I had time today to get the rope server done. I wanted to use it for not only serving shrouds and such, but also for stropping Blocks. I used to do all this by hand sometimes with the aid of a fly tying vice and a tiers Bobbin. This build should help me do those tasks more efficiently. I chose Oak for this Project for its strength and because I love Oak wood
in the above Picture you can see I have the rope installed the 2 thumb screws are for the stropping attachments. I was able to 3D print a small plastic insert to grab the rope and use the thumb screws to hold everything taunt and in place so I don't damage my rope between the thumbscrew and threads in the turnbuclke. Below you can see the thumbscrew set up going through a turnbuckle the threaded rod sticking out is the block stropping attachment.
above you can see the attachments in lace and locked down by the thumbscrews. The wires in the ends of the attachments are epoxied in place.
The picture below shows the hole I bored through a small piece of all thread rod the rope passes through that hole and excess on both ends will be Gathered up held together with a small piece of tape and alligator clipped to the gear I did this for both ends.
below are pictures of the gearing I wasn't worried about ratios as much as I was in getting the gears working together so I get No twist in the rope an I'm serving it
all but the center gear are on 608 bearings I needed two more so those are on order for the center gears.
Above the threaded rod I left long so I can use my Drill to run the whole system if I choose to do so.
Below the gears show a small crank handle this will be replaced with a longer one and a piece of wood as the handle this crank handle will allow me to serve by turning the crank or for backing up the line incase I get overlap of the serving.
And last below is the Drill installed to run the system
I still need to install a rod for the Serving spool but that will be easy and I plan to use hairpin cotter clips on the ends so I can pull it out to install the spools very easily.
The gears on this unit will be reprinted in High quality everything I have done to build this was proof of concept so now that I know it works Ill be re printing the gears and doing some odds and ends to improve what I have. Once I get everything the way I want it I'll post a parts list with the 3D gear files and build instructions. I will say this wont be an easy build for some folks due to tooling I bored the hole through the rod on my lathe it can be done on a drill press but it wont be the easiest way when you have to drill through close to 2.5" of all thread and lastly the hardest way is with a drill by hand. this build was at a cost of only $30 in materials with the wood being the biggest cost. this is made from a piece of red oak 3/4"X 8"X 24" and I used it all making the base 12" and the sides 6"
It certainly didn't need to be this large but I wanted room to work and clamp the jig to the workbench
in the above Picture you can see I have the rope installed the 2 thumb screws are for the stropping attachments. I was able to 3D print a small plastic insert to grab the rope and use the thumb screws to hold everything taunt and in place so I don't damage my rope between the thumbscrew and threads in the turnbuclke. Below you can see the thumbscrew set up going through a turnbuckle the threaded rod sticking out is the block stropping attachment.
above you can see the attachments in lace and locked down by the thumbscrews. The wires in the ends of the attachments are epoxied in place.
The picture below shows the hole I bored through a small piece of all thread rod the rope passes through that hole and excess on both ends will be Gathered up held together with a small piece of tape and alligator clipped to the gear I did this for both ends.
below are pictures of the gearing I wasn't worried about ratios as much as I was in getting the gears working together so I get No twist in the rope an I'm serving it
all but the center gear are on 608 bearings I needed two more so those are on order for the center gears.
Above the threaded rod I left long so I can use my Drill to run the whole system if I choose to do so.
Below the gears show a small crank handle this will be replaced with a longer one and a piece of wood as the handle this crank handle will allow me to serve by turning the crank or for backing up the line incase I get overlap of the serving.
And last below is the Drill installed to run the system
I still need to install a rod for the Serving spool but that will be easy and I plan to use hairpin cotter clips on the ends so I can pull it out to install the spools very easily.
The gears on this unit will be reprinted in High quality everything I have done to build this was proof of concept so now that I know it works Ill be re printing the gears and doing some odds and ends to improve what I have. Once I get everything the way I want it I'll post a parts list with the 3D gear files and build instructions. I will say this wont be an easy build for some folks due to tooling I bored the hole through the rod on my lathe it can be done on a drill press but it wont be the easiest way when you have to drill through close to 2.5" of all thread and lastly the hardest way is with a drill by hand. this build was at a cost of only $30 in materials with the wood being the biggest cost. this is made from a piece of red oak 3/4"X 8"X 24" and I used it all making the base 12" and the sides 6"
It certainly didn't need to be this large but I wanted room to work and clamp the jig to the workbench