In the comments for
"One Schwarzpower. Fail." Chris C. mentioned Roy Underhill's "Lathe from a Loft" article, which we ran in the October 2000 issue of
Popular Woodworking. In this story, Roy used recycled lumber (read: he went dumpster diving, much to his daughter's embarrassment) to make a treadle lathe and scrollsaw. I've attached a PDF of the story below, for your reading and building pleasure.
— Megan Fitzpatrick, managing editorTreadleLathe.pdf (1.69 MB)