Moroccan Bow Lathe

[Keith Palmer]

My local club sent this in our monthly newsletter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnv0DAR_gWA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnv0DAR_gWA)

Have any of you seen this? Incredible ability to use his foot for tool control. He does the entire spindle turning with just a skew!

[David E Keller]

This is one of my favorites. I don't remember his skew technique from my Lacer DVD:D

[Darius Ferlas]

He seems to be off by about 0.002" there. Must be the chisel. I wonder if he uses P1000 PSA Aluminum Oxide Abrasive for his Work Sharp WS3000, or some kind of generic stuff. ;)

[Steve Schlumpf]

That was cool! Amazing what folks can do!

[alex carey]

wow thats crazy.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Did you notice he's turning on one of the first variable speed lathes?

It is pretty incredible! He's quite talented.

[alex carey]

somebody should send this to Brian Novotny. Looks like nothing can go wrong with this lathe, simple as it gets.

[Jim Underwood]

This gives a new meaning to the word "ambidextrous"!:eek:

And man! After 5 minutes crouched over like that, my back would be screamin!

[Justin Stephen]

Yeah, my back hurts just looking at that.

[Scott Hussey]

Amazing video...kinda depressing to watch a guy turn better with his foot than I do with both hands.

Perhaps I should switch to his technique...or practice more :)

[Tim McClelland]

This guy is crazy - he doesn't wear eye protection nor a dust mask! :)

[Jim Underwood]

I wonder what kind of steel he's using? You notice he uses the skew for everything, but you never see him sharpen? He also doesn't cut his beads in steps - just shears them in one big chip... Could be the fast speeds we're using wear out the edge too quickly.