Router lathe

[Radio Fixer]

Came across this whilst looking for something else...

Nice to see a young chap with expertise making things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV5TgkaRLrk

Gary

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks for adding this video Gary. Its good to see a young guy using his head and hands in this manner.

When a lathe and router are mentioned together I always think about the "Router Crafter" as seen in action here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7NYL0HnsQ

A lathe I've only ever seen in action once in 50 years is the "back knife lathe". It's many years ago I saw one of these lathes producing stair spindles at speed; the knife was arranged to the rear of the lathe and worked just like a tapered guillotine; the knife had the profile of the work it was to produce and as it lowered into the revolving timber it quickly and very efficiently removed the waste in one stroke; most impressive and I'll try to find details. I think I saw this lathe on The New Yankee Workshop?

Update:

I've just surfed the web and found a number of websites covering back knife lathes and I'm pleased to include two; one of which is a video showing one of these lathes in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrusdpCcd1Y


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Kind regards, Col.

[Radio Fixer]

Nice posts Colin. Watched both and found them fascinating ... all I need is a lathe and a bucket of skill

Gary

[Retired]

Hi,

You could always buy a lathe Gary assuming you had space for one which is the easy part; gaining skill though means making all the many mistakes every novice to a lathe makes but with practice the basics are soon picked up; if using a skew chisel you'll need to be quick at ducking until you get the hang of it. I hope to have my Jubilee wood-turning lathe up and running as soon as the weather lets me into the garage in peace.

It's many years since I saw the back knife lathe and I was surprised how easy it was to find videos showing them in use; wood-turning is a fascinating hobby in its own right and there are many excellent wood-turning groups around the country; David is a very active member of such a group and I know David does some excellent work as Bron and I have some of his work to prove it.

I'm always interested in machinery and here is another video but this time showing how rosettes are mass produced on a dedicated machine;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAaUz3jzES8

It must be heaven to have a large workshop powered by a water wheel and line shafting to each machine via fast and loose pulleys. I can always dream.

Kind regards, Col.

[Radio Fixer]

I liked the dust extraction right up to the machine work piece!

thanks Gary