CHAINSAW LATHE... what a great idea...

[mike s]

i wonder if he will still have all his limbs in 10 years...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxtPu5M ... re=related


props to the guy for using what he has to fix his home but could you get any more dangerous? please post a link to a video showing worse.

 

[big soft moose]

either that video's faked or that chainsaw is incredibly blunt - mine would have pulled itself into the wood and cut the column in half well before the end of the video

he'd be better off with a power file or a sander - or for that matter just carving it by hand

 

[George Foweraker]

The only thing he lacks is a brain.

Regards George

 

[mike s]

its not fake. he has other videos showing it, check them out its pretty interesting seeing the inventions of an silly person

 

[frugal]

either that video's faked or that chainsaw is incredibly blunt - mine would have pulled itself into the wood and cut the column in half well before the end of the video

he'd be better off with a power file or a sander - or for that matter just carving it by hand

I guess it did not dig itself into the column because the chainsaw was also spinning the column round, so the relative speed of the chain against the wood was a lot lower (which also explains why he spent 5 minutes sawing at the column to no noticeable effect)

 

[mike s]

if you watched later on in the video he shows an improvement he made, he put a bit of spring steel springing down onto the wood so it doesnt spin at as fast as the chainsaw so it chews up the wood faster

 

[Jonzjob]

Here is another bloke using a chainsaw at the beginning and he has one HELL of a lathe! Home made!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7x6On0XSXg

Shame there not more detail of the decorating though.

 

[Exbomz]

I keep asking myself 'why?' (hammer)

And the bucket of water speed control - variable with the amount of water - and sandpaper under the 'braking' arm so you can sand the work at the same time??

As Homer woudl say "D'Oh!" (homer)