Fid 3667461 205306679 2008-04-13T11:07:36Z 82.20.20.60 /* External links */ {{Wiktionary}} A '''fid''' is a conical tool 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 [[splicing]] said line. A "fid" is also a unit of measurement equaling approximately 21 or 22 times the rope's diameter. The fid is further divided into a "short" fid and a "long" fid. A short fid is 1/3 the length of the full fid and a long fid is 2/3 the length of the full fid. This chart shows examples of short, long, and full fid lengths for ropes of almost all diameters. <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Rope<br> Diameter (in.)</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Rope<br> Circ. (in.)</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Short Fid<br> (in.)</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Long Fid<br> (in.)</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-top"><font size="2">Full Fid<br> (in.)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">9/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2/3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">15/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/5&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-2/7&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-3/5&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5-1/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">9/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">27/32&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">6&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/5&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4-3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-4/7&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7-7/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-1/5&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7-7/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11-4/5&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">13-1/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4-4/5&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">14-4/9&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">15-3/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6-1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">12-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">14&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7-7/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">15-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">23-5/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">17-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">23-1/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-5/16&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9-1/5&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">27-4/7&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">4-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">21&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">31-1/2&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">1-5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">5&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">11-3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">22-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">34-1/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">1-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">5-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">12-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">24-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">36-3/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">6&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">14&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">28&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">42&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">6-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">14-7/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">29-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">44-5/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">7&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">15-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">31-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">47-1/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">7-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">17-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">35&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">52-1/2&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">2-5/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">18-3/8&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">36-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">55-1/8&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">2-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">8-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">19-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">38-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">57-3/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">3&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">9&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">21&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">42&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-odd"><font size="2">63&quot;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">3-1/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">10&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">22-3/4&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">45-1/2&quot;</font></td> <td align="center" class="ms-contemp-even"><font size="2">68-1/4&quot;</font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> ==External links== * [http://www.marlinespike.com/tools.html Examples of fids.] * http://www.machovec.com/rope/splicing/splicing.htm for a chart of fid lengths * [http://www.animatedknots.com/splicescouting/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com Animated splice & image of fid in use] [[Category:Ropework]] {{Water-stub}}