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Its about time to raise our timber frame cabin skyward, so we need a little help to get our heavy bents off the ground. In this video we make a few rope stropped tackle blocks which will combine with our capstan to impart a huge mechanical advantage to any force applied. For these blocks we start with some dry riven Chestnut Oak, which we plane down true and square. These pieces are glued up and carved to accept the rope stropping. For our sheaves we use an old sailors favorite, Lignum Vitae wood, hardest
