Thread: Like watching a train wreck

Wow could not watch it all, listening to that router bog down. I wonder how many router bits he snaps?

Why???
Slow way to produce a no detailed stick.
Regards Rod.

if you think that bad you should the other one were he has a saw blade mounted to a tool using the lathe

Wow...

Originally Posted by Opelblues2

if you think that bad you should the other one were he has a saw blade mounted to a tool using the lathe

I just watched that one. Utterly insane

the router one that he uses is pretty average and has limited use given the lack of detail it can create.

but this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCZn32TyfY
where he has setup a sawblade to do the work. this is a good proven idea.

I havnt had anything to do with lathes other than watching my grandfather as a kid but I work with power tools every day and I know when things are going pear shaped when people are pushing them and this guy's totaly wreck less.
What a tool

Originally Posted by Kuffy

the router one that he uses is pretty average and has limited use given the lack of detail it can create.

but this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCZn32TyfY
where he has setup a sawblade to do the work. this is a good proven idea.

Got to give him credit for "making do" with a few scraps of MDF, a couple of bits of all thread and a angle grinder with a meat axe blade. Not sure the outcome warrants the risk and effort though.

Pretty sure we will see him in the Darwin awards soon !

Comon guys You gotta give him credit. This isn't new tech. for large diameter turnings we used the same process. turn the blank slow and run live tooling. My dads favorite was a skill saw set in bondo and bolted to the cross feed. it gives a pretty good finish and then power sand to completion. dads nich was large turnings. some 2 feet in diameter by 16 feet long.
dad 14 foot.jpg
If you look at the far end of the lathe there is a bench grinder with a saw blade mounted on the near side. these poles had metal rings that went around them and had to be very precise. this one is 14 feet long x 3" in diameter. for large diameter stuff we would put riser blocks under the head and tailstock. this is actually two lathe beds fastened together.

I really don’t see what is wrong with what he did. The jig is well built and looks very robust. The router bit is big and strong. He is taking small cuts and he is well away from the lathe.

It is not the concept. I think both methods could have some application but his total bull at a gate approach. The saw one did not look too bad apart from the speed the lathe was turning. The unbalanced chunk with the router setup was almost walking out the door and the lathe itself looked like it was barely hanging together. I almost had to look away when he first presented the router to the work. There is another Canadian guy does all kinds of over the top woodworking stuff but you know it is a bit of a clown act. This bloke looks like it is for real.

Regards
John
https://www.youtube.com/user/stockroomsupply/videos

I can't seem to put into words what my opinion of this is except to say that any novice who views this as an appropriate way of doing things could easily end up in a world of hurt.

Only fortunate thing I guess is that if it happens to be an Aussie - we do have Medicare.