Wow. That is a deep rabbit hole! I'm fascinated with this - the
mechanisms seem designed to do complex operations with relative ease.
There's an interesting contrast with how the control apparatus is so
carefully designed and built while the motive force is the simple
treadle.
I would love to have one of these, but if I ever started working with
it, you'd never see me again.
Never seen anything like this.
Thanks for sharing, Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA
-----------------------------------------From: "Bill Webber via
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Sent: Sunday July 31 2022 2:59:20PM
Subject: [oldtools] New pursuits
GGs,
Some may remember the lathe I picked up last fall at Bud Brown's
auction. I posted a description and pictures under a thread titled
New-to-me lathe. I didn't know what I had at the time but a little
research showed it to be a head stock and sundry other parts from an
early Bergeron Ornamental lathe from about 1795. It was set up as
more
of a display gadget than an actual working lathe. Historically
significant but not in a usable configuration.
Pursuing the history of that lathe got me started down the path of
these
early Ornamental Lathes. With my recent downsizing and household move
I'm developing more of an interest in these lathes and have become
less
interested in my tool focus of recent years. Long story short, I'm
pursuing the purchase of two lathes from a very knowledgeable
aficionado, writer and ornamental lathe user. I expect the purchase
to
take a while what with all the packing required, sorting of shipping
details, selection of appropriate shippers, etc.
In the mean time I thought I'd offer you gents another kind of tool
porn. Porn, of course, is in the eye of the beholder, but I find
these
things have become very appealing to me. Anyway, one of the lathes is
a
small and early Holtzapffel model from 1927. The second is a newer,
more
capable, historically significant lathe by Evans from about 1890.
Both
were manufactured in the U.K.
A complete description with history, inventory, and pictures is
contained in these two pdf files:
Holtzapffel SN 1355: http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/H1355.pdf
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Evans SN 1288: http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/E1288.pdf
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For your enjoyment, stay well...
Bill W.
Charlottesville, VA
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