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Video: Table Saw Safety Fail…

toolcrib — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:00:20 +0000

If you haven’t changed your Depends yet today, you will after watching this video. We consider this video NSFW, not because of adult content, but because you will scream like a schoolgirl every time his fingers get close to the blade.

Watch Horn Cutter Violate Your Sense of Table Saw Safety

We spotted this at LumberJocks: impromptu #3: How NOT to cut on a table saw.

Wait, you can’t get enough of dangerous, even idiotic power tool usage? Well we’ve got a nice little collection here for you:

Resawing with a Shaper: A Horror Film for Woodworkers
Video: Table Saw Daredevil Shows What NOT to Do
Video: SawStop Inventor Puts His Finger in a SawStop
Video: Circular Saw Demolition + Gravity = Valuable Life Lesson

Video: Circular Saw Demolition + Gravity = Valuable Life Lesson

toolcrib — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:54:17 +0000

Pictures are worth a thousand words. This video’s worth three or four, but I can’t publish any of them on this family website!

The video’s only 2 seconds long, but in it you can see a man learn a huge lesson he’ll never have to learn again…

In common internet parlance we’d call this a “demolition fail,” or even a “hardhat fail.”

via: Doh! Falling Timber

Also see:
11 Signs You Should STOP WOODWORKING (for the day…)
Video: Table Saw Daredevil Shows What NOT to Do
Resawing with a Shaper: A Horror Film for Woodworkers
Ultimate Safety Guide to the Top Ten Most Dangerous Power Tools
How Many Beers is Too Many for Woodworking?
Video: SawStop Inventor Puts His Finger in a SawStop

Tags: demolition, fail, video

Video: Table Saw Daredevil Shows What NOT to Do

toolcrib — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:37:23 +0000

Warning: YOU WILL CRINGE AND POSSIBLY CURSE OUT LOUD.

Reactions at SawmillCreek range from dark, uncontrolled laughter to indignant rage at the idiocy displayed in this video posted to YouTube about 2 years ago.

Lee Schierer in that same SMC thread saw 16 safety issues. Here are his top five to get you started:
“1. Lifting the weight of the motor with a bucket & 2 x 4 and hoping it stays put while holding the belt with pliers near the motor pulley.

2. Kick starting the motor instead of replacing the capacitor.

3. Wearing flip flops while trying to start the motor with his foot, balanced on the other foot.

4. Operating the saw with the switch on the other side out of reach.

5. Doing a cross cut with the miter gauge and fence in combination.”

What else did you see?

Tags: dangerous, table, saw, practices,, unsafe, table, saw,, table, saw, idiot, video

All-Wooden Machine Made by 70 Year Old Woodworker (Video)

toolcrib — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:06:43 +0000

Wow! Check out this wood-glue and dowel machine created by a 70 year old woodworker! Your jaw’s gonna drop. Parts of it he patterned after a flyball or centrifugal governor.

He built the whole thing so it would be easy to take apart (!!!) and out of various types of hard wood. It even has threaded screws and nuts. I guess we can add this device to the list of things to do with your wood cut offs :D

According to Del in the video: “It was quite a chore to figure out how to build it.”

From the fellow who posted the video: “An intricate hand-cranked machine made entirely of wood and glue (no metal or other materials). It was designed and built by my friend Del, using many different woods and incorporating a variety of mechanical motions. He has made several other wooden machines, but calls this latest one his crowning achievement. Del is 70 years old.”

I spotted this at BoingBoing.

Tags: all, wooden, machine

Life-Size Wooden Sculpture of a VW Bus: Video + Pics

toolcrib — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:16:15 +0000

Recently I wrote about David C. Roy’s kinetic wood sculptures – you have to see them to believe them. The same holds true for these sculptures by artist Lee Stoetzel. Among his works are a full size model of a VW Bus, several Mac computers, a bicycle made of mesquite and a chopper.

Here’s a video interview with Mr. Stoetzel, followed by pics and links to some of his other incredible wooden sculptures.

by sokref1
VW BUS

photo by sokref1
CHOPPER

MULTIPLES (Mac Plus)

Mac enthusiasts found these particular sculptures and started aCaption contest: Wood Mac.

Here’s the #1 caption (in my opinion). It comes from whisperycat: “This Mac comes complete with a root-user log file applications and 800 fig-a-byte hard-wood drive. It has multiple US-Beech ports and Lime-wire is standard. This poplar variation has been bushed to market – “Somebody call the copse!”"

Also check out David C. Roy’s kinetic wood sculptures. And see Lee Stoetzel’s website.

Tags: Life-Size, Wooden, Sculpture, of, a, VW, Bus:, Video, +, Pics, Lee, Stoetzel

Video: Wood Sculptures that Move

toolcrib — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:13:20 +0000

These wood sculptures by artist David C Roy really took my breath away… here’s a video of one he called “Spectrum”

(for some reason these videos aren’t playing for me on my computer… they play fine in YouTube though so here’s a link to David C Roy in YouTube.)

Here’s how he describes his process of making these scupltures:
“I usually make the sculptures in groups of six. I cut most of the pieces on a band saw and then do the final shaping with a table router and sander. All the holes are predrilled using a drill press. I cut and make all the knobs, pulleys, and spools by hand using techniques that I have developed. All the pieces are hand sanded and then stained and finished.”

The size of these pieces is tough to grasp unless you see Mr. Roy standing right next to them… Here’s one where he demonstrates winding “Illusion:”

Here’s Variation-Zen… apparently he only made 6 of these.

The prices on his site range from $1250-3200. Check out Wood that Works.

I spotted these incredible sculptures over at SawmillCreek… Here’s a link to the original thread: Wood that Works Kinetic sculptures.

Tags: kinetic, wood, sculptures

Video: John Deere Just Killed Your Chain Saw

toolcrib — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:40:02 +0000

Don’t let your chain saw watch this video… he won’t come out of the shed for shame. This is a video of John Deere’s 1270D Wheeled Harvester that I found over at WoodNet.

Apparently the thing has computer functionality too: “The harvester comes fully equipped with a John Deere processing head combined with a powerful John Deere PC/Windows® based measuring and control system.” I guess that’s so they can track more easily how many trees they cut with it?

Here are some of the WoodNetter comments:

“I’ve always fantasized about showing modern tech to someone from 100 or 200 years ago. Imaging showing that to a 18th century logger.”

“All I could think of was the ways this might show up in the sequel to Fargo…”

Here’s the thread: Demise of the Chain Saw
Here’s John Deere’s page about the 1270D Wheeled Harvester

Tags: John, Deere\'s, 1270D, Wheeled, Harvester

2 Part Video Guide to Buying a Scroll Saw

toolcrib — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:10:28 +0000

Do your projects call for intricate or delicate cuts? Are you interested in fretwork, marquetry or intarsia? Check out these videos then for an excellent introduction on what to look for when you’re buying your first scroll saw.

What to look for in a Scroll Saw Part One

Selecting A Scroll Saw Part Two

The creator of these videos, Steve Good, keeps a site at http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/

Other Scroll Saw Buying Resources
Scroll Saws Buying Guide: Home Depot
Comparison Test: 6 Scroll Saws (from 2002 popular mechanics)
Scroll Saw
Scrollsaw Association of the World

Work Types Defined:
Intarsia
Marquetry
Fretwork

Video: How to Cut a Circle on a Table Saw

toolcrib — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:18:50 +0000

If you’d asked me three minutes ago if I thought it was possible to cut a circle on a table saw I would have said – “probably not,” and then, “why would you want to, isn’t that what a band saw or jig saw’s for?”

Well, I find my first impulse proven wrong, and for those of you who need to cut a (perfect?) circle for an upcoming project you may find these videos useful, as well as the written how-tos posted below the videos.

Cut a Circle on a Table Saw

The Original Jimmy Jig/cutting odd angles and a circle

Slight Variations on Cutting Circles with Table Saws:
Cutting a Circle on the Table Saw – from WoodWeb, a site that catalogs great ideas from woodworking forums.

Cutting Circles on the Tablesaw – a fine woodworking reader writes in

Cutting a Circle on a Table Saw

Tags: cut, circle, table, saw

Resawing with a Shaper: A Horror Film for Woodworkers

toolcrib — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:29:25 +0000

The SawmillCreekers spotted this one and it’s got their forum in a mini uproar about this woodworker who’s resawing with a shaper:

YIKES!!

Check out the discussion at SawmillCreek >>

And let us know what you think in the comments below :)

Here’s the website mentioned in the video – apparently a blog owned by the Spanish-speaking (er… wait I think that’s Portuguese?) luthier who still miraculously has 10 fingers.

Tags: Portuguese, Luthier,, resawing, with, a, shaper