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- From: brettm@execu.execu.com (Brett Miller)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Treadle lathe
- Message-ID: <4837@execu.execu.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:56:44 GMT
- References: <1h8pneINN5cs@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Organization: Comshare, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI
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- Eric,
- I haven't build a treadle lathe yet, but it's on my to-do
- list. I'm in the process of reconstructing a 19th century
- woodworking/blacksmithing shop. Anything that I can't do with
- a hand tool, I'm at least using human-powered equipment.
-
- I recommend Roy Underhill's "Woodwrights Workbook" this
- has instructions on how to build a treadle lathe. (It also covers
- great-wheel and springpole lathes.) Also, you can still buy
- metal (and sometimes wood) treadle lathes on the antique market.
- However, these will probably set you back anywhere from $100 to several
- hundred dollars.
-
- I hope this helps,
- Brett
-
- P.S. If you're not acquainted with Underhill's books or his PBS
- series, you should check them out. He doesn't produce exactly
- what you could call "fine furniture", but he covers quite a few
- bases (including house construction, tool care, how to select
- trees, etc).
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- Brett Miller
- Comshare Inc, Ann Arbor MI
- brettm@comshare.com
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- * The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of Comshare. *
- * In fact, they might not even be mine. I'm just argumentative. *
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