A simple sketch by the Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci C.1480 gives us our first glimpse of what an early treadle wheel lathe might have looked like.
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Spinning a Yarn: Eastern European bow lathe turners
Spinning of wool in the West has for a long time been the province of the machine, but in many parts of the globe including much of Eastern Europe this time-old activity is still very much a hand skill. Some spinners use a spinning wheel while many more produce woollen thread with the aid of […]