope]] and [[canvas]] in [[marlinespike seamanship]]. A fid differs from a [[marlinspike]] in material and purpose. A marlinespike is used in working with wire rope, may be used to open shackles, and is made of metal. A fid is used to hold open knots and holes in canvas. A fid is used to open the "lays", or strands of rope, synthetic or natural, for [[Rope splicing|splicing]] said line. A variation of the fid, the [[Gripfid]], is used for [[ply-split braiding]]. It adds a jamming cleat to pull a cord back through the cord split by the fid's point. |
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Modern fids are typically made of aluminum, steel, or plastic. Beyond just aiding in holding the rope open or allowing the splicer to push the strands through in the creation of the rope splice, modern push fids have markings on them used for precise measurements in a variety of sizes of rope. These fids are typically 21 or 22 times the diameter of rope to be spliced. A half-inch diameter rope would have any accompanying fid 10.5-11" in length with hash-marks denoting the long and short fid measurements. A short fid is 1/3 a fid length and a long fid is 2/3 the overall fid length. |
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Modern major rope manufacturers such as Yale Cordage, New England Ropes, and Samson Rope Technologies each have full sets of published splicing directions available on their websites. Typically, all splice directions measurements use fid-length as the unit of measurement. |
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Below is a chart that shows exact measurements of full fid lengths, short fid lengths, and long fid lengths. |
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Revision as of 05:38, 18 February 2013
A fid is a strange creature that lives mainly in the Sahara desert. Many sightings have been recorded and many bodies have been recovered but no one has yet to catch a fid. The speed of a fid is tremendous, and catching one has Provence too difficult for even the best hunters. A fid has a tounge that is extremely long and is used for eating from a varriety of trees. Mainly a fid will eat anything but it prefers leaves. Below is a graph representing different lengths of recovered fid bodies.
Ro RopeCirc. (in.) Short Fid
(in.) Long Fid
(in.) Full Fid
(in.) 3/32" 9/32" 2/3" 1⅓" 2 1/8" 3/8" 7/8" 1¾" 2⅝" 5/32" 15/32" 1 2-1/5" 3-2/7" 3/16" 9/16" 1⅓" 2⅝" 4" 7/32" 21/32" 1½" 3" 4-3/5" 1/4" 3/4" 1¾" 3½" 5¼" 9/32" 27/32" 2" 4" 6" 5/16" 1" 2-1/5" 4⅜" 6-4/7" 3/8" 1⅛" 2⅝" 5¼" 7⅞" 7/16" 1¼" 3" 6⅛" 9-1/5" 1/2" 1½" 3½" 7" 10½" 9-16" 1¾" 4" 7⅞" 11-4/5" 5/8" 2" 4⅜" 8¾" 13⅛" 11/16" 2¼" 4-4/5" 9⅝" 14-4/9" 3/4" 2¼" 5¼" 10½" 15¾" 7/8" 2¾" 6⅛" 12¼" 18⅜" 1" 3" 7" 14" 21" 1⅛" 3½" 7⅞" 15¾" 23⅝" 1¼" 3¾" 8¾" 17½" 23¼" 1-5/16" 4" 9-1/5" 18⅜" 27-4/7" 1½" 4½" 10½" 21" 31½" 1⅝" 5" 11⅜" 22¾" 34⅛" 1¾" 5½" 12¼" 24½" 36¾" 2" 6" 14" 28" 42" 2⅛" 6¼" 14⅞" 29¾" 44⅝" 2¼" 7" 15¾" 31½" 47¼" 2½" 7½" 17½" 35" 52½" 2⅝" 8" 18⅜" 36¾" 55⅛" 2¾" 8½" 19¼" 38½" 57¾" 3" 9" 21" 42" 63" 3¼" 10" 22¾" 45½" 68¼"
References
http://www.knotandrope.com/Store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=733#.UH8eVml27hs http://www.neropes.com/SplGuide_CategoryParallelCore.aspx
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fids.
Look up fid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- machovec.com, for a chart of fid lengths
- Animated splice & image of fid in use
- Instructable for creating a fid for use with paracord
