Video: Crazy Canadian woodturning
Who needs a lathe when you have the wife’s SUV, some hand-made tools and a snow plough?
Paul Moore "from up here in northern Canada" shows how to turn a bowl by attaching the wood to a front wheel, resting the pole — sorry, the gouge —on the plough and having a faithful assistant hit the accelerator.
Oh, and in answer to our opening question … you definitely need a lathe, because you sure as hell shouldn’t try this out for yourself!
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