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Blocks-Scratch building.

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Hello friends. I am away from home but brought my Victory cross section build with me. 1/90scale. Trying to finish the rigging but ran out of blocks. I remember seeing a post, not long ago, on how to scratch build them but I am unable to find it in a search.
Can anyone help?
 
When I wanted some small blocks for gun tackles I bashed a piece of 3x2mm walnut strip through a draw plate with oval holes to round off the corners. After knocking through a bit less than 1mm I sawed a token groove round it, knocked it through a bit more then sliced it off. I had drilled a hole into the end of the strip first,
With a bit of refinement, this process might work for bigger, more conspicuous blocks.
 
You can refer to my log link for which is in my signature below. It is a long log though. You will have to roll through it starting from the last pages.
 
Thanks gentlemen. YT, I will page through your log. I believe what I had seen was in your build log. I have been following your log and admiring your excellent work.
 
Short John Bronze said:
a draw plate with oval holes to round off the corners.
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Hi John
This sounds very interesting. Can you post some photos of the plate (or a link to where to get it) and blocks made using this technique? I found the following on the internet but it's for drawing wire so does not have a cutting edge which makes me wonder how well this particular plate might work.
Many thanks!
Allan
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That looks very much like the item I bought. Although it does not have cutting edges as such, if you bash a piece of wood through then the only bit that can get through is the shape of the hole. In the photos below I knocked a piece of 3x4mm walnut through. in the left hand picture I drilled into the end and cut a notch for the strop round the curve. In the right hand picture the hole has been drilled through the curved side and a strop notch cut across the end. (Better?)
Blocks could be sliced off as the blank progressively emerges.
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Short John Bronze said:
That looks very much like the item I bought. Although it does not have cutting edges as such, if you bash a piece of wood through then the only bit that can get through is the shape of the hole. In the photos below I knocked a piece of 3x4mm walnut through. in the left hand picture I drilled into the end and cut a notch for the strop round the curve. In the right hand picture the hole has been drilled through the curved side and a strop notch cut across the end. (Better?)
Blocks could be sliced off as the blank progressively emerges.
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Thanks for sharing your technique, John.
Do you remember where you got your draw plate?
 
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