What are these Brass Dumbells for?

[Sea Burd]

I have 5 in the kit. I don’t see anywhere on the plans where they go. Any ideas? I would imagine some thing for
the rigging?

 

[Mike41]

If you are building a Chebec they could be toggles, used instead of belaying pins.

 

[Bhill]

Same question, because only 4 came with the Constructo Enterprise. Are they for a particular place/application in a pin rail?

 

[Sea Burd]

I’m doing a 12 Gun British Ship. Mine is Constructo Also, looking at the Enterprise in their catalog, it doesn’t have any sails, I don’t see any there either.

 

[NMBROOK]

Are they perhaps a poor representation of Bar Shot?

Kind Regards

Nigel

 

[Sea Burd]

I may have found 2 on the print. Toggles, #131, I have 5, says I need 3, I see 2 on the print.

 

[Mike41]

It looks like they are toggles and you have the correct locations; this is a detail of toggles on a different ship.

 

[Sea Burd]

Nice, thanks. I can’t seem to locate the 3rd one on the plan. But I have 5.

 

[Bhill]

Good thing I asked...that rigging object it not even noted/numbered. And parts list only goes up to 90...and that is doweling...

 

[Sea Burd]

Look at my one pic, #38, is that showing it goes to 38 on the belay space? How on that angle? Is it a mast ?

 

[Bhill]

It looks like they are toggles and you have the correct locations; this is a detail of toggles on a different ship.

Thanks for that...rather odd method when you can just splice the loops together like the fly line to the header..

 

[Sea Burd]

This may be my 3rd one I’m looking for, if not, I’m not sure what it is. ( between the dead eyes) it looks like it’s floating

 

[Mike41]

Part No. 115 appears to be a shroud stave that acts as a spacer, it is made of wood with small notches that is tied to the shrouds.

 

[Sea Burd]

I circled what I’m not sure , under the dead eye

 

[Mike41]

Looking at the photo in post 6, it is a double block tied to a mast ring just below the middle deadeye.

 

[Sea Burd]

Ahhh. Gotcha. That helps. Thanks.

 

[danielsje]

When I built the Le Requin Xebex I had a dozen of these. They are for joining running rigging to rigging belays. For example, a short rigging belay, usually a heavier line than the running rigging line, would be anchored to a bulkhead with a loop at the opposite end. The loop would be served around the center of the toggle. Then a rigging line would be looped around the toggle and run for whatever purpose. The toggle served as a joint in rigging lines that could easily be undone without breaking down the more permanent anchor belay to the bulkhead. Make sense??

 

[Sea Burd]

Yes. Thanks. It must be nice doing a model with good prints. Today I struggled on the fore mast, no instructions @nd the print is hard to read.
any pics of a reL toggle on a real ship?