Mr. Woodwright goes metal!

[TomG]

Roy Underhill produces a TV series on traditional woodworking. He's definitely a hands on guy who prefers the feel of a wood plane over an electric planer and a brace over a cordless drill. I just tuned into one of his programs that really caught me off guard because he was demonstrating a small metal lathe! It fact it was a Barnes 4 1/2 treadle powered crew cutting lathe. He cut a thread, turned a 60º center point, and a taper using tailstock offset. Now, where the hell do I find one of these? It looks like a heck of a lot of fun!

Tom


http://video.pbs.org/video/2296983856/

[DaveH]

Nice video.
Luv the guys enthusiasm  
 
DaveH

[TomG]

It's a fun show to watch. He's not the greatest craftsman, but what he lacks in that area is made up with enthusiasm.

Tom

[f350ca]

Very neat, did you catch where he was running the centre bit into the end grain.
If you find one of those Tom you'll be getting rid of the Hardinge.

[EdK]

That's a little lathe.

Ed

[oldgoaly]

here is a pic of mine
a real workout turning steel, not bad on brass

have another 4 1/2 and a 5 not complete the pedal drive is gone "electrified" .

[TomG]

Hey Greg, maybe I could keep the Hardinge and just add a treadle.

They seem to be fairly common. There is one for sale a half hour from me for $400. Unfortunately it has been electrified.

Tom

[oldgoaly]

you can buy most of the pedal mechanism plus the seat. I have that info somewhere, cattail foundry in Pa, was doing the castings. 400 is about what they have been selling for.

[TomG]

Thing is, about the last thing I need is a new project.

[Micktoon]

That was one cool little lathe   , it has the added bonus of ' the more you turn, the fitter you become '

 Cheers Mick.