I love seeing blokes making stuff.
Here is one who reinvented the boat block.
I hope it pays off for him.
gary
Wow I'm slow. I looked at this for nearly two days not figuring out what the title had to do with the content 
But now I see what you have done 
I was going to title it, New Block on the Kid.
But thought that was a little too smart.
gary
Looks really good, extremely well thought out, just need someone to commercialise it so that the likes of me can buy it.
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Looks really good, extremely well thought out, just need someone to commercialise it so that the likes of me can buy it.
FWIW, there's a link on his youtube channel to a webstore where he's selling them for about $AU122 each, presumably not including shipping. Caveat emptor.
Looks like a good idea. I love the utility of it - being able to stack them, use them as a snatch block etc
I do wonder about friction though. There must be a reason that the experienced manufacturers are putting ball bearings in their blocks. The sheave in these new blocks looks to have quite a lot of surface area in contact with the central aluminium axle (spindle?), what's that going to be like after a bit of corrosion sets in on the aluminium.
The static load test shows that they are plenty strong enough, but does the sheave still rotate nicely under load?
I love the idea of open source boat equipment though! I could get behind that, especially if we could all be 3d printing things at home (or maybe in some remote achorage where the nearest chandlery is too far away)
It's not new. One of the major European brands has been making this style of block for years.
