spring pole lathe

I built this a few months ago, It is not quite a spring pole lathe as there is no pole, rather a spring bow attached to the frame as the return mechanism.

it works rather well, i have turned out a bowl of maple and have a rolling pin in prgress

The frame is simple two by four and two by six construction. The head stock and tail stock are both set in place with wedges. There are interchangeable chucks for holding outsides of pieces as well