#BikeNite A6. Gary Hale writes:
I bought an old hand powered drill press from a friend for $15. I was very impressed with how efficiently the machine could remove metal. I needed a way to cut the miters in tubing for bikes. Making bikes with pedal power somehow seemed like the essence of appropriate technology, so I made a ten speed horizontal boring mill with pedals. I sold about ten of these to other frame builders. When the power went out in my shop, I just kept working! This machine was written up in Mother Earth News in the early 80's. Later I converted a few other devices to human power, including making a generator stand for electricity and a 5-gallon ice cream maker.
I believe this is a photo of the boring mill: https://halebikes.com/pictures/building/28.html