Rope Bed Tightening Tool

Here s a video showing how the key was used to tighten the bed ropes.

Rope bed tightening tool.

First loosen the tension rope quite a bit. Put the straining wrench see below through the rope like a clothes pin and use the handle to twist the wrench. Guaranteed old and original. Here s the cool thing having gone to all this trouble once you don t need to rerope your bed ever again.

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Maine 1860 possibly earlier. 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. Handmade and hand carved wooden rope bed tightening tool used. This is not a fake or reproduction.

The handle is firm and tight. This is where your assistant comes in handy. The key was used to tighten rope mattresses common in colonial and post colonial america. 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.

While holding the rope taut with the wrench jam your awl into the hole to hold the tension while you go to the head of the bed and tighten the next length of rope b in the same manner. When you tour old colonial locations docents love to share with you the phrase sleep tight came from the fact that you would want the ropes tight in order to get a good night s. Here you have two options to tighten the ropes in your layout but you will begin at the first part of the layout. Probably have stretched and you can tighten the dowel lashings again.

Tightening a rope bed at the hands on cabin at log cabin village fort worth tx. Now take that 20 feet of 1 8 inch sisal rope and run it. To tighten the rope start at point a. In this photo the bed key will be turned counterclockwise to tighten the second rope below the headboard.

An antique bed key is used to tighten the rope. Actual weight 2 1 4 lbs. 5 out of 5 stars 131 131 reviews 55 00. Antique primitive rope bed tightener key this is a primitive tool used for tightening rope on rope beds common in the 1800 1900 s.

Antique handmade hand carved wooden rope bed tightening tool used on beds from about 1840 to 1880 s.