OK, Brion, you got me. I actually have two goals:
1. I want to make the lines I need for my new rig. They need to be strong enough, not perfect. (If I trust this splice enough, I don't need to re-do it for this purpose)
2. I do want to be better at splicing. And that is what I hope to get here on this board. I don't have time to send stuff to you, I'll describe what I've done as best I can here.
I've done two splices that seem "good" and one that seems "bad" I've also marked the rope for my 4th attempt. (I need to make 4 segments with an eye on each side, so 8 total splices)
I've marked them with black at the cover crossover, purple at the other side of the eye on the cover, and red on the cover where the core gets pulled out.
I made a red mark on the core at the crossover where the fabric tape ends, but that is pretty well buried along with the black cover mark in my splices.
The picture doesn't show it, but I can see that my crossover marks on the core and cover are aligned within ~1/8" on all my splices, and pulled within 1/8" of the cover entrance. The "bad" splice cover goes into the cover with 1/8~1/4" from one side to the other.
This next pic shows one of my splices before I tapered, taped, and pulled things home. I didn't keep track, but it is probably the 2nd splice (good), although it could be my 3rd (bad) splice.
Here is a detail shot of the eyes of the two "good" splices I did:
