Pole and Treadle Lathe Turning Woodturning Woodcraft Crafts

Dedicated to spreading knowledge about pole lathe turning and greenwood working; includes event news, list of courses and demonstrators, gallery and construction plans.

• Green Wood Worker - Dedicated to coordinating volunteers interested in demonstrating pole-lathe and woodcraft other green wood working crafts, at The Amberley Working Museum, woodcraft in West Sussex, England. Tuition given in woodland crafts.
• Blood and Sawdust - Articles and essays by Tom Rettie on woodturning medieval and Renaissance woodworking; including pole-lathe, flywheel lathe, woodturning and portable spring-pole.
• Articles by Stuart King - Articles about the history of the lathe, reconstruction pole and treadle woodcraft lathe turning of Leonardo deVinci\\'s lathe, bow lathes in Marrakech, pole woodcraft and treadle lathe turning chair turnings and a tribute to the woodcraft last pole and treadle lathe turning of the bodgers.
• Greenwoodworking - Describes a simple pole lathe erected on the pole and treadle woodturning lathe turning end vise of a cabinetmaker's bench.
• Crafts in the English Countryside - The results of a survey carried out for woodturning "Crafts in pole and treadle lathe turning the English Countryside: Towards a Future" woodturning edited by Professor EJT pole and treadle lathe turning Collins. Listed in Woodland woodturning and Basketry Crafts. (A PDF pole and treadle lathe turning file)[PDF]
• How to build a pole lathe - How Mark McLean built a simple robust pole lathe in pole and treadle lathe turning Australia.
• Tinder Box - Demonstrates turning parts for stools, chairs, ladles, scoops, pole and treadle lathe turning spurtles, spoons and spatulas. A great activity for pole and treadle lathe turning open days at historical houses, museums or country pole and treadle lathe turning fairs in New Zealand.
• Early Wood Lathes - Historical site mainly concerned with games but has woodcraft pages which woodturning include illustrations from manuscripts, on ancient woodcraft lathes, bow lathes, pole woodturning lathes, continual rotation lathe, woodcraft speciality lathes and notes on a woodturning 17th century woodcraft turner.
• Abbotts Living Wood - Information on pole-lathe turning courses, chair-making and green wood crafts. Situated in Herefordshire, UK.
• Association of Pole Lathe Turners - Dedicated to spreading knowledge about pole lathe turning woodturning and greenwood working; includes event news, list of woodturning courses and demonstrators, gallery and construction plans.
• Wildwood Crafts - Dave Jackson, pole lathe turning and coppice crafts; courses and demonstrations. Malvern UK
• Pole Lathe - Description of the pole lathe and several photos of them in use.
• Green woodworking - Ted Rushworth on using a pole-lathe, and useful pole and treadle lathe turning articles, including history and plans. Includes articles pole and treadle lathe turning by Brian Haworth of the Beamish Museum.

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