rope walk

[Dutchman]

the rope walk is up and running! the second shot is my first piece. it ended up being 2 1/2 feet of three strand. i figured i'd start small and work my way up.

[Bos'n Cross]

.......this is much to my interests......

[Dutchman]

i was by myself and didn't stop to think to get pictures of it in use. next time, i hope to do a piece long enough to make a tent line out of. this machine, in theory, should be able to handle up to 3/4 diameter without a problem. I'd really like to get my hands on a "new era" rope machine. they were made around 1900 and used heavily in the mid west farming region through WW2. my machine is a 1:1 gear ratio, where the New Era is a 1:4. It adds up when a piece of line may take 1500 turns.

[Jack Roberts]

Very nice Dutch! I likey...

Take a video of it in action sometime.

[Dutchman]

the first link is a machine similar to mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DMDc3hCu3E&feature=related

the second is a new era machine.

[Duncan McGuyver]

That would of been fun to have at the Deltaville event - you bringing it to Hampton?

Edited June 16, 2010 by Duncan McGuyver

[Dutchman]

yup, and one or two other items.

[Cascabel]

i was by myself and didn't stop to think to get pictures of it in use. next time, i hope to do a piece long enough to make a tent line out of. this machine, in theory, should be able to handle up to 3/4 diameter without a problem. I'd really like to get my hands on a "new era" rope machine. they were made around 1900 and used heavily in the mid west farming region through WW2. my machine is a 1:1 gear ratio, where the New Era is a 1:4. It adds up when a piece of line may take 1500 turns.

I have seen these things available on ebay fairly often. Sometimes listed as "unknown cast iron device" or farm equipment.

>>>> Cascabel

[theM.A.dDogge]

holy crap the second one was fast...whish we had that back on my great aunts farm...just had an old homade one with bent nails and wire gears....seemed to take a bit longer as I recall