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. All three grooves are fitted with steamed laminated timbers.

This model is part of series of five models see SLR2323, SLR 2324, SLR2325 and SLR2327.

Object Details

ID: SLR2326
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 202 x 138 mm