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steven j. miller

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Mar 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/6/99
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Anyone know where to get construction plans or drawings for a
reciprocating foot lathe?


Oswin2461

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Mar 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/7/99
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>Anyone know where to get construction plans or drawings for a
>reciprocating foot lathe?
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Try FWW #15. They had two different ones in that issue

Oswin

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c...@kih.net (steven j. miller) wrote:
Anyone know where to get construction plans or drawings for a
reciprocating foot lathe?

I am not really sure what you mean by a "reciprocating" foot lathe, but
I would say you have not even tried to search for any plans. Also I
would say you would get more responses by posting at
rec.crafts.woodturning then here.


Jim Mowreader

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Go to http://www.unctv.edu (I think; do an AltaVista search for
UNC-TV) and find Roy Underhill's "Woodwright's Shop" page. He made a
treadle lathe on one of his programs.
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russell...@yahoo.com

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Do you mean a spring pole lathe?

Go find a book or two by Drew Langsner or Rex Alexander(?). These two write
about green woodworking. They will have plans in them for a spring pole lathe
as used by English chair bodgers and/or rustic woodworkers.


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Tim

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Mar 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/7/99
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Roy makes one on one of the current episodes but it's not quite as nice as
the one he made years ago. Three of his five books discuss turning and
treadle or spring pole lathes. One has a set of "plans". Good luck, I'm
in the middle of one now, email me if you'd like...
tim

> Go to http://www.unctv.edu (I think; do an AltaVista search for
> UNC-TV) and find Roy Underhill's "Woodwright's Shop" page. He made a
> treadle lathe on one of his programs.
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> > Anyone know where to get construction plans or drawings for a
> > reciprocating foot lathe?
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Don Rumrill

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Mar 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/8/99
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I seem to remember this sort of lathe being described in the
Foxfire series of books about old-timey ways in the mountains
of the SE USA. If you can find the whole series it's in there
somewhere. Plus a whole lot more.

Don

Tim

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Mar 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/9/99
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This thread is also currently running on the turning newsgroup. Someone
suggested looking at FWW #15. I did and got some great info. There are
two articles, one describes an elegant treadle lathe and the other
discusses a lathe made from bike freewheel. The freewheel lathe is very
intrigueing especially since I've got tons of bike guts laying around from
years as a bike mechanic...
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