Blender 3D Basics Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Time for action – making the oarlock

This will be a change of methods. However, with some deletion of faces, copying them, moving them, and extruding them, you will soon have an oarlock:

1. Open a new file in Blender.
2. Press X to delete the default cube.
3. Make a cylinder. In the Tool Shelf, set the radius to 0.083 like the shaft of the oar, as seen in the following screenshot:
   
4. Change to the Top view, Ortho mode, and zoom in to the cylinder.
5. Press A to deselect the cylinder. Press Shift + A, and select Mesh and then Torus from the drop-down menu.
6. In the Tool Shelf, set the Major Segments to 18 and the Minor Segments to 12; then, set the Major Radius to 0.13 ...