Treadle Lathe from Misty Hollow Carving with Murray Lincoln WS March 17

This is my first Treadle Lathe made almost entirely of wood. In February 2010 I built my first Sping Pole Lathe. The Treadle Lathe is one step further than the Spring Pole Lathe with the wood turning always going in the same direction. The Spring Pole Lathe makes a forward and back turning with each pump of your leg. The Treadle Lathe made of Iron dates back to the Queen Anne days(1702 1714) and the Queen Anne chair. The Wooden Treadle Lathe dates to Queen Anne s time where the Spring Pole Lathe hail