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  1.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Looking for scale reference for block sizes expressed in inches
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  3. Simon Martin
    Roger's comment triggered further photo browsing and the thickness proportions provided by Mondfeld (sorry for misspelling his name in my sketches) are different from what appears on the pictures I found showing Bluenose blocks. The internally stropped blocks have a thinner outer shell and also look thinner in between the sheaves when there are many of them. Attached are the proportions I guessed by looking at pictures. Note that the drawing provided at p.243 of Mondfeld's book are out of proportions. When drawn using the numbers he provides, the blocks are much thicker than they look on the drawing, owing to the thicker cheeks. Again thank you all for your willingness to share knowledge and resources! Cheers, Simon
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    Using the designated inch value as the shell height and applying Monfeld's proportions to the sheave diameter provided in the catalog, I had to scale my block model down by 23%! It now looks much more plausible, doesn't it? I think I'll go with that. Thank you very much! Cheers, Simon
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    allanyed, I had checked Chapelle's previously but too quick perhaps: at p.347 it says: "(From Merriman table of vessel blocks)". A search online for that caption led directly to Merriman Bros. 1928 catalog, which listed sheave dimensions for various sizes, from which I am going to try Monfeld's proportions. We'll see what comes out of it. Will post the results here in case anyone's interested. A big thank you to all of you! Cheers, Simon
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  14. Simon Martin
    Thank you druxey, will try with that and see how it compares to what I initially got. When I superimposed the blocks I had with a rigging plan mine were almost twice as big: Cheers, Simon
  15. Simon Martin
    Thank you Gregory, I saw this reference as well during my research, but the block size I am looking for is expressed in inches, not in rope diameter or circumference. So even if I use the excel tool I end up not knowing which size block I should pick from the results. I just want to make sure I start off a good base before I go on and make 144 blocks by hand! Cheers, Simon
  16. Simon Martin
    Hi, I am busy building a model of the Bluenose and in Jenson's book the blocks use in the running rigging are all listed as "13-inch triple", "12-inch double", etc. I would like to know which dimension the 13-inch refers to: sheave diameter? Something else? Also what proportions should I use to determine shell height, width and thickness for each type of block? Are Monfeld's proportions also applicable to blocks from the early 20th-century, or is there a better resources for that era? Thanks in advance for your help! Cheers, Simon

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