When you can make 4 stair spindles an hour that has bumps, knobs, tapers
and spirals an hour on your lathe, you are getting your worth from it.
However, you can make a 28 stair style set, identical on a legacy in one
day and sell them for $50 plus each. ($1400)




NoNameAtAll wrote:

...need to make any of those things. Actually making
a homemade baseball bat would be kind of neat
but it's tough to justify buying a lathe just for that.
If you can help me convince my wife (and myself
for that matter) of the usefulness of a lathe I'll be
eternally grateful.


Kiyu wrote

Can't do that. But......
I needed a bunch of handles for chisels I bought on ebay,
couldn't swing the price of a lathe so, as I had an old article on pole
lathes (bungee cord lathes) I just built my own. Making your own tools
is a really enjoyable experience.

It is tough standing on one leg and pumping the lathe with the other
but the whole operation was fun.....and inexpensive. I turned
out about 8 handles, had a lot of fun learning something of the
bodger's trade, and should I need to do any more turning, that is
the way I will do it (with some modifications this time of course
...and probably some more the next time).
If you are interested
just do a Google search on pole lathe for a lot of good links. And
someplace on my computer I have the articles scanned in if you
think you would like to try it.

Kiyu

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