Darwin Award - just when you thought it could get no worse..

[SammyQ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWQaMq3SMeU

Cringeworthy, ball-tightening, mega-yewch...... hyperbole is inadequate.

Sam

 

[blackrodd]

Scary stuff, 'specially if you're not on BUPA!
Regards Rodders

 

[lanemaux]

Nearly 25 yrs. ago I worked in a small rural sawmill. Your basic logs in one end , 2 by 4 , 2 by 6 etc. out the other. I still sweat when I remember watching the mill supervisor clearing the planer. He would grab a metal bar over the top of the infeed and kick the offending blockage out of the RUNNING machine. His boots sometimes made a squeaking noise while escaping the power feed. Thankfully I never had to watch him exit the other end at a near perfect 1 and 3/4 of an inch thick , but I sure was expecting to. BTW , I did not work there very long!

 

[Water-Mark]

He's wearing glasses, gloves and an apron.

How much safer could he be?

 

[mailee]

Yeah, no problem, the gloves will keep the blood from splashing all over and the goggles will keep it out of his eyes. But look on the bright side he has a mobile base to transport him to the hospital. :lol:

 

[Harry 48]

It does look safe to me no hard hat or safety boots :evil:

 

[DennisCA]

Doesn't look that scary to me.

I suppose they could put a guard over the top & back of the blade, and to the left of the guy moving the hinged contraption there could be a handle so he could use that to actuate the mechanism instead of leaning his body into it, but the mechanism itself seems put a great deal or iron between him and the blade, if he where to fall however his head could go into the blade, hence a top guard as I mentioned, a bent piece of steel welded to the mechanism would do it. Definitely room for improvements. Would also just put a wheel barrow on the right side so the wood could fall into it.

 

[hanser]

........... so the wood could fall into it.

And the odd limb or digit. Pure madness.

 

[WoodMangler]

Doesn't look too different from a farmer friend of mine who uses a PTO-powered cordwood-saw on the back of his Fergie for the same job - (this isn't him, but works the same ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZPVvxqHSmM

 

[blackrodd]

Doesn't look too different from a farmer friend of mine who uses a PTO-powered cordwood-saw on the back of his Fergie for the same job - (this isn't him, but works the same ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZPVvxqHSmM

Yep! that's the one! They did come with guards and were fairly safe when used properly, my mate has one, and used regularly.
The guards may well have been left off to speed up any sharpening, makes me shudder!
Regards Rodders

 

[Benchwayze]

Looks to me like they merely 're-invented' or re-designed the band-saw.

 

[heimlaga]

Those saws are common in Finland. New ones can still be bought though they have guards. Accidents are rare.

If there was a guard around the blade and another around the drive belt that saw would be as safe as any woodworking machine.