Making A Pole Lathe
Ben orford invites you into the world of green woodwork.
Making a pole lathe. Draw knife or spoke shave. By hand i split it down into planks about 3 thick. There are two basic types a spindle lathe for making stair rods chair legs and other spindly items and the other sort don t know the name for making bowls balls and the like. Brace and bit drill with bits.
My first pole lathe was a bit of a monstrosity. I want a bench vise. It was entirely handmade. Using traditional methods ben shows you how to split axe and prepare a piece of wood as well as how to use a shaving horse and a lathe.
By roy underhill pages 22 29. Learn how to build your own pole lathe for turning wood harry rogers shows you through the whole process of making a height adjusting pole lathe including all the meaurements further resourcesmike abbot has a chapter on how to make a pole lathe in his book living wood. Tools and suggested supplies hand saw. From buying a woodland to making a chairwoodland craft by ben law.
Beginning the project 1. Wright makes a few modifications of his own but his video series is extremely thorough and really worth a watch if you re interested in making a pole lathe using hand tools. The top link is a five part video series by wood by wright on making roy underhill s double spring pole lathe from issue 226 august 2016 of popular woodworking. As far as i m aware the only power tool involved was the chainsaw the city parks folks used to cut down the tree.
Can a portable foot powered lathe make a believer out of you. Wood turning on a spring pole lathe is all about reciprocation all about back and forth. Marked the width and clamped it in my vise. I was lucky enough to get hold of a medium sized ash tree about 28 diameter maybe 10 foot long.
Cut the posts to 44 lengths. How to build a pole lathe. Marked the depth of the cuts with my rosewood cutting gauge that i got at woodcraft a while back.