Sir, I want to thank you for your inspiration, your dedication to details in your videos. Your help to me has gone from the range of leather working, machine setup and use (treadle stitcher), green woodworking, and the rapid build foot powered Lathe. I am making mine, as I lost this, with slight adjustments to the spring power due to space constraints and am about 3 hours away from my first test for the lathe. Bless you and my hopes for good health in the future!
Another brilliant film, I have a wood lathe with an electric motor on, but I have never used a pole lathe before. It looks like an interesting tool. I am enjoying this series as always. Thanks fir sharing, take care, regards, Chris.
I see you use traditional turning tools. In my childhood, I saw turning wood by handmade lathe similar to you. The quality was pretty goods. Most of our house furniture, school, office windows, furniture, and other stuff all made by traditional way. now a day they use a motor with a handmade lathe with wood. For them to buy a lathe is out of budget. Although nowadays Chinese made lathe machine cost 200+$. I use a small US-made Taig lathe for my small items. I have 2 English tools. Robert Sorby's skewer for finishing and Henry's scrappers. but mostly use carbide tool for making my stuff. Leathercraft I learn to do first my own needs, but in recent years making to make some money and keep myself busy. both leathercraft and woodworking are very enjoyable. I learned something from you too.
Hello Harry, I hope you and the Family are all doing well. I found this video absolutely fascinating. I am like you primarily a leatherworker, but love any kind of craftwork. The pole lathe is absolutely wonderful isn't it. Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it, but did you build it yourself. I am really looking forward to seeing the finished dolls but watching the build process is incredibly interesting. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos, I always feel good when I see a new video has been uploaded. Bye for now from Felix and me. Take care.
I might have missed this but how do you drill the hole through the shoulders so that the dowel can go in at a 90 degree angle to the torso? You did a wonderful job of making these dolls which I collect!
Fascinating stuff, Harry. As you say, the pole lathe is ancient tech. What did they use as a return spring in the days before elastic bungees? Was it some kind of twisted rope malarky or some bendy wood "leaf springs"? Cheers.
Hi Andy, very often they used a springy branch, and some of my friends still use one. For example John in the Makers Fair video, and Ben Otford in the pole lathe racing video.
Thanks Harry. I find all this very interesting, but haven't the time to build anything like it myself. Although I have taken up leather-working over the last six-or-so months. Love your channel. Keep on producing content like this for us mere mortals, please.
I hope to build a pole lathe this summer. one thing that I have been wondering about is how durable is it built out of pine? I imagine pounding in and out hardwood wedges would deform the bed in places of high use. I can get oak or maple but I would like to keep it as economical as possible.
Wonderful! I have a question for you: instead of the lathe's rope going around the workpiece, could a pulley wheel with some device to secure the turning stock be attached at the head?
Simply wonderful. But I wouldn't say that your pole lathe is completely carbon-neutral. You have to eat. cheers from a musical instrument maker from sunny Vienna, Scott
Sir, I want to thank you for your inspiration, your dedication to details in your videos.
Your help to me has gone from the range of leather working, machine setup and use (treadle stitcher), green woodworking, and the rapid build foot powered Lathe.
I am making mine, as I lost this, with slight adjustments to the spring power due to space constraints and am about 3 hours away from my first test for the lathe.
Bless you and my hopes for good health in the future!
Thanks Chris.
love your sense of humour
⭐️ Absolutely superb !! ⭐️ many thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍
So satisfying to watch. The sound of the lath and knife, the color of the wood and shavings; I can almost smell the fresh wood.
A lost art indeed. Love watching your work. Thanks for sharing. Davin
Those curling wood shavings make me happy. It's also fun to see how different people use the space they have.
Another brilliant film, I have a wood lathe with an electric motor on, but I have never used a pole lathe before. It looks like an interesting tool. I am enjoying this series as always. Thanks fir sharing, take care, regards, Chris.
Thanks Chris
I see you use traditional turning tools. In my childhood, I saw turning wood by handmade lathe similar to you. The quality was pretty goods. Most of our house furniture, school, office windows, furniture, and other stuff all made by traditional way. now a day they use a motor with a handmade lathe with wood. For them to buy a lathe is out of budget. Although nowadays Chinese made lathe machine cost 200+$. I use a small US-made Taig lathe for my small items. I have 2 English tools. Robert Sorby's skewer for finishing and Henry's scrappers. but mostly use carbide tool for making my stuff. Leathercraft I learn to do first my own needs, but in recent years making to make some money and keep myself busy. both leathercraft and woodworking are very enjoyable. I learned something from you too.
Hello Bazlur, that sounds great.
Amazing,the dolls are wonderful,but the fact that you made a non electric lathe is super!
Thanks
Thanks Mr Rogers. :)
Great content as usual Harry! Great to see you back on the lathe!
Every video I’ve watched of this channel I’ve enjoyed and learnt a lot, thank you for time to upload, keep it coming :)
That's great Mark, Thank you very much.
I really enjoy you videos. They are relaxing and make me happy. Wish I was closer. Thanks for sharing your talent! KANSAS USA
Thanks very much Jack that's great.
Hey... that's pretty clever ❤
I enjoy your videos, you are so creative. Thank you for sharing .
I really liked that lathe. Hope to see you use it more.
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Do you have/share how to make the pole Lathe? I think that an awesome machine you have put together.
Yes I have put up two videos on making two different pole lathes...in the woodworking playlist.
Hello Harry, I hope you and the Family are all doing well. I found this video absolutely fascinating. I am like you primarily a leatherworker, but love any kind of craftwork. The pole lathe is absolutely wonderful isn't it. Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it, but did you build it yourself. I am really looking forward to seeing the finished dolls but watching the build process is incredibly interesting. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos, I always feel good when I see a new video has been uploaded. Bye for now from Felix and me. Take care.
Hello Andy and Felix ...that is great to hear. I am sure Felix would like my station workshop on the outside...smell too leathery inside!
I might have missed this but how do you drill the hole through the shoulders so that the dowel can go in at a 90 degree angle to the torso? You did a wonderful job of making these dolls which I collect!
Hi I think I used a pillar drill.
Fascinating stuff, Harry. As you say, the pole lathe is ancient tech. What did they use as a return spring in the days before elastic bungees? Was it some kind of twisted rope malarky or some bendy wood "leaf springs"? Cheers.
Hi Andy, very often they used a springy branch, and some of my friends still use one. For example John in the Makers Fair video, and Ben Otford in the pole lathe racing video.
Thanks Harry. I find all this very interesting, but haven't the time to build anything like it myself. Although I have taken up leather-working over the last six-or-so months. Love your channel. Keep on producing content like this for us mere mortals, please.
The word "lathe" is the same as "lath", meaning a long thin piece of wood, like the one used as a spring on a pole lathe.
I hope to build a pole lathe this summer. one thing that I have been wondering about is how durable is it built out of pine? I imagine pounding in and out hardwood wedges would deform the bed in places of high use. I can get oak or maple but I would like to keep it as economical as possible.
Hi Sean, the pine seems fine...possibly because the wedge pressure is spread over a fair area. The wedges themselves are hardwood.
Wonderful! I have a question for you: instead of the lathe's rope going around the workpiece, could a pulley wheel with some device to secure the turning stock be attached at the head?
Yes I think it could...a bowl turning pole lathe uses a mandrel ....there is one in my vid on the Half Hour Challenge.
Simply wonderful. But I wouldn't say that your pole lathe is completely carbon-neutral. You have to eat.
cheers from a musical instrument maker from sunny Vienna, Scott