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   ron61 | May 24, 2003 12:42am | #1

   Are you building a Spring Pole Lathe or Treadle lathe?

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   jase | May 24, 2003 04:55am | #2

   The treadle will turn a flywheel.Jase--Is there a better way?

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   ron61 | May 26, 2003 08:08pm | #3

   I don't know if this will help you much might get some ideas- Treadle Lathe

   http://www.his.com/~tom/sca/lathes.html

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   ron61 | May 26, 2003 08:43pm | #4

   Just a thought have you ever thought about a Pole Lathe? I think I would like to try one - I have seen them made several ways not just with the big pole outside but that would be cool -I like working outdoors.

   might check it out

   http://www.rushworth.com/green/index.htm

   you can find lot more on the web

   http://www.bodgers.org.uk/explorer/front.html

   
   

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   Edited 5/26/2003 1:46:07 PM ET by I Like Beans

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   trysquare1 | May 26, 2003 10:00pm | #5

   Hi, I have a fifty+ year old Atlas wood turning lathe.  I don't think it was used much as it is in like new shape.  I got it at an auction along with a bunch of attachments still in the Atlas boxes with the paper wrapping on them.  Having said all this my one big dissappointment is that it has a 1 x 10 spindle on it.  Not a real common size.  However, Grizzly sells adaptors for a 1 x 10 spindle and so does Oneway.  As a matter of fact I've bought a lot of stuff from Oneway and they are super to deal with.  One gentleman with whom I was talking said that they (Oneway) had about 100 different adaptors for their products.  Getting back to your original question, in my humble opinion, 1 x 8 seems to me to be the most common size for a lathe spindle.  Have you considered joining the American Association of Woodturners?   An afterthought, there is another woodturning company called Packard that is real nice to deal with too.    Bob

   One good turn deserves another.