Thank you for talking about dry woods on a pole lathe

Great - the strops look very useful - and are great for getting a good edge. Harry

Inspired! I used to do 18th century woodworking demonstrations. Quit after a few years to take a "real job"....lol. Last summer I returned to doing 18th century demonstrations. Before I always only turned green wood on my pole lathe. I didn't think you could turn seasoned wood as good so I never even bothered. Turning dry wood opens up new opportunities because I have more access to dry wood. Thanks!

This was a great demonstration, thanks from Chicago.

This is wonderful. It's eye-opening to see the quality of work that can be done with simple foot power.

Great video as usual, thanks for taking the time.

Oops I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to be turning dry wood on my pole lathe. :) Nice video Sean

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I like the fact that you seem to have more control over the entire operation with pole lathes vs electric. Perhaps because I don't have a top of the line industrial lathe that can spin down to 20 rpm but I feel like everything can go wrong any minute and the piece or my tool is going to go flying. It hasn't happened yet, I've gotten a few catches but they weren't detrimental. I've come to the conclusion that I really must build a pole lathe. Oh, and I need a big fat skew like the one you're using! my little 1/2 and 5/8 inch skews are a nightmare to use other than for scraping. Thanks.

I and many others turn bowls of all sorts of sizes on the pole lathe. Do a search for bowl turning on a pole lathe. I may get something up someday, but have many other projects to do first.

brilliant. thanks for sharing.

Impressive!

From a silver pulg bullet (from the kuliya days) to a wooden post this is because of the malay children of god 😭

Hi Sean . enjoyed watching this video . very good thanks. Do you know how possible it is to turn large pieces on a pole lathe ? for bowls basically . Obviously weight is the issue along with balance . If you have any thoughts or info that would be cool . cheerio

This would seem to confirm my suspicion that wind instrument makers of old could have used pole lathes in their craft. I've had thoughts of building a pole lathe to make a replica of a set of Uilleann pipes dating back to 1780.