working wood in the 18th century

[bubblewrapboy99]

scared the shit out of me at 3:03

[dscottredlin]

Mack Headley at the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop, Colonial Williamsburg.

[WoodCarvink]

Great!!! Old school creative!

[jjohnston94]

I finally just realized why I would not have liked to live in the 18th century. No, it's not the lack of dentistry, or the typhus, the tuberculosis, or the plague. It's the annoyingly repetitious harpsichord music.

[hicksy1763]

@jerryaltman He is using calipers and dividers to measure against his drawings, and then transferring the measurement to the turning. The legs don't have to be 100% exact, but close enough that the eye fills in the difference, and a good turner in the 18th century would get them very, very close.

[cekinxxx]

che palle per quello che deve girare la ruota :D

torture for the guy rotating the wheel

[australianstheway]

that would be so good getting to wind that big fuckin wheel all day lol

[gwoodcraft]

i love that lathe

[aaroninatlanta]

Some fine work going on there..... Thinking about trying it myself too

[Trepy007]

BRAVO.....!!

[jerryaltman]

How to keep symmetry, in case this is the leg of a table and need 4 identical pieces ?

[Raverlabs]

Loved it at 3:37 most !

[joeratti]

is this actual footage from the 18th century?

[LutzDerLurch]

Very nice Video.

[modernhmong1]

3:00 oh shit!!! aaahhhh..............!

[glamfusion]

Shepeto!! jajajaja

[jplully]

Great vid ,thanks!

[arathorn77]

it begins like a 90's porno...ahahahhah

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[douskara]

Spectacular!!

[1sdrummer2]

I believe this is from Colonial Williamsburg.

[HotBroodish]

the title of this video is lol.

[rseabrease]

Does anyone know where this wood shop is located?

[Max0Inq]

Yeah, that's what I call real woodwork - no power tools making half of your work instead of you. I really enjoyed watching it.

[besamemucho5]

i would crank that wheel for no less than $25.00 an hour plus all the benefits that should go witlh it such as health insurance, over time would be at the going rate which is time and a half also any weekends involved would be at double time and a half ...all added up after straight salary, overtime and benefits would be about $ 100,000.00 a year.....not a cheap lathe.

[C24B9]

You will receive standard apprentice wages, a bed, two meals a day, and sundays off for church.

Overtime? Sirrah! We will have none of it....

:-)

[HotBroodish]

lol

[purplemonkey0]

i buildt my own bow lathe not to be historical but because it was very inexpensive and easy

[wazii6]

one problem u need one person to move the wheel i like the ideai of making a bow lathe otherwise did u make a special one that u pumped with ure legs or is it the same one this guy has in the video and if u did can u tell me how its made

[HandMadeFurniture]

wonderful to see it's still being done. love the period costume.

[LutzDerLurch]

Arethere any constructionplans for these "mashines"and/or souces for historiclyaccurate tools?

[deezynar]

Roy Underhill, an American woodworker/historian, has written several books that have plans for period lathes and other woodworking tools and projects. His books also have excellent bibliographies, they give you about all the information that is available.

[LutzDerLurch]

thank you very much!

[gswiaczny]

But... In 18th century they didn't have a camera! :(

Joking ofcourse. Really inspiring video. I want to build my own traditional lathe... Great stuff. Greetings from Poland. :)

[mortson978]

well, then you should also have a really good friend to stand there and crank it for you.

[shotibf109G2]

i love it! thank you for posting.

[Grimaggressor]

Very inspiring.

I now feel like a cheater when I turn on my power tools...

I have the highest regards for craftsmen of this caliber.

[07dwarves]

Thanks!

[plumber3dad]

Man your Apprentice sure is old.

[theromanpraetorian]

i thought they are actually making a recorder (flute) cuze the music is one! becase before watching this iwas watchhing how they make a recorder. very same process though.

[Push1atency]

Exactly what happened to me...

[pippaknuckle]

Really interesting - thanks.

I noticed that the human motor is bending his back every turn of the wheel. If it was done like this that would have have been a really terrible job.

[deezynar]

I noticed that too. I'd raise the wheel up a foot. They put it up in the rafters in some shops and cranked it from the floor with a long pole. It got the wheel out of the way.

[warc66c2]

i wish i had the stuff to do that... it looks like lots of fun =(

[taco58bell]

Great stuff! I clicked on it and immediately saw the Hays Shoppe. The music and work are well matched!

[pirulitinhodoce]

VERY NICE VIDEO! CONGRATULATIONS !

[jws54]

that is very skillful woodturning, using a gouge like that. those suckers can dig in

[guild54]

Mack Headley on the gauge and Kerri Lofgrin on the wheel. Hope the spelling is right??

[guild54]

Mack Headley on the gauge and Kerri Lofgrin on the wheel

[Overbryd]

Ah... good old times. who's turning the wheel for the camera?

[TheBaroqueEra]

Cool! Who is playing the music - specifically the recorder?

[entmage]

This gets my Nifty stamp of approval