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Slainte
09-08-2009, 05:12 PM
Can anyone recommend a source for good, reliable wooden blocks? I'll be using 3/8" and 1/2" line. Thanks in advance.
PAR
09-09-2009, 03:47 AM
All wood or composite (wood and metal)? In both cases these are fairly easy to make yourself, if desired.
alan white
09-09-2009, 04:13 AM
http://www.tsrigging.co.uk/traditional_blocks.asp
Brent Swain
09-09-2009, 05:16 PM
Why wood? I can build a single aluminium block in 20 minutes, with hand tools, that is far stronger and more rleiable than most commercially built blocks.
Brent
PAR
09-09-2009, 11:03 PM
I can too Brent, but does it look as nice as a set of freshly oiled teak blocks, dangling from strops on a dainty old gaffer?
alan white
09-09-2009, 11:35 PM
I've got teak blocks with medallions over the axles but those babies are not easy to find. For the classic look, solid broze is much easier to soure. Bristol Bronze carries those. Those old teak blocks are very well constructed. Never a problem at all, though they weigh a ton.
Brent Swain
09-10-2009, 02:49 PM
I can too Brent, but does it look as nice as a set of freshly oiled teak blocks, dangling from strops on a dainty old gaffer?


While taking longer, it's not all that difficult to build those either, possibly less work than hunting them down.
Brent

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