War and Peace

[n7bsn]

I was just watching the recent BBC production of War and Peace.

At about the 7:10 hr mark Prince Bolkonsky (the elder, the grumpy old man) is seen mounting a piece of wood on his treadle lathe, that is sitting in the parlor.
Spot oh authentic for the period. Nobles in German, Scandinavian and Russian areas took up turning as a avocation.

Of course -they- didn't have to clean up the wood chips.🙂

 

[Bill Boehme]

Turning in the parlor ... that's the way it ought to be. Funny the things we notice when our minds ate attuned to certain things. I'll have a talk with the staff to make arrangements to move my lathe indoors ... and preparing a bed in the shop. 🙄

 

[Joe Greiner]

Turning in the parlor ... that's the way it ought to be. Funny the things we notice when our minds ate attuned to certain things. I'll have a talk with the staff to make arrangements to move my lathe indoors ... and preparing a bed in the shop. 🙄

Don't have a doghouse?

 

[John Torchick]

Tell SWMBO that cedar shavings and chips are good for keeping fleas out of the house. Might recommend a Castro convertible sofa bed? It wouldn't take up much room in the shop.