1:1 Making real rope-stropped tackle blocks

[uss frolick]

If you are a wood-nerd, then you have seen Kentucky carpenter/blacksmith Mr. Chickadee. No music nor narration, just good old carpentry. He is making the blocks for his home-made capstan. Enjoy!

 

 

Here he uses them on his capstan:

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2024 by uss frolick

[paul ron]

thanks. i enjoyed watching the use of old traditional hand tools. pbs had a carpenter, roy underhill's series, the wood wrights shop...

 

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pbs+roy+underhill&iax=videos&ia=videos

 

he would use old traditional carpentry n tools to make items from furniture to rustic shop tools n toys using hand milled lumber. 

 

ive tried my hand at tradtional carpentry and tools... it definately brought me back to basics and taught me patience and appreciation of my materials. definately a learning experiance. since then i have made many hand tools, chisels, planes and clamps plus how to apply my old way skills that modern ways disregard... eg motorized saws dont give you the feel of your wood as with hand sawing a rip vs cross cuts. using aged air dried split wood vs milled killin dry lumber we use today. but there is nothing nicer than the sound of a sharp plane peeling away clean shavings.

 

btw the cat was a nice addition.

 

 

Edited July 24, 2024 by paul ron