Noah stands as the ancient grandmaster of shipwrights. As the Ark will be constructed during the course of the show it is important to understand the tools you will be utilizing. They each are necessary for the construction of a wooden ship and would have been used by Noah and his sons in the construction of the Ark. By far the most important tool of the shipwright was the adze. "The tool, though part of the equipment of the carpenter, was far more generally and conspicuously used by the shipwright" (Mercer 92). The adze is used to shape beams and slim them down to their proper widths. Please peruse the images and content in the book linked bellow to further educate your selves about ancient tools.
Ancient Carpenter's Tools
Mercer, Henry Chapman. Ancient Carpenters' Tools: Together with Lumbermen's, Joiners' and Cabinet Makers' Tools in Use in the Eighteenth Century. Doylestown, PA: Horizon, Published for the Bucks County Historical Society, 1975. Print.
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