My advice to someone new and serious about learning to splice/sweep would be to buy some Wescos and look for a belt and hooks at a pawn shop. Old dawgs are much more apt to share some know how with someone who is willing to start in the easement. I started splicing 12 years ago with a pickup, some coring tools, my hooks and an old SAM meter. Good luck..
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