Category Archives: Spring Pole Lathe

Pie Crimper

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Greg Merritt

Here is yet another small project for you lathe enthusiasts, a pie crimper.  A simple little tool used to join the top and bottom dough sections of pie prior to baking.  It also imparts a decorative edge to boot. I … Continue reading →

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Ratcheting Book Stand-Lathe Project

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Greg Merritt

One of the projects high on my list,  in the event that I ever had a lathe, is a 17th Century turned book stand that Peter Follansbee reintroduced.  It’s a nifty design with a ratcheting mechanism to adjust the angle … Continue reading →

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Honey Dipper-000-Lathe Project 

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Greg Merritt

In my ongoing quest to learn to turn and, to a lesser extent, shrink my mountain of offcuts I present the next beginner project that I have tackled.  The Honey Dipper. There is not much to say about the honey … Continue reading →

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Pole Lathe Notes-3

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Greg Merritt

Well the leather sewing machine belt drive cord gave up the ghost.  A little disappointing that it only lasted about three weeks of moderate use.  Rather than waste my remaining leather cord, I made a trip to the Big Box … Continue reading →

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Garden Dibber-Lathe Project

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Greg Merritt

Like most things in hand work, no amount of reading or watching of videos can teach you to turn wood on a lathe.  At some point you have to start putting tool to wood.  Only then can your hand and … Continue reading →

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Pole Lathe Notes-2

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Greg Merritt

The pole lathe takes a little getting used too.  Even more so since I’m trying to learn to use it and learn to turn simultaneously.  It took me a couple of hours to develop a rhythm and feel for the … Continue reading →

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Pole Lathe Notes-1

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Greg Merritt

This will be a first in a series of ongoing post as I learn to use the spring pole lathe.  These posts will be mostly for my own journaling purposes, but it may prove useful to others as well. When … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 5-Complete

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Greg Merritt

At the conclusion of my last post on the spring pole lathe I had just begun work on the tool rest.  The basic structure was complete.  All it needed was the finishing touches.  So the next day after work I … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 4

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Greg Merritt

My goal was to have a functioning lathe by the end of this weekend.  As progress was made over the past week I became confident that my goal would be met.  Alas, the weekend has come to a close and … Continue reading →

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Spring Pole Lathe-Part 3

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Greg Merritt

My day in the shop didn’t go as I has planned.  It’s not that anything went wrong, but I had gotten the order of operations a little out of order.  Originally I was going to cleanup the uprights and chop … Continue reading →

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