Larry, I built a wood lathe, first a treadle lathe, then when I got
tired of pumping the treadle I built another that has a 1/2 hp
motor.Fairly easy to do, although you must be precise making the
headstock and sliding tailstock. I took the treadle lathe apart and
use the stand for several things. A slow speed grinder and roller
stand are two of the applications. The lathe is used for spindle
turning, haven't tried bowls yet. I am a little more than a novice on
the lathe, but enjoy the heck out of it.
I built a walking beam saw about 5 years ago, when I bought a 16"
bandsaw I took the beamsaw apart as it took up a lot of room.I am
thinking about making another one that would be outside for sawing
logs into planks. The beam saw is slow but does work. I have 7 3/4" of
rip capacity on the bandsaw so the walking beamsaw would come in handy
for bigger stuff.
Last thing I made was a handtool , a froe. Hard to find old tools like
this, easily made from a length of car spring.
Mike