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Bayboat
08-02-2005, 03:10 PM
Looking for a source for wood shell snatch blocks like the old Merriman type with ash shells. I've tried most of the current manufacturers, but find only singles and doubles with/without beckets. No fiddle blocks either, except for Toplicht.
Bayboat
08-02-2005, 03:10 PM
Looking for a source for wood shell snatch blocks like the old Merriman type with ash shells. I've tried most of the current manufacturers, but find only singles and doubles with/without beckets. No fiddle blocks either, except for Toplicht.
Bayboat
08-02-2005, 03:10 PM
Looking for a source for wood shell snatch blocks like the old Merriman type with ash shells. I've tried most of the current manufacturers, but find only singles and doubles with/without beckets. No fiddle blocks either, except for Toplicht.
ssor
08-02-2005, 09:21 PM
You might be able to find some but more likely you will have to make you own.
ssor
08-02-2005, 09:21 PM
You might be able to find some but more likely you will have to make you own.
ssor
08-02-2005, 09:21 PM
You might be able to find some but more likely you will have to make you own.
J. Dillon
08-02-2005, 10:02 PM
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5121/snatchblock771sl.jpg

I made a pair like this out of cherry. The toggle opened permits the line placed in on the sheave. The above one took my weight of 170 lbs. Have no idea what it's breaking load would be. It measures 3 " and takes a 3/8" line. ( Check out "Boatbuilder" mag. Mar/April 2004)

JD

[ 08-02-2005, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: J. Dillon ]
J. Dillon
08-02-2005, 10:02 PM
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5121/snatchblock771sl.jpg

I made a pair like this out of cherry. The toggle opened permits the line placed in on the sheave. The above one took my weight of 170 lbs. Have no idea what it's breaking load would be. It measures 3 " and takes a 3/8" line. ( Check out "Boatbuilder" mag. Mar/April 2004)

JD

[ 08-02-2005, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: J. Dillon ]
J. Dillon
08-02-2005, 10:02 PM
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5121/snatchblock771sl.jpg

I made a pair like this out of cherry. The toggle opened permits the line placed in on the sheave. The above one took my weight of 170 lbs. Have no idea what it's breaking load would be. It measures 3 " and takes a 3/8" line. ( Check out "Boatbuilder" mag. Mar/April 2004)

JD

[ 08-02-2005, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: J. Dillon ]
fixmyboat
08-05-2005, 03:33 PM
Nice Blocks! Have to remeber that!
fixmyboat
08-05-2005, 03:33 PM
Nice Blocks! Have to remeber that!
fixmyboat
08-05-2005, 03:33 PM
Nice Blocks! Have to remeber that!
Bayboat
08-08-2005, 06:09 PM
J. Dillon: Those are nice looking snatch blocks.
I need something a bit stronger, for 7/16 or 1/2" line, with metal parts. I use them for spinnaker sheet leads and preventer on a 34-footer. The old Merriman #3's are just right, but they seem to be extinct. My boat is an antique and I don't want to use Tufnol. rubber shell or all-metal blocks.
Bayboat
08-08-2005, 06:09 PM
J. Dillon: Those are nice looking snatch blocks.
I need something a bit stronger, for 7/16 or 1/2" line, with metal parts. I use them for spinnaker sheet leads and preventer on a 34-footer. The old Merriman #3's are just right, but they seem to be extinct. My boat is an antique and I don't want to use Tufnol. rubber shell or all-metal blocks.
Bayboat
08-08-2005, 06:09 PM
J. Dillon: Those are nice looking snatch blocks.
I need something a bit stronger, for 7/16 or 1/2" line, with metal parts. I use them for spinnaker sheet leads and preventer on a 34-footer. The old Merriman #3's are just right, but they seem to be extinct. My boat is an antique and I don't want to use Tufnol. rubber shell or all-metal blocks.