Green woodworking, inc. pole lathe segments

[rsser]

Brit vid for fans of old methods and tools:

ABC iview (http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/3331998)

Expires in 10 days.

Part of a series on mastercrafts; broadcasts in Melb. Thursday 6.30pm

[RETIRED]

Bloody brilliant.

[dai sensei]

Yep, watched the original when aired last week, really enjoyed it and looking forward to the other parts.

[Mr Brush]

I also stumbled on the original show - excellent viewing.

Learned a lot, and it almost made me want to have a go myself.......:oo:

One consideration - I presume that the "shrinkosity" (if there is such a thing) for local timbers would be very different to the european species they were using? Hence the relative dimensions between peg and hole in the green state would vary quite a lot to get good tight-fitting joints.

[Mr Brush]

I think the next episode is on thatching.......not quite so relevant to Oz !

Interesting viewing none the less.

[Rattrap]

Bloody excellent show, really enjoyed it. Made me want to try out some green woodworking :2tsup::2tsup:

[NCArcher]

This was discussed a couple of days ago here (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/mastercrafts-142008/) .
Eddie drew our attention to this (http://www.rarechairs.com.au/) .
SWMBO and I have discussed it and a full 9 day course is to be my 50th birthday present. :D

[dr4g0nfly]

I've had a go at Bodging (the Pole Lathe), the funny thing is you'd think your leg doing the pumping would ache, it's not, it's the leg your balancing on that goes first!

[Rattrap]

The pole lathe they used on the show was 1 thing i didn't get. I realize the idea is to use primitive techniques to keep those skills alive however i would hate to try to turn on a lathe that changes direction every couple of seconds. A simple offset pulley & wheel as used in the old style treadle sewing machine would see the lathe spinning continuously in 1 direction but still human powered. I just don't see the pole lathe worthy of keeping alive!

[powderpost]

Brilliant...
Jim

[RETIRED]

The pole lathe they used on the show was 1 thing i didn't get. I realize the idea is to use primitive techniques to keep those skills alive however i would hate to try to turn on a lathe that changes direction every couple of seconds. A simple offset pulley & wheel as used in the old style treadle sewing machine would see the lathe spinning continuously in 1 direction but still human powered. I just don't see the pole lathe worthy of keeping alive!The old bodgers were nomadic in as much as they moved to where the timber was so portability was important.

I liked the comment from Charles about the industrial revolution.

[hughie]

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I liked the comment from Charles about the industrial revolution



:) yeah pretty well summed it up for me, I like my technology.

[rsser]

It's now as then a question of fitness for purpose isn't it.

Do I recall correctly that 2 of the 3 participants could turn a tenon within 0.2mm tolerance?

And that would make a tight fit when it dried.