Pete Howlett
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What a great power saving device for anyone who has to collect their power like Chuck:
Off Grid? here's an idea....
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Wow, that is pretty cool. I hope the dismembered bicycle didn't make Timbuck too sad 
I was expecting the final build to be geared for speed using the chain and sprocket, but I suppose that would put the hand driving the crank pretty far away from the hand guiding the workpiece.
I was expecting the final build to be geared for speed using the chain and sprocket, but I suppose that would put the hand driving the crank pretty far away from the hand guiding the workpiece.
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Pete Howlett
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There are many flaws in this tool but it's the thinking behind the tool that really inspires me
Quite interesting indeed.
Rick Turner
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I have this band saw:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=224
but not the foot powered version:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/imagedetail.aspx?id=112
That having two pedals plus an auxiliary handle for a helper to add power...
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=224
but not the foot powered version:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/imagedetail.aspx?id=112
That having two pedals plus an auxiliary handle for a helper to add power...
Rick Turner
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David Newton
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I knew a guy who restored a Norton Commando in part using a foot treadle lathe.
He lived in New York City, back in the undeveloped part, apparently.
He lived in New York City, back in the undeveloped part, apparently.
Michael N.
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Not a bad idea but I can't help thinking that it's much easier to mount a sanding plate/disc to a hand crank grinder. You immediately get the advantage of the gearing as well. I made a 'wheel' for the hand crank that I have, except that mine had the abrasive stuck to the edge - similar to an ordinary grind stone. I used it for doing the heads of wooden friction pegs. You can get quite a speed up with the gearing. Hand crank grinders can be had for little money too.
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Pete Howlett
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This is a recycling project (no pun intended)....
Rick Turner
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I don't see why, if you're going to destroy a bicycle, you don't just take advantage of pedal power...which is much stronger than one hand, and then have both hands free for guiding your work. It wouldn't be all that hard to run a bike chain to a right angle drive for a disc. There were/are foot treadle scroll saws, too.
Timbuck
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Habanera Hal
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Very cool project, though it would IMHO have been more impressive if it had been built completely with hand tools.
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