Quoting Mick Dowling :

> Chaps
>
> Video just sent to me. Chinese foot powered lathe. There's
something
> different about this lathe.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfpo3MasyKQ&sns=em
>
> Or, http://tinyurl.com/y7gkzsrr
>
I'm not sure it's the same video but Robin wood had a link to a video 
with the same sort of "bicycle" drive a couple years ago.  I 
particularly liked the sit blank on chuck then pressure from chest 
workholding..

Esther