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Chinese foot powered lathe and traditional bowl turning.
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11-21-2015, 10:21 PM
http://youtu.be/zfpo3MasyKQ


After watching this guy sharpen on stones so far out of flat it makes you wonder if machinists grade flat is a North American affection.
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11-21-2015, 11:00 PM
Awesome. Thank you.
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11-22-2015, 05:41 AM
Tools are curved, means only one point on the surface of even a flat stone can be tangent. Rest means nothing.

Now, lapping a planar surface, flat comes in handy.
Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
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11-22-2015, 02:14 PM
That's bonkers! Thanks for the share!

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11-22-2015, 06:19 PM
Around 1500 Leonardo Da Vinci designed a continuous rotation lathe. Seems like all earlier lathes were reciprocating like this one, some with one pedal and a spring pole and others with a bow wrapped spindle.

https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+...sEefT6a0B8-M%3A
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11-24-2015, 03:30 PM
Very interesting video. Thanks for finding this one and sharing.
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11-25-2015, 09:24 AM
Interesting video, thanks for sharing !

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