IMG_9536, Bungee lathe, new tool rest and treadle

IMG_9536, Bungee lathe, new tool rest and treadle

IMG_9536, Bungee lathe, new tool rest and treadle

Lately, a good friend who taught many of the photography workshops I have attended questioned me to assistance him out with a woodworking dilemma: he has an antique workbench that he wants to place back again into use, but he is misplaced the knobs that went on the first tommy bars (handles) for the two wooden vises on the bench. He requested if I could reproduce them. I agreed, as I would been wondering about creating some points with wooden screws (e.g., nipping press for bookbinding) in any case, and needed to get some of the tooling and capabilities wanted for that. So I took on the project. We agreed that I might construct complete new handles, as matching the most likely one of a kind screw threads on the initial kinds may possibly be hard. The project has turned out to be an fascinating journey…

As soon as I obtained the tool rest sorted out, I also improved the treadle a bit so it did not have a tendency to wander all-around all around the spot while I was doing work. This much more triangular established up (with leather-based hinges, as identified as for by the original ideas) labored nicely, making it possible for me to stand on the cross piece (which held the whole thing in spot) when working the very long treadle plank.

Posted by rbrazile on 2022-02-11 16:05:08

Tagged: , woodworking , bungee lathe

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