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Old 3rd December 2014, 02:40 PM   #7
kronckew
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you can start here with engine turning 101 the proceed thru a few hundred lessons to the more elaborate rose lathes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnkbQ2UY58

i never got beyond 101 too much trouble.

i hear martin luther apparently used a crude rose lathe powered by a bowstave in the 15c. for ornamental turnings.

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