What am I

[Bryan Milham]

A little game.

I was asked to turn this and there will eventually be another one with 4 channels.

Info.

It is a hand tool for a particular application, it is made of beech, 160mm diameter by 110mm high and has a handle either side. The 3 channels are 40mm diameter and are this size specifically as they are the most important part of the tool for its application. So...

...What am I?

[Les Symonds]

Don't know the name for it, but it's used in making rope on a rope-walk.
Les

[bodrighywood]

For twisting rope strands. Comes in various plies. Used to have them on the ships.
Pete

[Bryan Milham]

Yes, it's a rope top, but why the extra wide rope guides?

[bodrighywood]

The ones we used were able to twist smaller yarns or rope that was already twisted so making thicker ones for mooring. Saved having a seperate one for every size rope. They were a pain to use though as you had to twist them really tight . Fortunately it was just something we had to learn to do so we could tell the crew how to do it LOL.


Pete

[seventhdevil]

they are called rope makers "top" and i believe come in lots of different sizes.

there is a good video of them in use here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By8K5mKSwDA

[Bryan Milham]

The extra wide guide channels are not for extra big rope. The person I made this for makes Bell Pulls for church Bells.

The woolly bit at the bottom of the rope is called a Sally, and they are twisted into the rope while it is being made.