Rope Bed Tightening Tool

The handle is firm and tight.

Rope bed tightening tool. Handmade and hand carved wooden rope bed tightening tool used. Probably have stretched and you can tighten the dowel lashings again. You can push down on the rope. Now take that 20 feet of 1 8 inch sisal rope and run it.

New rope bed rope straining tightening wrench or key kingofzoar1817. Actual weight 2 1 4 lbs. 17 3 8 long by 14 wide at the handle and 2 1 4 thick. Guaranteed old and original.

An antique bed key is used to tighten the rope. 03 16 26 16. Nite ize figure 9 carabiner rope tightener large aluminum rope tightening mechanism with carabiner clip fits rope 3mm 9mm 150lb load limit 4 6 out of 5 stars 354 4 03 4. T are no splits or cracks but t is some chipping and wear near the forked end that pulls the rope.

It is made of strong oak and measures 16 long x 2 in diameter with an 11 long handle. This is not a fake or reproduction. Here s a video showing how the key was used to tighten the bed ropes. This is where your assistant comes in handy.

Put the straining wrench see below through the rope like a clothes pin and use the handle to twist the wrench. 5 out of 5 stars 131 131 reviews 55 00. Antique handmade hand carved wooden rope bed tightening tool used on beds from about 1840 to 1880 s. Antique early wonderfully primitive handmade hand carved and hand forged wrought iron banded wooden colonial new england rope bed tightening tool with it s original exceptionally crude axe chopped whittled and auger bit drill construction it s original exceptional hand ax and whittled inserted twisting stick it s original vertical stress crack on the main tightening shaft it s.

In this photo the bed key will be turned counterclockwise to tighten the second rope below the headboard. Antique primitive rope bed tightener key this is a primitive tool used for tightening rope on rope beds common in the 1800 1900 s. First loosen the tension rope quite a bit. Here you have two options to tighten the ropes in your layout but you will begin at the first part of the layout.

Tightening a rope bed at the hands on cabin at log cabin village fort worth tx. The key was used to tighten rope mattresses common in colonial and post colonial america. Here s the cool thing having gone to all this trouble once you don t need to rerope your bed ever again. Maine 1860 possibly earlier.

To tighten the rope start at point a.