satisfy [Quetico Chris]. He’s a master woodworker who likes to discover his own options to utilizing power tools. a lot of recently, he was influenced by a fly-wheel from an old factory. He utilized it to develop this foot powered wood lathe.
It works something like a foot powered stitching machine. There’s a lever for your foot which converts the downward force from your foot into a turning force which drives the work piece. The mechanics of the lathe are quite common, however we believe the develop methods he utilizes are anything but. The video after the break shows each step [Chris] went with when crafting the human-power tool. His technique was to utilize wood as frequently as possible which includes foregoing contemporary fasteners for older joinery. He uses mortise and tenon, wood pinning, doweling, as well as a great deal of puzzle-like techniques to get the task done.
We lack the skill as well as tools to replicate this type of craftsmanship. We’re going to stay with letting a laser cutter type our wood connections.
[Thanks Aurel]