Sijija Woodturning Unclaimed

We do wood turning of any kind. We supply Builders, Upholsterers, Furniture makers and Interior Decorators. One-off commissions also undertaken. You dream it, we turn it.

In the Middle Ages a pedal replaced hand-operated turning, freeing both the craftsman's hands to hold the woodturning tools. The pedal was usually connected to a pole, often a straight-grained sapling. The system today is called the "spring pole" lathe or Polelathe. Spring pole lathes were in common use into the early 20th Century. A two-person lathe called a "great lathe", allowed a piece to turn continuously (like today's power lathes). A master would cut the wood while an apprentice turned the crank.