SYREN ROPEWALK or similar : Want to buy one

[Dematosdg]

Sorry. I may had misunderstood. You meant a rope walk meaning a rope making machine. Then I would recommend this machine. I use it all the time. I give it 5 stars.

Rope making machine. VR. Vertical type. | ShipWorkshop.com

Simplest, fastest, easiest, compact, no skills needed, instant results. It is a small but powerful tool for making professional ropes for your model. (Check this video on YouTube for how it works. Turn on subtitles.) The VR Rope making machine, ropewalk, is intended for making professional ropes...

www.shipworkshop.com

Tested. First trial. I am very happy. I used 4 ropes. The starting rope is in the middle of image. More than enough for my objectives.

 

[Roger Pellett]

As we have debated endlessly, many modelers feel that results outweigh being able to say that “I made it myself.” I offer this in that sense.

Linen is considered by many to be the preferred material for rigging ship models. I believe that the US Navy ship model rigging standards may still require linen line. Back in the Yellow Box days Model Shipways used to sell linen rigging line and I bought several spools. What I received was Cuttyhunk Hard Twisted Fishing Line. It’s beautiful stuff! Unfortunately it’s no longer made.

I have seen spools offered on EBay. If you see it, buy it.

To our Dutch members: Rob Napier, one of the truly outstanding handful American professional ship modelers, restored a very old Dutch VOC model for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ab Hoving consulted. Along with some Cuttyhunk line, Someone from the Netherlands, ( maybe Hoving?) supplied some linen line. Is linen line still available there?

Roger

 

[JerryTodd]

I made a rope-walk years ago from an old Craftsman cordless drill and some plastic gears that had something to do with RC dune buggies. I ran it from a 12volt SLA battery to walk off 12+ foot long lengths of line. Since my models are large scale (1:36 & 1:20), I tend to need larger diameters, and since they're working radio-controlled models...


...I use Dacron sail thread because natural fibers would be gone in no time just from sitting outside on a display table.


I'm about to rebuild the machine, I 3D printed a handheld controller with an electrical box and an AR15 grip, which will hold switches to work the machine and allow me to walk it's length as needed (remember those 12+ foot lengths). I'm also going to run it off a power-supply instead of a battery.

 

[Steef66]

As we have debated endlessly, many modelers feel that results outweigh being able to say that “I made it myself.” I offer this in that sense.

Linen is considered by many to be the preferred material for rigging ship models. I believe that the US Navy ship model rigging standards may still require linen line. Back in the Yellow Box days Model Shipways used to sell linen rigging line and I bought several spools. What I received was Cuttyhunk Hard Twisted Fishing Line. It’s beautiful stuff! Unfortunately it’s no longer made.

I have seen spools offered on EBay. If you see it, buy it.

To our Dutch members: Rob Napier, one of the truly outstanding handful American professional ship modelers, restored a very old Dutch VOC model for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ab Hoving consulted. Along with some Cuttyhunk line, Someone from the Netherlands, ( maybe Hoving?) supplied some linen line. Is linen line still available there?

Roger

Linen is still available in the Netherlands. You have to search. But here musea use poly rope for restoration. It last longer and no problems like cotton and linen have when becoming wet or dry. Ropes of sails also uses Guterman poly yarn to make rope and it looks good.

 

[Bob Cleek]

As we have debated endlessly, many modelers feel that results outweigh being able to say that “I made it myself.” I offer this in that sense.

Linen is considered by many to be the preferred material for rigging ship models. I believe that the US Navy ship model rigging standards may still require linen line. Back in the Yellow Box days Model Shipways used to sell linen rigging line and I bought several spools. What I received was Cuttyhunk Hard Twisted Fishing Line. It’s beautiful stuff! Unfortunately it’s no longer made.

I have seen spools offered on EBay. If you see it, buy it.

To our Dutch members: Rob Napier, one of the truly outstanding handful American professional ship modelers, restored a very old Dutch VOC model for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ab Hoving consulted. Along with some Cuttyhunk line, Someone from the Netherlands, ( maybe Hoving?) supplied some linen line. Is linen line still available there?

Roger

I haven't seen Cuttyhunk for sale anywhere in ages. I don't know about the US Navy's archival rigging material standards having changed, but, as you probably know, some major European museums are now approving of polyester thread. For a while, linen thread seemed only obtainable as "new old stock" on eBay, reportedly owing to the major producing mills discontinuing it. I recently had occasion to check on the availability of linen thread when a quilter friend told me as far as she knew, hard laid linen thread was easy to source from lace-making materials suppliers. I googled "linen thread for sale" and discovered that there was a lot more offered than seems to have been the case in recent times past. I noticed also that hemp thread is now readily available. (For all intents and purposes, hemp and flax are practically indistinguishable.) It's advertised as being "natural" and "organic." I do not know the quality of these threads (e.g. too "lumpy" or smooth, etc.), but I presume they would be suitable for laying up scale rope. The main question is the range of availability of different thread weights. See: https://www.etsy.com/listing/232096438/linen-by-bockens-and-fresia-great-for?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-6&content_source=98f0fe8d7692595afcb12c371a17e0f191a63671%3A232096438&logging_key=98f0fe8d7692595afcb12c371a17e0f191a63671:232096438 and https://www.etsy.com/listing/464533345/linen-thread-for-knitting-tatting-bobbin?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-5&sts=1&content_source=c9f183a85dd562a02c9067c75ebbfa6bcb01b779%3A464533345&logging_key=c9f183a85dd562a02c9067c75ebbfa6bcb01b779:464533345

 

[Roger Pellett]

I have an old geared down motor from the rotisserie unit of an outdoors gas grill. I’m thinking of using it to spin wire rope for my present project.

Roger