Benchtop Spring Pole Lathe [Woodworking Project]
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2017
- I really wanted to get a lathe but my shed is so tiny I needed one that I could pack away when I wasn't using it. With that in mind I designed and created a benchtop lathe from pallet wood. This video documents the making of the lathe as well as a little bit of my attempted turning at the end. I still need a lot of practice!
A lot of this lathe is based on a design by Roy Underhill, though really when it comes to a spring pole lathe many of the designs look similar because they're all rather simple.
Thank you for viewing, check out the various links below if you'd like to see what else I get up to, thanks a lot!
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I really enjoyed the fact that it was made in natural light, in a small average shop, with low-end tools... Like most of us guys enjoying woodworking. I also enjoyed the absence of comment (ie M. Chickadee). Thanks and hope to see more from you.
Thank you Joseph, glad you enjoyed it! Mr Chickadee makes some fantastic content indeed!
Thank you Clint, very good project, will definitely give it a try
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it
I've developed a passion for "old style hand woodworking" so it's nice to see videos like this to help me along the way, Thank You!🙂
+Randy Treeman36 My pleasure Randy! It's hard to lose that passion once you get it. I hope you can make plenty of interesting things.
I came here from... The World Of Woodwork Facebook page. I could never be without my tools, but I still love seen these old techniques!
+Framerite Airdrie Thank you! Im the same, I like the older tools but I'll watch any kind of woodworking really.
I've never seen anyone drive screws with a brace and bit. Love it!
+Brian Dieckman It's a nice, quiet and therapeutic process I suggest you try it! Haha. Thanks a lot!
I did prior to loosing my mini-homestead project in Fairview Park On Staten Island New York up to February 22nd 2019.
Please help to get another free land use deal somewhere with clean air.
It was very peaceful to watch. I loved the hand tools, so quite in the shop.
Thanks Tim! It is lovely and quiet in there, just how I like it.
Love the vid sir, nice to see a manual powered machine made by hand , with hand tools!!🙂🙂👍
+Randy Treeman36 Thanks a lot Randy! It took a little planning but I got there! Glad you liked it.
Congratulations, beautiful tool. Thank you very much for sharing your time and knowledge. Greetings from Argentina
Absolutely incredible! I found this on instructables and came here. This would go perfect with my portable workbench and collapsible sawhorses. Thanks!
+eddie yanick Thanks very much Eddie! I really hope it works well for you, mines still going strong!
Great shop. A true hand worker
Thanks Edward!
I thought this was going to be a medieval style pole lathe, because iron age/medieval craftsmanship has been the rabiithole i've been down the last few days. The bungee cord surprised me more than any of M. Night Shamwow's movies ever did, Sixth Sense excluded. I'll admit he snared me on that one. I'd be with a bit of experimentation, this could be vastly improved.
Oh it's certainly not the finished article, it was my first design though really it's very similar to other bungee cord lathes. I have since tried attaching a flexible branch to my bench which I think works better, for me anyway. Thanks for watching
Awesome job! Keep up the great work.
Thank you Bill!
I Checked out your channel as a shout out from rag n bone brown. Loving the traditional and simple handtools it is inspiring to get started.
Thank you so much Ed, I was really pleased to get a shoutout from Keith. I hope you enjoy the future videos 👍
That is amazing, and exactly what I was searching for. I hope that I can make the time to build one of my own in the future.
Ah thanks a lot, I hope you do manage to build one because it was a lot of fun!
How did I miss this vid before? Great job Clint and very inspiring vid - I really enjoy the way you put your vids together. Thanks for sharing mate.
+Mark McCluney Ah thanks Mark, this is probably one of my more rewarding projects to be honest. I'm still not that great at turning though haha.
Timber Anew I'm a pretty kak turner myself. Very sharp tools make all the difference. You'll get it mate, I look forward to those vids!
Now you just need to get or make a proper roughing gouge and then a skew gouge and you are all set! Nice video!
+Terry Right you are Terry! Need the proper tools for sure. Thanks very much! 👍
Wow! This is great! Like Steven Zara mentioned, I also thought of making a treadle conversion - using the spring pole powered one to turn the pulleys and pivots.
Thanks for sharing this and let me add that your video technique and your editing is very clean - making it a pleasure to watch. A remarkably good project all round. Well done, er, Timber!
Ah thanks a lot Mike, I would love to see some more treadle lathes being built so please point me in the way of some pictures when you do it! Haha, my name is Clint, I guess I should sign all my comments with that or something - Clint
Will do, Clint!
very inspiring, thnx for all that detail
Thanks Khalid, I appreciate it!
I love the back wall of your shop. Is that pallet wood? Nothing like the smell of fresh cut wood, and completing a project you made with your own two hands especially when you have done it all with just hand tools! Excellent build and thanks for showing us it still can be done without power tools The first cut you show I believe is called a lap joint, well I knew this was going to be made well. Good Job!
Thank you so much, very kind of you to say! It is indeed a pallet wood wall, very handy for putting a few tools on!
Came over from reddit!nice build! I have been wanting to make one of these for a long time!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you found me because now I have another channel to watch! haha. I'm liking your recycled stuff, look forward to your next video.
You really need to have made a saw bench, about knee high, for those ripping cuts.
Awesome🏆 Great projetc 👍
Thanks a lot Mikel, I'm looking forward to your next project!
When electricity fails
" Bravo six, going dark"
Hahaha! 👍
Come to a Bodgers Ball - you'll learn lots about polelathe turning
Wouldn't mind that one day, seen a lot of videos on them, looks like an awesome event to attend
Try putting a prusik on the bungy cord then attach the cord to the prusik so that you can move the cord without it moving back to the center of the bungy. Nice work on your project.
+Joe Treat I had to check what a prusik was, that's a good idea! I think I'll give that a go, thank you Joe.
Nice work. I suscribe. Greetings from Uruguay!
Thank you Horacio! 👍
Very nice!Have wanted one for a while now i like the bungy cord idea.
Thats a nice shed door,has it got clinched nails.i made a similar undressed door for my old shed.Next one i'll dress the inside,i want it undressed outside to let the water run off better.
I have to build Jeremy Brouns universal router stand first then i'll build one of these. Yes i subscribed too.
Thank you very much! The door was just bought from a hardware shop and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have clinched nails, I guess its probably just screwed together. It was bought way before I was interested in woodworking.
I used to live in NZ when I was little, near Wellington. I'm not a kiwi though, we moved there when I was 3 and returned when I was 5. I absolutely love the antler knife you made, very cool indeed.
Great! I was surprised.
Thank you!
I love that metal grinding tool
+GuildensternTube Haha me too! It's a lot of fun to use.
I saw that grinder and thought “find an old junk bicycle “. That would give you smoother power and free your other hand to hold the work
tq bro . i iove it.
Pleasure, thank you for watching!
Very nice work. The brace you uselooks interesting. Looks like a normal three jaw jacobs chuck is mounted. Can one buy braces like that or is it somehow converted. I always see just braces with two or four jaw chucks to hold the traditional bits with taperd square shafts.
That's a lot Peter! I think it's a Stanley brace, I got it used on eBay. Not sure what model it is though. It's not converted in any way as far as I know.
Not to be rude dude, but if you haven't figured it out yet, a shave horse or something like that to help you get the bark off of your stock before working it will help you produce better results with the lathe.
That's not rude at all! That's very helpful advice and a great idea. I never got round to making a shave horse but I do have a drawknife and spokeshave so maybe I'll make one someday. I don't really use the lathe now.
Great video! Question: Could you use a mechanism to convert the back-and-forth linear motion of the foot pedal into a one-direction circular motion of the work piece? Something like what's used on train wheels. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot Steven! and yes you're right you absolutely could do that and there is another style of lathe called a treadle lathe which operates in that way. A treadle lathe is a little more complicated than a spring pole lathe and as this was my first try at making one I decided to stick with this for the moment. Also there's more pieces to a treadle lathe and often the large wheel used in its operation is rather heavy to help it keep momentum, so I think that'd make it less portable than a spring pole lathe. It is definitely something I will try in the future though, when I have more space!
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good job have you make some plans
Thank you, yes you can see an article on my instructables page instructables.com/member/timberanew
I like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks for the inspiration. I made a Spring Pole Lathe and you helped. If you’d like you can check it out. thanks.
I got my inspiration from Roy Underhill and I'm thankful for his TV show! Thank you very much, I'd love to see it! 👍
Wow, amazing! I enjoyed it, subscribed and put your channel on my favorite list on my channel page!
Thank you so much Stephan! I just checked out two of your videos, clamps pushing against the ceiling and the clamp extender, such creative problem solving and totally brilliant. I shall be subscribing to you also and checking out your videos, I love it when I find a new channel! Now gonna add you to my favourites also.
Thank you Clint (is this correct?), I appreciate it a lot :)
Yes, my name is Clint. I need to make a habit of signing my comments with my name haha. Thank you too Stephan, I'm flattered you like my stuff.
A modern day "Bodger." eh?
Haha, one day perhaps!
Hi friend. I watched your excellent proyect for some time and I wonder if you can make a device similar to the one they call cutterbug but out of wood. The paper crafters, use it for emboss or cut patterns on paper....I am sure that the device can be make it with wood. I wonder if you can make a video if you can figure it out to make it. Here is the video so you can watch how it works ua-cam.com/video/OStHc3rSZTo/v-deo.html
I know, it is the same mechanic they use in the old days after the laundry ( the wringer) ua-cam.com/video/yAQ_pOUhD4Q/v-deo.html
Thank you forehand to read my comment.
+Sonia Trott Hi Sonia, thank you for watching my videos and thank you for the compliment! I just checked the video and I agree it would be an interesting idea. I'll look into that. My sister uses one of those too!
Thank you so much!!!!
at least buy a cordless drill bro, now very cheap
I have one, but I felt like making this with a brace because it was more fun