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These are especially valuable
to the traditional boat builder/repairer or to builders of oak frame buildings as
they enable a structural curved member to be cut that has excellent strength
without suffering from short grain.
Our stock of oak, elm and
sweet chestnut bends is growing all the time so please enquire with your
requirement. Often it is helpful to have
a paper template you can send us or a photograph or drawing to show the type of
curve.
Here are some examples of
what we can supply:
These two lovely knees
now form the stem knee and stern knee of a historic Tenby Lugger being built by
Pembrokeshire
College in
Just a little of our
bendy stock in the round waiting a use.
This good size sweet
chestnut log had a fair, gentle curve and was converted to form boat deck
beams.
Sadly crooks like this
are all too rare.
This little knee (and
the others like it in the boat) were made from a crook supplied by us and give
a much nicer (and stronger) finish than making a knee with a half-lap
joint. Tim Loftus Boatbuilder
of Bristol built this boat, and gave his permission to use the photo.
We have a stock of dozens of
different crooks in oak, elm and sweet chestnut, so tell us what you need and
we will try to help. To give you an idea
of cost, crooks like these two below usually work out at around £30 or £40
each, and in this case the customer cut each piece to make two knees. Large knees like those in the top photo above
will cost at least £120 each.
As you can see these
little crooks are a pretty good match for the customer’s
templates. The egg box gives you an idea
of scale.