Knee Former

Scale: Unknown. Model of a former for bending timber into knees (1813). The model is made entirely of wood carved from a single block of stained and polished elm, with three curved grooves, square in section, on side into which the steamed timbers are set for forming. The other side has a circular, square and half-circular hole cut in together with two pairs of metal eyes on the vertical sides. Only one of the three grooves is fitted with a steamed laminated timber.

This model is part of series of five models see SLR2323, SLR 2324, SLR2326 and SLR2327.

Object Details

ID: SLR2325
Collection: Ship models
Type: Component model; Knee Former model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Circa 1813
People: Hookey, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 45 x 212 x 98 mm