The only machine used by these craftsmen was a pole-lathe, the earliest device invented for turning wood.

The town's museum in Queen Victoria Street has a pole-lathe and examples of local products, including the 'Windsor' chair, first made here.

A conversation with Lloyd Walters recorded at the first annual meeting of the Association of Pole-lathe Turners, September 1990.

As far as I am aware I am the only person in the world making nesting sets of bowls on a pole-lathe, having rediscovered the lost technique.

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal Bolton Greenwood Group Home page Updated 13th February 2002 Bolton Craft Centre Bodging (turning wood on a pole-lathe), rake making, hurdle making, charcoal burning and blacksmithing and more.