B. Keith

Ropemaker

Pages

• Pre-Revolutionary Ropemaking in the American Colonies
  • Introduction
  • History of Ropemaking
  • Ropemaking Techniques
  • Single Strand Rope - Yarns
  • Two Strand Rope
  • Three and Four Strand Rope
  • Ends of Ropes
  • Fiber Sources
  • Processing Plant Fibers
  • Plants for Cordage
  • Rope Byproducts
  • Life as a Ropemaker
  • Ropes in Literature
  • Bibliography
• Equipment Plans
  • Canopy
  • Cranks
  • Crooks
  • Lucets
  • Netting Needles
  • Reels
  • Ropemaker's Bench
  • Rope Spinners
  • Sewing Palm
  • A Simple Table
  • Tent
  • Tent Stakes
  • Winders
• Packing and Hauling
  • Packing the Mule
  • Packing the Haversack
  • Packing the Tool Bag
  • Packing the Tool Chest
• Sightings
• Handbill
• Bibliography of Twist
• Bibliography of Whipping
• Ropemaking Videos from Around the World
• What do You Call a Ropemaker?
• An Abecedarium of Rope