Making a Bowl On a DIY Foot Powered Pole* Lathe - Dee Synnott

Dee Synnott is a traditional green wood worker based in Tipperary in Ireland. He hand crafts bowls and cups on a foot powered spring lathe that he built himself out of scrap pieces of wood. He shows us how to make a bowl and tells us all about the lathe and associated chisels, most of which he also made!
If you'd like to learn how to turn a bowl, or purchase one from Dee, check out his website and Instagram links below:
www.deesynnottwoodcraft.com/
/ dee.synnottwoodcraft
Other links in the video:
Sharif Adams
www.sharifadams.co.uk/
/ wooden_way
The Bowl Gathering Festival
www.woodlandmakers.com/bowl-g...
Matty Whittaker
matty.whitt...
Make with Mitch:
/ makewithmitch

[@nikolartwork1471]

It's remarkable how a little bit of scrap can be turned into anything with the right ingenuity

[@SprotKala]

Nice for you to share this! Always good to see fellow turners telling how they do it.

[@makewithmitch]

Thanks! Your setup looks pretty similar. Do you use a pole or elastic for the power?

[@ZombClapzCheekz]

This was in my feed and so happy I watched. I've been working with wood for +10 years and I always feel I produce better things using the old fashioned ways. Power tools are amazing and can't be beat when mass producing something but there's something relaxing and therapeutic(honestly lol) when your the machine shaping nature to your liking. I would highly recommend any "crafter" to at least learn the way our ancestors produced some amazing things.

[@makewithmitch]

Ye its super nice to fully immerse yourself into a project without the pressure of time/ productivity. The power tools will always be there waiting for when you need to get shit done!

[@Elcobong]

Lovely explanation, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of you turning!

[@joeofnotrades]

An other outstanding video

[@makewithmitch]

Cheers Joe!