In church, some of us kneel to pray, sit to learn and stand to praise and for some, salvaging nature's trees can be a sort of religious experience. Whatever, now all of us can sit and stand at the lathe. Two out of three ain't bad. Actually, we do kneel to search for lost chuck keys. :)
The Oneway 'sitting down" lathe has likely been considered ad nauseum on other forums, but not here. We have however, discussed lathes for the disabled on many past threads. The Oneway picture won't stay still long enough for me to visualize it and think about it, but maybe my cognitive challenge is a variation on Yogi's tv ad: "If I don't have it, that's why I need it". :) Anyway, sitting down to turn might have advantages for many of us who actually can stand at the lathe.
Other than being able to sit, are there any advantages to mounting a traditional lathe sideways? As I look at that jumping picture, I think sideways removes one bed rail from in front of the turner, but I'm not sure it does or if it helps. Have any of you mounted a regular bed lathe sideways?
I did put a carbatec on an old style 'schoolboy desk' once. The kind that the left arm extends from the seat into a small round desk top slanted slightly upward. That was BSS&S (before spinal stenosis & senility), so I didn't need to sit so much in those days and I didn't use it enough to make a judgment.
Have any of you made a Japanese style turning set up with a flat table bed instead of rails and an open space or slot below the head spindle followed by a seat; all in one frame? (sorry for the poor description, hope you "knowatImsa'n") What other variations on sitting down to turn or unorthodox lathe mounting geometry have you made or thought about making?
Mercifully, we will omit the drillpress set up (vertilathe) for now, although I have turned wood on an Atlas horizontal mill. I've seen pole lathes with a belt for the turner to lean back on while he pedals. What are your variations? Did they work?
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