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Today I am making the blocks for my dinghy's rigging. I don't know what I'm doing really, since this is my first blocks to make ever. First I found a round piece of nylon to make the sheaves of, and then I marked out appropriate pieces of stainless steel sheet. In the top piece the markings can be seen, faintly.


Then I cut blanks out out of the sheet, and drilled pilot holes.


The four blanks are bolted together in a stack. The stack was then shaped together on the belt grinder.


Here's the blank cheeks, with the piece of nylon to cut the sheaves from, and a smaller piece of nylon that will serve as a bail.


I must be mad to attempt this. I should just buy some blocks over the internet.

posted by Niel Malan @ 19:42