GEPPETTO
Established Member
Hi All,
How many have understood by my little posts on this forum I’m a lover of hand tools, those tools at least here in Italy have almost disappeared and pole and treadle lathes have always take room in my thoughts and have always fascinated me. Why don’t’ try hence to achieve anyone?
Treadle lathe? No, It’s so difficult and too much time to achieve, for now
.
Pole lathe? It could be possible.
Recently I’d have to build a lost circular foot for a corner furniture I’ve restoring
Well picked some old scraps of fir after few cuts and nails I achieved this:
I know it’s very crude, but it works for what I need for the moment.
Excuse me about the poor photo but the photo is by my phone. Next I’ll use the Canon camera. I admit I took the idea from a galoot ( I don’t remember who) on the web had done a spring lathe using the vise of his workbench as support.
I tried to turn a scrap of fir with normal chisel but the results were bads. After that advice about which tool to use I purchased a cheap gouge and tried on a piece of beech.
Things gone very well.
After a little time of apprenticeship I have been able to do a quite cylindrical piece of beech:
All this was to see if I was able to make turning.
The time is next to Birthday of my grandson who likes all things which turn.
Why not to try to turn a little spinning top? I have thought.
It could be pretty to give him it as present for that day.
I had one when I was young maked by my grandfather. I loved it a lot.. It was with a rope turned around and I had to throw it away while I pull the rope next to me. It was beautiful to do to rise it in my hand where it could turn again.. thoughts.
That top could be too much complicate for my five years old son therefore, I had to find another way to turn simpler the spinning top.
Where to find? The WEB naturally..I found there could be the opportunity to make a sort of handle to sustain the top without difficulty. Well I’ll make that!!
After few tens of minutes I had this:
and after a rough shape for the top I gone to make the little bar:
little sanding
before the separation from the main piece:
After separation I tried to turn the top inserting it in a hole of a scrap and pull it with a thin rope but it was very very difficult the top could remain upwards. Why? Surely someone has just solved the problem. Yes, the center of mass is too much high.
Hence thinking and rethinking about to solve that problem I thought only thing to do would be to put the top into the electric drill. It was what I done. Some paper tap around the bar as protection, locked all into the mandrel and go.
With a chisel and with a lot of attention after few minutes I had this:
Notwithstanding the tape some hollows have been created on the rod. Patience !!
I have inserted the tip too :
or here for a greater image
The job is still WIP. Now I must make the holder.
Let you know the progress about the holder
Many cheers
Gabriele
How many have understood by my little posts on this forum I’m a lover of hand tools, those tools at least here in Italy have almost disappeared and pole and treadle lathes have always take room in my thoughts and have always fascinated me. Why don’t’ try hence to achieve anyone?
Treadle lathe? No, It’s so difficult and too much time to achieve, for now
. Pole lathe? It could be possible.
Recently I’d have to build a lost circular foot for a corner furniture I’ve restoring
Well picked some old scraps of fir after few cuts and nails I achieved this:
I know it’s very crude, but it works for what I need for the moment.
Excuse me about the poor photo but the photo is by my phone. Next I’ll use the Canon camera. I admit I took the idea from a galoot ( I don’t remember who) on the web had done a spring lathe using the vise of his workbench as support.
I tried to turn a scrap of fir with normal chisel but the results were bads. After that advice about which tool to use I purchased a cheap gouge and tried on a piece of beech.
Things gone very well.
After a little time of apprenticeship I have been able to do a quite cylindrical piece of beech:
All this was to see if I was able to make turning.
The time is next to Birthday of my grandson who likes all things which turn.
Why not to try to turn a little spinning top? I have thought.
It could be pretty to give him it as present for that day.
I had one when I was young maked by my grandfather. I loved it a lot.. It was with a rope turned around and I had to throw it away while I pull the rope next to me. It was beautiful to do to rise it in my hand where it could turn again.. thoughts.
That top could be too much complicate for my five years old son therefore, I had to find another way to turn simpler the spinning top.
Where to find? The WEB naturally..I found there could be the opportunity to make a sort of handle to sustain the top without difficulty. Well I’ll make that!!
After few tens of minutes I had this:
and after a rough shape for the top I gone to make the little bar:
little sanding
before the separation from the main piece:
After separation I tried to turn the top inserting it in a hole of a scrap and pull it with a thin rope but it was very very difficult the top could remain upwards. Why? Surely someone has just solved the problem. Yes, the center of mass is too much high.
Hence thinking and rethinking about to solve that problem I thought only thing to do would be to put the top into the electric drill. It was what I done. Some paper tap around the bar as protection, locked all into the mandrel and go.
With a chisel and with a lot of attention after few minutes I had this:
Notwithstanding the tape some hollows have been created on the rod. Patience !!
I have inserted the tip too :
or here for a greater image
The job is still WIP. Now I must make the holder.
Let you know the progress about the holder
Many cheers
Gabriele
