Don't Need No 'Lectric

[cabinetman]

Grab a cup-o-coffee and relax a moment watching how it was.
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[crokett]

That is pretty neat. Interesting how the gouges/scraper/etc really haven't changed. And the calipers work just as well today I bet.

Roy Underhill made a treadle-powered lathe on one of his shows.

[Crash2510]

makes you really appreciate old furniture

pretty cool

[ragswl4]

Neat video. No HSS chisels, no sharpening system, no duplicators, no digital readout for lathe speed, no chuck but loads of skill. The guy turning the large wheel for the lathe power probably has 29" biceps. We sure are spoiled.

[germdoc]

I'd say the shop master was spoiled. It was the apprentice who had to do all the heavy work!!

[L. D. Jeffries]

Yeah, talking to my granddad years ago he related how it was always the apprentice who had to start in the trade by doing things just like that. All the "grunt" work; only difference was he was learning the blacksmith trade. His job was to pump the bellows for the forge. Old times but not necessarily "good" times, but still a joy to watch now.

[Uncle Cracker]

Neat video. No HSS chisels, no sharpening system, no duplicators, no digital readout for lathe speed, no chuck but loads of skill. The guy turning the large wheel for the lathe power probably has 29" biceps. We sure are spoiled.

Yeah, but also no deadlines and no knowledge that there would be a better way.

[jhart]

Ahhhh, the "good old days"!! Nice clip C'man