[modeleng] Re: Swarf!
- From: "shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:28:02 -0000
Thanks Tony
You have indeed filled out my knowledge of Bodging!
Cheers! Hubert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Swarf!
> FWIW, this is a pole lathe that Hubert describes here, and is actually
> making a comeback in the world of woodturning (my other hobby). From the
> woodturning records, Bodgers went around the country, setting up their
> lathes wherever they could find a suitable tree branch, and then mostly
> doing repair work by turning new chair backs and legs etc. As the work of
> some of these itinerant workers was of dubious quality, the name "Bodger"
> became a term of abuse, denoting a lack of skill, rather than the high
> quality of the original artisans.
>
> If you can ever go to a large woodturning show here in England, you will
> more than likely see someone demonstrating a pole lathe, and the skills of
> the bodger. One chap even resigned from his job in forest management with
> the NationalTrust to become a commercial pole lathe woodturner - he did
> not
> make vast amounts of money but he did help keep pole lathes alive and got
> a
> lot of job satisfaction. He probably makes moremoney from doing
> demonstrations now though. I am also fairly sure that he was also the same
> chap who won a contract to make duplicates of the turned wooden objects
> found on the Mary Rose - "Treen" it is called and includes beer mugs, egg
> cups,slat and pepper shakers etc, along with the more usual bowls, dishes
> and platters.
>
> There are quite a few web sites giving details of how to make your own
> pole
> lathe, and I also have instructions on how to make an poleless pole lathe,
> using a rubber "bungie" luggage strap as a giant elastic band as the
> return
> spring instead of a pole, if anyone is interested in further reading on
> the
> subject.
>
> Tony Wells.
>
>
>
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