Workstead
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Anybody ever read any of the Eric Sloane books?
I really like old tools. Sloane book sit proudly in my bookcase. I acquired it growing up in Massachusetts.
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Anybody ever read any of the Eric Sloane books?
The rope is called oakum and it was made out of and treated with many things -- you may also find other tools that look like twisted sqaure steel that have hooks on them etc for tamping the oakum into the jointa rope like piece of felt mashed in, then molten lead poured in tor a permanent seal
The rope is called oakum and it was made out of and treated with many things -- you may also find other tools that look like twisted sqaure steel that have hooks on them etc for tamping the oakum into the joint