When you get that treadle lathe built...turn a few mildly tapered spindles
and fit them to assorted grinding stones.  Friction is sufficient to keep
them from slipping.  Also...you might consider turning a 4"-6" diameter
cylinder and glueing a rectangular piece of boot leather to it.  Works
great for polishing.

If you want to get "really" neanderthal.....save up that iron oxide you
generate from de-rusting, and use it as a polishing compound.  I rub a tiny
amount of vaseline on the leather first...to act as a binder.

Nice to see another treadle lathe enthusiast on the list.

Larry
>
>The treadle lathe topic is of keen interest to me because I have designed
>one on paper using Roy Underhill's as a starting point. Has anybody built
>a spring pole lathe? I've been toying with that idea too.
>
>I don't have any Christmas gloats except for the extra cutters for my
>Stanley #250 which I should be getting from my SWMBO. That gives me all 25
>cutters for this plane.
>
>Look forward to being a part of the list
>
>Kurt McCullum
>Glendale, CA

Larry Holland
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