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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 289779, member: 5066&quot;]Prior to 1850 in america, the legs would have been turned on a &quot;pole lathe&quot;,&nbsp; a wood-turning lathe that uses a long pole as a return spring for a treadle. Pressing the treadle with your foot pulls on a cord that is wrapped around the piece of wood or billet being turned</p><p>Painting of an early wood turner</p><p>[ATTACH=full]93680[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The spindles are to small &amp; &quot;whippy&quot; to turn on a lathe so they would most likely have been done or finished with a &quot;spokeshave&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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