Treadle powered burnisher

[Black Dogg]

Here are some pics of my latest piece of "machinery":

Living in an off-grid cabin, I don't always have enough power to run a Dremel (and definitely not a bench grinder), so I built this treadle burnisher. I bought a sewing machine treadle on ebay and put a table top on it. Then I added the double-ended mandrel ( https://www.constantines.com/mandreldoubleended.aspx ). On the left I put a felt wheel with green (x-fine) compound for polishing knives and other cutting tools. The right side has a regular drill chuck for attaching the leather burnisher (from Pro Edge Burnishers) or any other rotary tool. Some new sewing machine belting from McMaster-Carr ( www.mcmaster.com )  lets it spin like a top. I already put a razor-edge on all my leather knives and the burnisher works great, too. Talk about some shiny edges!

[Mulesaw]

Great build!
And a great use of an old sewing machine too.

Brgds
Jonas

[dikman]

Nice! And it should build up your leg muscles too.

[RockyAussie]

25 minutes ago, dikman said:

Nice! And it should build up your leg muscles too.

Well ...at least one of them. Great build, but I guess you you may be right handed or leggered?

[Scoutmom103]

Very cleaver, and a great way to use a treadle.  

[Lobo]

I am impressed by your inventive approach! Everything you need with nothing you don't need. Perfect for the intended uses.

[cdthayer]

I really like it!  I’m still on grid, but I've got a couple of foot-powered stone machines too.

CD in Oklahoma