Thursday 25 September 2014

Finished pole lathe

We had a chance to do a bit of work on the pole lathe today, it's mostly finished now. We've still got a bit of tweaking to do to get it turning really well but we managed to get some shavings flying at least! 

Damon trying his hand at turning on a pole lathe for the first time. 

The ash sapling seems to provide a good spring. However, we did have to add a brace to support the pole. 
Once we've made a few adjustments to it I shall post up some more detailed photos. We're hoping to try a bit of bowl turning on it as well.