Pole Lathe bowl Turning thread anyone??

[Thom Noonan]

  SteveA said:

I've been wanting to make a pole-lathe. Does anyone have a link to some good plans? Cheers, Steve

Hi Steve, i followed instructions on how to build my lathe in Mike Abbots book "Green woodworking: Working with wood the natural way" the book costs about £30 quid with it being out of print but if you dig deep enough on the internet i'm sure you'll find some decent plans online. Cheers and good luck building!

[Thom Noonan]

  skyhuck said:

Must be nice to make something using only your own energy, plus it must be very quiet

 

I its a lovely process crafting them and you definitely need energy for the turning process!

[SteveA]

  Supertramp said:

Hi Steve, i followed instructions on how to build my lathe in Mike Abbots book "Green woodworking: Working with wood the natural way" the book costs about £30 quid with it being out of print but if you dig deep enough on the internet i'm sure you'll find some decent plans online. Cheers and good luck building!

 

That's great. Thankyou

[Thom Noonan]

I had a rather large piece of Beech and after watching a video of Robin Wood turning a nest of bowls i just had to have a go! I only aimed to get two bowls out of the wood and by some miracle and several hours of work i came out with my first nest, i'm well chuffed but think that i will stick to making single bowls for now.....

[Thom Noonan]

I've just finished oiling all of the silver birch bowls and i left one un-oiled (the one on the far left) so that you can see the difference before and after oiling. Used edible linseed oil btw. :001_smile:

[skyhuck]

You have a fantastic view!!!!!

 

I had no idea it was so nice on the moon:thumbup1:

[Thom Noonan]

Been very busy with college but managed to turn two beech bowls over the weekend.

[delabodge]

nice work mate,,,,

[Thom Noonan]

  delabodge said:

nice work mate,,,,

 

Thank you!

[Thom Noonan]

Couple of silver birch bowls turned this afternoon