My Pole Lathe (Part 5)

This post covers installing the bungee (replaces the pole) and making a treadle.  Please make sure you read the previous posts in this series. Part 1 Part 2  Part 3 Part 4 Congratulations on making it this far, we are in the home stretch. I installed 2 eye hooks about 4 inches down from the …

My Pole Lathe (Part 4)

This post covers centers and a tool rest.  Please make sure you read the previous posts in this series. Part 1 Part 2  Part 3 There are plenty of people that will tell you that centers are easy to make.  I am sure they are right.  I like wood, my garage is covered in combustible …

My Pole Lathe (Part 3)

This post covers making the poppets. Please make sure you read the previous posts in this series. Part 1 Part 2 Let’s make some poppets.  You may be surprised, but we are going to make another sandwich.  This time the center piece will be longer than the outside pieces.  This will create a tenon that …

My Pole Lathe (Part 2)

This post covers making the cross member that the the poppets will sit on. Please make sure you read the previous post in this series.    On to the cross member.  You will need two 48 inch pieces and two 10 inch pieces of 2 x 8 and a few scrap spacers.  I chose 48 …

My Pole Lathe (Part 1)

I wanted to build a pole lathe made from a large, heavy slab of oak, all of the legs and posts riven and hewn, with poppets that look like they grew that way, and a long sapling to provide the spring in my spring pole lathe.  (Can you hear the birds chirping in the background …

4 Little Bowls

Like many of my projects, this was inspired by David Fisher.  I’ve had the good fortune to take a class with David.  He is a Master Bowl Carver, and one of the nicest, most patient, and humble people I have ever had the good fortune to meet.  If you aren’t following his blog I would …

Quaich

According to Wikipedia a Quaich, quaigh, or quoich, is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish gaelic cuach meaning a cup. If you continue to follow this blog, you will learn over time that I will take liberties based on the wood I have, the skills I want to develop, and any random thought that might …