Wooden pliers

[swb58]

Can someone explain how this works? The guy lost me after 15 seconds :?

http://youtu.be/RVxeDHglklo

 

[blackrodd]

An interesting vid, been on before, someone , if memory serves, even said what the timber was.
A very clever chap, I wonder what ever made him come up with that idea.
Rodders

 

[Droogs]

he didn't on the original vid of this on youtube it was part of a bodgers documetary if i remember and he said his father showed him how to do it as they couldn't afford "real" tools at the time