Fig. 44.
Q. (a) How do you serve a rope? (b) Why?
A. (a) Serving is the laying on of spun-yarn or other small stuff in turns around the rope close together, and hove taut by the use of a serving-board for small rope and mallet for large rope. Small ropes are sometimes served without being wormed, as the crevices between the strands are not large enough to make the surface very uneven. But a large rope is always wormed and parceled before being served. (b) The service is put on against the lay of the rope. (See Fig. 44.)
Q. (a) How do you whip a rope? (b) Why?
A. (a) Whipping is securing the end of a rope with twine. (b) To prevent it from fraying out. (See Fig. 44.)
KNOTS AND HITCHES.
Q. Make the following knots and give the use of each: A square knot, a bowline, single sheet-bend (weaver's knot), double sheet-bend, rolling hitch, round turn and two half-hitches, clove-hitch, catspaw, blackwall hitch, sheep-shank, a marlinspike-hitch.
A. See Fig. 45. This figure illustrates the manner of making these knots. Their uses are as follows: