Along the way of building this boat, I've also been fooling around making wooden blocks. Here are a few photos of the progression, They seem to be getting better!
First try. Maple, peened copper pipe thimble, manila rope, dacron trolling line for seizing. I used a hole saw to cut circles from a black plastic cutting board, then chucked them in the drill press and shaped them with a rat-tail file.
First and second. Second one is mahogany, sisal rope, and sisal twine seizing (no thimble). Still not liking the squareness of the shape, or how big the body is.
Third time's a charm? This time I used 1/2" maple, shaped the sides to a convex surface, and used a small stainless thimble I found at Lowe's (still sisal rope/twine). Shaped the sheave with a microplane rasp this time, works a lot better than the file. Finished with "Early American" stain and a coat of poly.
I wonder if I could go even smaller?
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