Appalachian Woodturning

This is a video which shows how chair and table legs were made in the late 1800's.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• lathe
• spring
• pole
• traditional
• appalachia
• wood
• turning

[purplemonkey0]

i 'm interestested in wood turning and building my own lathe particular the bow lathe because i dont want to spend thousands on a lathe i was woundering how your lathe was buildt what minumum equipment and time it takes?

[davek12]

I just made the video, but if you send me a message to my YouTube box with your email address, I can pass it along to Mr. Lucas. He might know where there are some good resources for getting started.

[Axbent]

you can buy shaven horses, ive seen them

[arsdag81]

your left leg is buff.

[vpbubbies]

did he say he was turning :green wood"?

[phal44]

Event if you managed to bring back the blade far enough to touch your body it still wouldnt cut you :/

You have any idea how hard you would have to hit yourself in the chest with any kind of flat blade before you managed to cut yourself? lol

Now if youre drawing something pointy towards yourself then thats another matter...

[retepvosnul]

I rarely see people use an apron when using a drawknife.

[atomak]

Rather very unwise NOT to use a kind of chest protection, for example like a leather apron, while shaping with drawknife on the shaving horse!

By the way that drawknife looks s if it needs to be sharpened !

[Milby20289394bc]

were at in kentucky? thats were i live, can i get some areas?

[humanityfirstnow]

that was brilliant thankyou for the tips, very inspiring.

[deezynar]

rodnisimo, I'd love to see your lathe. I've thought of using an old 50 lb bar bell weight for a fly wheel. You can get them cheap at the swap meet. Cheers

[deezynar]

You oughta try using a draw knife, they're not unsafe at all. Your shoulders don't bend back far enough to allow the blade to touch you. Try it, you'll like it!

He's right that the treadle on the pole lathe needs to be longer to get more turns for each stroke. That makes a big difference on how much effort it takes to use one. Green wood like he's turning is also a big help. Take care, and give this stuff a try, it's fun.