New Toy
Just to get started, I'm posting a picture of the latest addition to my shop. It's a Drummond treadle lathe made in England in 1924 and still works beautifully!
posted by Jim | 11:42 AM
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Just to get started, I'm posting a picture of the latest addition to my shop. It's a Drummond treadle lathe made in England in 1924 and still works beautifully!
2 Comments:
Wow. I am really jealous of you. Wish I had a lathe like that. I wonder if they exist in the USA.
I too, am envious of your treadle lathe. I have seen two treadle lathes located on the east coast of the USA. I have lived off the electrical grid for nearly thirty years. I have several line-shaft era belt drive machine tools. I am in the process of fabricating a treadle drive system to power a 9"swing metal lathe and a 12" band saw. I have already made a treadle powered scroll saw. I use cast iron flywheels, salvaged from castoff excercise bicycles. I learned of your adjustable neck design from Joseph Curtin at this year's Guild of American Luthiers conference.
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