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Offline Young Bowyer

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Primitive Lathe?
« on: July 11, 2011, 05:52:08 pm »
Has anyone seen one of these? Looking for plans, links, anything,

Thanks

P.S No motors or fancy metal parts please  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 06:16:52 pm »
Google "tradle lathe" or "spring pole lathe" and see what you come up with. Both can be pretty  primitive.  ;)
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 07:15:15 pm »
If I want the spring pole to last, id better sinew back it eh?  O:)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 01:17:53 am »
Hickory selfpole!  ;D
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 01:49:11 am »
I checked out that "spring pole lathe". very interesting! Does look as though it could feel primitive after awhile ::).
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 03:27:19 am »
Google WOOD WRIGHTS SHOP There used to be a guy on PBS that used all human powerd tools, it was out of North Cacalackey  ;)  Great show ;D    Roy Underhill,,thats the man!
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 03:34:54 am »
Rick, that's where I learned about spring pole lathes and treadle lathes. I've been watching Roy on Saturday afternoon for many years. He did a show on building a selfbow one time. I only cought the tail end of it.
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 02:55:57 pm »
We used to watch him here but our  PBS station stopped carrying his show a few years ago,ticked me off,,that guy is good!!  I really enjoyed his show
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Offline Stretch

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 09:56:11 pm »
Quote from: Rick Wallace on July 13, 2011, 02:55:57 pm
We used to watch him here but our  PBS station stopped carrying his show a few years ago,ticked me off,,that guy is good!!  I really enjoyed his show

You can watch his show online.  Here's a link:

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3000/index.html
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Offline Young Bowyer

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 10:22:47 pm »
Thanks guys, this helped alot. Just got back from camping, couldve got a couple red squirrels if my arrows had came in earlier  :'(... Anyways thanks again everybody.  8)
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2011, 02:56:27 am »

     The lathe has been around since at least 700 BC, as there is an Etruscan bowl from that time period that bears the marks typical of lathe tools.  It could also have been in use as far back as 1000 BC.  The lathe has been called the oldest of the machine tools.  A good book " by Alden A Watson" , that illustrates the bow drill, and it being used, by various means, is " Country Furniture " It shows the Egyptians, and a simple bow lathe, with two people using it, and then some treadle bow lathes, and a huge wheel lathe, that was turned by human, or water power.  Stretch, thanks for the link for Roy Underhill's Woodright's shop.  I used to watch him every chance I got.  He always had some neat stuff, and tools. 8)

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Offline Barrage

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2011, 09:14:02 pm »
Check out this guy, Robin Wood.  He uses a foot powered lathe to turn out absolutely gorgeous bowls.

http://www.robin-wood.co.uk/
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Offline Diligence

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2011, 12:37:16 am »
Might be a bit late, but I've spoken via email with Robin Wood and he was extremely helpful with my questions in the past.

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J
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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2011, 03:15:33 am »
My wife and I went to Morocco last year. We saw some of these guys with bow lathes. Wonderfull to watch. Have a look at this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnv0DAR_gWA

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Offline BowJunkie

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Re: Primitive Lathe?
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2011, 03:24:06 am »
Wow Talk about some fancy foot work.
That guy makes me nervous, thought he was gonna take a finger off at the beginning.
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