ornamental lathe

[mark roberts]

If you are a member of the National Trust, Tyntesfield house near Bristol has a Holtzapffel lathe and some amazing examples of the work possible. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/bath-bristol/tyntesfield/visiting-the-house-at-tyntesfield
Hopefully the following link should take you to a pdf of the lathe and tooling and work produced.

http://www.ornamentalturning.co.uk/H1890 Article 15-04-2017encr.pdf

That lathe and accessories are amazing. with Holtzapffel its all about the extras. I picked up a basic lathe for £200. I cannot imagine what that one would be valued at. Many thousands

 

[iNf]

Some of the stuff made from Ivory looks like it was 3d printed!

It is quite amazing the detail produced, I couldn't even imagine the time and skill required to make something like that, also remember it's a treadle powered lathe!