bowl lathe foot power vs electric....fastest?

[robin wood]

So which is fastest? Have a look here....a bit of a fun race we had last weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgIGzw4VtA

hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Robin

 

[Ed_McDonnell]

That was fun to watch. I wish they had showed more footage of the pole lathe in action though.

I would have really like to see some close ups of how you held the work and finished off the bowl.

Thanks for posting the link.

Ed

 

[Jerry Hall]

Try this link from Robins Web site:

http://www.robin-wood.co.uk/turnframe.htm
and go thru all the links from the pictures on the right. There are several neat additional videos.

 

[Mark Wollschlager]

Robin,
Nice work.
Do you use a hook tool for all of the inside the bowl cuts?
Or do you use a gouge?

Mark.

 

[john lucas]

I love watching Robin Wood work. As someone who demonstrates on a pole lathe I'm not even in the same league as him. I think my first bowl on the pole lathe took most of a day and at least a dozen doughnuts to finish and it sure didn't look as good as his.

 

[n7bsn]

Another Robin Wood You-Tube video

Showing more detail of Robin doing the work
link

 

[robin wood]

Thnaks for the comments guys, Mark I only use hooks for the outside and inside. It's possible to use a gouge on the outside but hooks really come into their own on the inside.
Robin