Bind three spars with a wrapping band and two sets of frapping turns.
A tripod lashing joins three spars while leaving enough movement to spread them into legs. This lesson shows the plain-turn method: start on an outside spar, wrap around all three together, then frap the two spaces between them before finishing on the other outside spar.
The fraps run around the wrapping band, between the wood. They do not add more turns around the whole group. The model keeps the spars alongside one another to make both gaps visible; spreading and positioning a working tripod is a separate operation.
When to use it
- Prepare three spars for a small camp tripod.
- Practice the difference between wrapping and frapping.
Keep in mind
Do not bind the laid-out spars so rigidly that the legs cannot spread. A usable structure also needs sound spars, stable footing and a load suited to the whole assembly.
Check your knot
- The wrapping turns enclose all three spars.
- Each gap receives its own pair of fraps.
- The start and finish are secured on the outside spars.