Holtzapffel Lathe

glatt · 05-02-2008, 08:30 AM

foot powered? Amazing.

Years ago, I saw in the old Arts and Industries Smithsonian museum (which has since been converted into a crappy interactive museum with lights and buzzers for kids) a human powered table saw. It was the same size and shape as a regular table saw, but had a heavy flywheel and a hand crank on either side. Two people would crank the thing while one person operated the saw. It actually looked like it would work really well.

glatt · 05-02-2008, 08:54 AM

I just found this picture of one. It was in this unlabeled directory of pictures.

Apparently the Lynn Historical Woodworking Museum in New Zealand has three of these lathes.

05-02-2008, 08:54 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just found this picture of one. It was in this unlabeled directory of pictures. Apparently the Lynn Historical Woodworking Museum in New Zealand has three of these lathes. Attached Images

05-02-2008, 08:30 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	foot powered? Amazing. Years ago, I saw in the old Arts and Industries Smithsonian museum (which has since been converted into a crappy interactive museum with lights and buzzers for kids) a human powered table saw. It was the same size and shape as a regular table saw, but had a heavy flywheel and a hand crank on either side. Two people would crank the thing while one person operated the saw. It actually looked like it would work really well.

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