Directory of Pole and Treadle Lathe Turning Resources

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Pole and treadle lathe turning refers to woodturning, often using green wood, with any form of non-electrical or non-power driven lathe. This will include pole, bow, treadle, or bungee. It will include sites on the history, and sites giving information on building and using these.

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Resources in This Category

• Abbotts Living Wood

  http://www.living-wood.co.uk/
  Information on pole-lathe turning courses, chair-making and green wood crafts. Situated in Herefordshire, UK.

• Association of Pole Lathe Turners

  http://www.bodgers.org.uk/
  Dedicated to spreading knowledge about pole lathe turning and greenwood working; includes event news, list of courses and demonstrators, gallery and construction plans.

• Blood and Sawdust

  http://www.bloodandsawdust.com/
  Articles and essays by Tom Rettie on medieval and Renaissance woodworking; including pole-lathe, flywheel lathe, and portable spring-pole.

• Early Wood Lathes

  http://www.historicgames.com/lathes/ancientlathes.html
  Historical site mainly concerned with games but has pages which include illustrations from manuscripts, on ancient lathes, bow lathes, pole lathes, continual rotation lathe, speciality lathes and notes on a 17th century turner.

• Green Wood Worker

  http://www.greenwoodworker.co.uk/
  Dedicated to coordinating volunteers interested in demonstrating pole-lathe and other green wood working crafts, at The Amberley Working Museum, in West Sussex, England. Tuition given in woodland crafts.

• Greenwoodworking

  http://www.rushworth.com/
  Ted Rushworth on using a pole-lathe, and useful articles, including history and plans. Includes articles by Brian Haworth of the Beamish Museum.

• How to Build a Pole Lathe

  http://www.mark-ju.net/more/lathe/how_to_build.htm
  How Mark McLean built a simple robust pole lathe in Australia.

• Tinder Box

  http://www.tinderbox.co.nz/pole_lathe.html
  Demonstrates turning parts for stools, chairs, ladles, scoops, spurtles, spoons and spatulas. A great activity for open days at historical houses, museums or country fairs in New Zealand.

 

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