My first lathe

Wife and child helping?

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

LOL….your dating yourself Jim !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

And I thought MY job sucked. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

You and Don got me Lew for a minute then I went back to the photo to see if there was a wife and child there, there all guys ,guys funny stuff.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Ahhh, a multi-speed function and dual pulley system. Must be the professional-grade, contractor model.

-- Randy, Tupelo, MS ~ A man who honors his wife will have children who honor their father.

probably more accurate than lathes today:-)

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

I have seen a very similar one demo’ed at a wood show in Richmond. It was part of the exhibit at Colonial Williamsburg. It worked great. The big difference was that the Williamsburg lathe was treadle powered – ideal for the bathelor woodworker!

-- Whatever

That is a better job than the bottom guy in a pit saw.

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

Nice workbench top!
beefy!

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

Good Lord Jim.. Just how old are you???? LOL they have little slots in the wall that a stringy thing goes into to power up these days..:)

-- Randall Child http://www.racfurniture.com/

Hey Randall
Thats back when I was in my twenties back about 1840 LOL. I think I’ve seen about 60 of those stingy things in my shop, Power you say? He he

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Just think these machine were the predecessor of treadmill and bowflex …no big deal, fit and trim…Blkcherry

Hey BC
I knew I had to stop cranking that thing I was just getting to close to that Charles Atlas Look HA HAAAA

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Turn, turn, turn that wood, gently on the bench…
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, my armpits are a stench…

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Wouldn’t it be easier to just put some lettuce powered hamsters in there to run the thing?

-- Mike, American in Norway