Attaching the elastic the rope and making the pedal.
Bungee pole lathe plans. Marking up and cutting the stocks. By hand i split it down into planks about 3 thick. I was lucky enough to get hold of a medium sized ash tree about 28 diameter maybe 10 foot long. In this part i build the body of the lathe from home center lumber using 2 6 and 4 4 douglas fir some threaded rod and 8 carriage bolts.
Making slots for the vertical poles. Ben lois orford 79 886 views. Tools and materials needed. Stretch the bungee at the back of the bench rope goes over a pulley at the ceiling thence back down to the bungee.
The bungee lathe is powered by me and uses a bunji cord stretched across the ceiling to return the treadle and spin the wood backwards. Making the tool. Bungee lathe part 1 hi all here is my second entry to mitch peacock s toolmake16. Making a bladeless wooden fan.
It was entirely handmade. Fully equipped spring lathe with movable tail stock adjustable centers and fixed tool rest. My first pole lathe was a bit of a monstrosity. You could do away with the bungee and clamp an ash or yew batten to the benchtop by one end and attach the cord to the free end of the stick.
As far as i m aware the only power tool involved was the chainsaw the city parks folks used to cut down the tree. Attatching the side rails and centres. The bungee is a length of luggage rack bungee also from the depot. What is really cool about this design is that from start to turning the build took about 5 hours.