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basilisk

29/04/2013 2:48 AM

foot powered lathe(pay attention Nick)


Saw this over at rec.crafts.metalworking.


http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/

basilisk


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"Lee Michaels"

in reply to basilisk on 29/04/2013 2:48 AM

29/04/2013 1:06 AM



"basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Saw this over at rec.crafts.metalworking.
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> http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/
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> basilisk

A lot of skill and craftsmanship went into that lathe. Thanks, I enjoyed
that. That guy is FAST!


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Bill

in reply to basilisk on 29/04/2013 2:48 AM

29/04/2013 2:04 PM

Lee Michaels wrote:
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> "basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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>> Saw this over at rec.crafts.metalworking.
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>> http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/
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>> basilisk
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> A lot of skill and craftsmanship went into that lathe. Thanks, I
> enjoyed that. That guy is FAST!
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>

That was great! Can a lathe like that turn non-green wood (I know that
Roy's spring-pole lathe is designed to
only turn green wood)?

Bill

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[email protected] (Larry W)

in reply to basilisk on 29/04/2013 2:48 AM

29/04/2013 11:11 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Lee Michaels <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
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>"basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
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>> Saw this over at rec.crafts.metalworking.
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>> http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/
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>> basilisk
>
>A lot of skill and craftsmanship went into that lathe. Thanks, I enjoyed
>that. That guy is FAST!
>
>
>

Great video, worthy of the bow that guy takes at the end. I have a version
of that same Dunlop lathe, though set up for electric motor of course.
Anyone interested in tools like this who is near Haver de Grace, Maryland
should check out the Stepping Stone Museum in Susquehanna State Park.
They have an original foot-powered lathe and other 19th century tools
on display. There's also a working water-powered grist mill in
another part of the park that they demonstrate during weekends in
the summer. The overshot water wheel, as I recall, is around 20 some
feet in diameter.

http://www.steppingstonemuseum.org/

http://www.renaissancewoodworker.com/victorian-pedal-lathe/


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Better to be stuck up in a tree than tied to one.

Larry W. - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org


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