Hollowing Method (from you know where!)

[RFINK]

Try this great new hollowing method but make sure you've got plenty of bandaids handy!
http://www.olandcraft.com/images/removalofcenter1.jpg

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[Jeff]

I especially like the safety gear employed in this method, very affordable!

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"Always cutting corners...!"

[ptc]

Originally posted by Jeff:
I especially like the safety gear employed in this method, very affordable!

No wonder he has his back to
the camera.



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p.t.c

[ubeaut]

SHE

[Jim Carroll]

SHE ! It gives new meaning to chainsaw carving. What happens when you have a dig in.

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Jim
Turn it up

[RFINK]

When you have a dig-in you get to star on one of those `Funniest Home Videos' shows, along with all the toddlers breaking their noses on tricycles etc.

[JackoH]

She ???
John H.
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[ubeaut]

SHE!!! What? You don't believe me??? See for your self! HER (http://www.olandcraft.com/production.htm)

Told ya so. http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/tongue.gif

[ubeaut]

SHE!!! http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/eek.gif What, you don't believe me??? See for your self! CLICK HERe (http://www.olandcraft.com/production.htm)

Told ya so. http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/tongue.gif

[JackoH]

Neil.
That is one "ballsy" lady. I've just attached a red gum burl weighing about 5kg to a face plate and hung it on my Vicmarc,and that is frightening the s*^#t out of me at 450 rpm.I had to go indoors and have a beer or three. Will try again tomorrow,can't let thge "fair" sex get the better of us males.
John H. http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/mad.gif

[Terry Porter]

Originally posted by RFINK:
Try this great new hollowing method but make sure you've got plenty of bandaids handy!
http://www.olandcraft.com/images/removalofcenter1.jpg

http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/eek.gif

Bandaids, an ambulance more like. When chainsawing, even on static timber, I use a full helmet, protective chaps etc. I find it hard to believe someone is using a chainsaw on a rotating object[or is it stationary?] without any protection, especially as the end of the bar is bing used.I met a guy at a woodturning seminar once who had a nice vertical scar right down his forehead. It had been caused by a chainsaw kicking back.



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Terry

[hook]

Another quick method for hollowing large pieces is to drill a 7/8" hole in the centre, insert dynamite, light fuse & run.
Just as safe and without the need to sweep up the shed afterwards.

Hook

[John Saxton]

Originally posted by RFINK:
Try this great new hollowing method but make sure you've got plenty of bandaids handy!
http://www.olandcraft.com/images/removalofcenter1.jpg

I have had 'Er' indoors threaten me with emasculation using the same method with over-indulgence of a certain Visa (sigh)card.
Cheers....with reservations http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif

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Johnno

[Glen Bridger]

Hi guys,
here is something off the subject of turning, but refers to a couple of brain dead idiots using a chainsaw, with believe it or not, even less Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) than 'SHE'.
Sadly I don't have a photo so I'll have to describe it.
Idiot #1 arrives at idiot #2's house. Drags out 'the beast' (with a 24 inch blade)from back of the ute. After spending the next 10 minutes trying to start the beast, it fires into life. One can only ponder the condition of the blade on this finely tuned machine.
Idiot #1, standing in shorts, singlet, rubber thongs(quality safety type I guess) with no ear muffs or face/eye protection grabs the beast and ascents a device which ressembles a ladder.
Balancing on the top rung he is alerted to the fact that his work platform is some what un-stable.
Steps in idiot #2. He takes up post at the base of the ladder. He too is equiped with the same PPE.
With the safety stuff squared away, idiot #1 begins hacking into the tree.
Our story isn't quite finished.
One limb of the tree is out of reach for idiot #1. The solution, easy, using one hand on the beast, the other for addition grip, and re-position idiot #2 on the ladder and the tree limb had no chance.

Cheers,
Glen

[ubeaut]

Strewth!

You mean to say that is not the way it should be done.

Ah well, I guess it's back to the drawing board for my next tree lop.

And all the time I thought that safety stuff was meant for the other idiots.

By the way was anyone injured? No. They were probably ex-sperts like me.

Cheers - Neil http://www.ubeaut.com.au/homer1.gif DOH!!!

[Jeff]

Reminds me of the line Jack Nicholson had in the movie "As Good as it Gets", when asked how he writes women characters so well "I throw away all reason and accountability..."
I have seen some ugly chainsaw wounds meself, having worked ambulances a few years and I must say this looks like a future client for one....

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"Always cutting corners...!"

[Glen Bridger]

You can look at it this way.

There might be a chainsaw for sale soon.
Probably cost an arm and a leg though.

Cheers,
Glen.

Remember: today's idiot is tommorrow's statistic.

[Iain]

Back in the bad old days when I did a secondment with Constipation Forests and Lands we had a 'skilled' chainsaw operator who trained the casual firecrews.
One summer he was dropping a tree on the sdie of a hill and told everyone he did not need a clear exit as the tree would drop down hill.
Puts in a scarf and the tree split up the centre and dropped on his leg.
It was a tense two hours waqiting for the air ambulance and trying to stop the blood.
He lived but now has only one leg.
Back to the original topic. She takes pride in her work, just as well, could be valuable limited editions before long.

[ptc]

Could we see a finished project
just to see if the risk is justified.

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p.t.c

[jclucas]

I don't live real far from the Oland's.They live in the north part of the state of Georgia in USA. They have been turning large work for a long, long time. I didn't know they used a chain saw. Unfortunatly her husband passed away last year. He was a good turner and invented some good tools.
I have a friend that carves large deep bowls with a chainsaw. Some are 3 feet deep, 1 foot around and 1/4 thick through out. It's incredible. John

[Dipo]

I wonder how many window panes he goes through

dipo

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Dipo