Most recently, he was inspired by a fly-wheel from an old factory. He used it to build this foot powered wood lathe. It works something like a foot powered sewing machine. There’s a lever for ...

The Foot Powered (Treadle) Lathe woodworking video by Chop With Chris is a time lapse of the construction of a foot powered lathe using an antique corn auger flywheel. I use only hand tools ...

I built this diy foot powered lathe 11 years ago to be disassembled - let’s see if it goes back together @ The Maker Camp ...

The operator uses a foot pedal attached to a piece of rope that’s been wound around the log and attached to a slender pole cantilevered out over the lathe. By adjusting the length and angle of ...