Viking woodturning - Lofotr Viking Museum (2006)

More info : www.lofotr.no
Danish archeologist Søren Mainz demonstrating how the vikings made wood turned drinking bowls, on his reconstructed lathe based on drawings and archaoelogical material from Germany and Scandinavia.

[@MrRugercat45]

That is incredible! People were so incredibly smart back then-perhaps smarter than today. We are losing our creativity quickly with all these technological devices that think for us and we use our brains less. This lathe is just as good as anything we have today-or better! Thank you, I would love to build one like it so I could make bowls and cups like that for myself. I don't like technology much and try to use hand-powered tools and simple things-unfortunately computers are one thing we cannot replicate primitively-yet! Thanks!

[@condorlegion89]

Wonderful, enlightning video! I need these tools and a lathe!
This man must get very inspired from the pure air and mountainous surroundings.

[@geirarej]

@mikeminnesota Thank you so much. I am happy you enjoyed your stay here at the museum. Looking forward to hear more about your iron making.

[@crowjarofranco5059]

never seen anything like it! amazing

[@MitchelJacobsen]

Wow, that is so amazing! Those Vikings were really clever.

[@piotrbazylewicz9100]

Nordic people were clever, viking is a job, nowadays we would call them pirates.

[@carr869]

Thank you for taking your time to make this video, I think your lathe is wonderful. I want to make one. You can turn some very nice bowls on it. I would like to learn more about it. Again I thank you.
Thomas