Many of us have probably seen grappling hooks in the movies. We may have even used one before. This means you know how useful they really can be. These easy steps to make your own will allow you to have one on hand if you ever find yourself needing it. You'll be amazed by the results!

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The Step By Step Directions For Making A Grappling Hook Include:

1 Preparing material  before cutting
This grappling hook was designed around some 1/8″ aluminum material.  I sized hook to fit into  200mm X 200mm square. I used /8″ double fluted straight bit loaded in  X-Carve CNC router. To keep  bit clean, I gave surface  healthy coating of WD-40 before, during  cutting. The aluminum acts like a giant heatsink so everything was cool to  touch.

2: Cutting  shape
I created interlocking design in Adobe Illustrator, used Easel.com as a CAM software, sent info to my CNC router with Chilipeppr.com. I was cutting at 1100mm/minute, each pass was .10mm/pass. Cutting took  35 minutes.   I vacuumed up  filings, broke pieces free from tabs.

3 Clean up pieces before assembly
I filled off  excess tab, chamfered edges slightly, brushed  pieces with 600 grit sandpaper.

4 Interlock, squish
Pieces should interlock nicely, may need some filing to finesse  into place.   I used a pair of channel lock pliers to squish  bottom tabs together which lock  two pieces together.

5 Add  rope 
Attached some rope, I used paracord,   have fun.

Finished!

This grappling hook was so easy to make, you might just want to make a few more! Have you tried making your own grappling hook yet?

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