Foot-powered lathe build

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Not welding per se, but I think it will have a lot of interest here.http://www.wimp.com/footpowered/Amazing... just amazing what this guy does with wood. Amazing to see all the old construction techniques that have been largely forgotten.
Reply:Awesome video. My little brother is a bowl turner and has been bugging me to build a small treadle lathe for him to take to the fairs he attends. I was thinking a large cast iron flywheel would be great and this confirms it. I was looking at these plans:http://www.manytracks.com/lathe/lathe.pdf
Reply:I can remember watching Roy Underhil's "The Woodwrights Shop" on PBS as a kid back in the 80's. I remember him building a spring pole wood lathe for basic materials and even tried to build one myself back then. Shame his show isn't on in my area. I've always loved to watch him do things with just simple hand tools like they used to back in the day.Shows that you really don't need the newest fancy gizmo to create some really beautiful stuff if you have patience and skill..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Amazing and amusing at the same time."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:As the years go by the skills and knowledge  we once had slowly disapear....most people dont want to spend the time learning the way it use tobe done...Of all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Now THATS talent!I have always said I can do just about anything with metal, but hand me a chunk of wood and I become an idiot. DSW, I remember the The Woodwrights Shop also. you can still catch it once in awhile on PBS here. Usually on Saturday mornings.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:That makes me tired just watching it....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Man, I am so jelly!!(you old guys might have to google that one.)Through a craigslist ad, I am building a trailer for a guy in trade for a ShopSmith. I could never build a lathe like that guy! He is very skilled!!Lincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Originally Posted by larpheadDSW, I remember the The Woodwrights Shop also. you can still catch it once in awhile on PBS here. Usually on Saturday mornings.
Reply:That's incredible.  I hope that took him a really long time to build.  Either that, or he's in incredible shape!
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterThat makes me tired just watching it....zap!
Reply:Originally Posted by larpheadNow THATS talent!I have always said I can do just about anything with metal, but hand me a chunk of wood and I become an idiot. DSW, I remember the The Woodwrights Shop also. you can still catch it once in awhile on PBS here. Usually on Saturday mornings.
Reply:Originally Posted by joshuabardwellNooo kidding. I like how he sped up all the sawing. Every so often, I have reason to use a hand saw or an axe, and I thank my lucky stars I live in an era where we have power tools and chainsaws. To think how tired my wrist would be after sawing out the groove for the metal bed of the lathe! Sheesh!
Reply:Originally Posted by rlitman  Not that I'm a fan of hand ripping, but if you go to a hardware store, you will find exactly zero handsaws with the appropriate teeth for ripping any more.
Reply:All that effort to make a fancy dildo.Motorboating...in the Cleavage of the Tetons
Reply:Originally Posted by rideitAll that effort to make a fancy dildo.
Reply:when I was a kid I used to daydream about things I'd be able to build if I was ever stranded on a desert island with no electricity, guess I watched too much Gilligan's island or something... this woulda been something cool to build there I guess miller 330a bp TIGmiller dynasty 200DX TIGmillermatic 185 MIGthermal dynamics cutmaster 101 plasma cuttersnap-on YA5550 plasma cutterhypertherm powermax 30 plasma cutterbaileigh CS225 cold sawetc....