How to splice a wire?

Left hand lay or right hand lay describe the manner in which the strands are laid to form the rope. To determine the lay of strains in the rope, look at the rope as it points away from you. If the strands appear to turn in a clockwise direction, or like a right-hand thread, as the strands get further away from you, then the rope is a right hand lay. The picture of steel wire rope on this page shows a rope with right hand lay. If the strands appear to turn in an anti-clockwise direction, or like a left-hand thread, as the strands get further away from you, then the rope is a left hand lay.