To push the reset series into the industrial age, this episode builds a foot powered pole lathe, one of the earliest machine tools for turning perfectly symmetrical parts. With forged chisels and a ...

This experiment recreates Leonardo da Vinci’s treadle lathe to test how early engineers improved rotational power for ...

George Lailey's bowls were so popular that Harrods sold them. One even toured the world in a show about English crafts.This lathe tells of an ordinary Berkshire man whose work had a profound impact on ...

Pole lathes were used to make a wide variety of objects such as buckets, bowls, bracelets and wheel spokes. Evidence suggests that lathe-turned wood vessels were made ...