Medium sized block maker's clave.
Medium sized block maker's clave.
- Measurements:
-
: 37.7953 x 34.6457 x 18.8189 in.; 960 x 880 x 478 mm
- Materials:
- wood
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/1
- type:
- work bench
Medium sized clave
- Made:
- Unknown in Limehouse
Medium sized clave; representative block-making tools; and pulley blocks in various stages of manufacture
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- 1950-107
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- type:
- work bench
- credit:
- Dyne and Evens Limited
Parts
Specimens of hand made wooden ships blocks in progresive stages of manufacture
Specimens of hand made wooden ships blocks in progresive stages of manufacture.
- Measurements:
-
: 4.5276 x 6.1811 x 2.9528 in.; 115 x 157 x 75 mm
- Materials:
- wood (elm)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2
- type:
- ship's blocks
Ship's rigging pulley block, ready for setting in a clave
A sawn wooden block ready for setting in a clave.
- Measurements:
-
: 5.1181 x 4.9213 x 3.1496 in.; 130 x 125 x 80 mm
- Materials:
- elm (wood)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2 Pt1
- type:
- block
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
- Part of:
- 1950-107/2
Ship's rigging pulley block, after grooving in the clave
A block after grooving in the clave
- Materials:
- elm (wood)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2 Pt2
- type:
- block
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
- Part of:
- 1950-107/2
Ship's rigging pulley block, with corners sawn off
A block with corners sawn off ready for holding on the clave board so as to shave the edges with a spoke shave.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 4.5276 x 6.1811 x 2.9528 in.; 115 x 157 x 75 mm
- Materials:
- elm (wood)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2 Pt3
- type:
- block
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
- Part of:
- 1950-107/2
Ship's rigging pulley block, ready for cheecks shaping
A ship's block shell ready for the shaping of the cheecks with a draw knife and finally a spoke shave.
- Measurements:
-
: 4.9213 x 6.4961 x 4.3701 in.; 125 x 165 x 111 mm
- Materials:
- elm (wood)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2 Pt4
- type:
- block
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
- Part of:
- 1950-107/2
A double ship's block shell
A double ship's block shell (mounted on the clave board of /1) ready for the shaping of the cheeks with a draw knife.
Ship's double block shell with sheave pin installed and shell shaped
A double ship's block shell with the sheave pin installed and with the shell completely shaped
- Materials:
- elm (wood)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/2 Pt6
- type:
- block
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem
- Part of:
- 1950-107/2
A wooden clave board for larger shells
A wooden clave board for larger shells
- Materials:
- wood (elm)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/3
- type:
- ship's blocks
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Four block maker's routers
Four block maker's routers, a V form 3/4", 1 1/2" diam.round, 1" diam. round and a 7/8" diam. round.
Two spoke shaves used by ships block makers.
Two spoke shaves used by ships block makers.
Block maker's draw knife
Block maker's draw knife
- Measurements:
-
: 1.9685 x 14.9606 x 5.5118 in.; 50 x 380 x 140 mm
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , cast steel and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/6
- type:
- draw knife
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Block maker's mallet.
Block maker's mallet.
- Measurements:
-
: 6.4961 x 13.7795 x 3.2677 in.; 165 x 350 x 83 mm
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , cast steel and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- 1950-107/7
- type:
- ship's blocks
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
