Subdeacon Joe 28,421 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Another "Just Because You Can" file find. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6-RIyJAgJ4 Link to post Share on other sites
Rye Miles #13621 7,088 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I agree, it does seem like too much work! Link to post Share on other sites
Red Wolf 94 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Wow! That's 5 minutes I won't get back. I couldn't watch the whole video. A few things: He used a Ryobi saw blade, he obviously doesn't know quality, or lack thereof. The time it took him to do that, he could've bought a cheap table saw from Craigslist that's actually made for the intended purpose. I guess if you have nothing better to do with your life. God forbid you would need to shut that off in a hurry. Red Wolf Link to post Share on other sites
Badlands Bob #61228 1,968 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 There's a bunch of videos on Youtube of people building their own belt sanders, bandsaws, and other power tools out of plywood. I guess technically, they do work for a while. I can't see how you could ever get any kind of accuracy out of them. And when they come apart, they want to eat fingers. I think I'll stick with cast iron and steel for my big tools. Link to post Share on other sites
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 597 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Cheaper and simpler and probably much safer to buy a cheap table saw. You don't have to go over the top to buy one that will do everything this contraption does. But, interesting workmanship. Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 14,356 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 For the cost of the materials that idiot used he could have bought this. Chicago Electric4 in. Mighty-Mite Table Saw with Blade Only $37.99 Quote The 4 in. diameter circular saw has 2 miter slots for cutting precise angles with no hassle. The mini table saw includes a blade guard and eye shield for safety. A quality mini table saw for the home or workshop to get smaller projects done while keeping the big table saw free for larger jobs. Miter gauge and two slots for precise angle cutting Blade guard and transparent eye guard Maximum depth of cut at 90°:3/4 in. Blade diameter: 4 in. Link to post Share on other sites
Badlands Bob #61228 1,968 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 You could retract the blade and carry that little thing around in your pocket. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Dog Doug 2,795 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Buy a Good table saw .. cheap tool are worth just what you pay for them Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 28,421 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Dirty Dog Doug said: Buy a Good table saw .. cheap tool are worth just what you pay for them Cheap power tools can cost an arm and a leg. Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Dog Doug 2,795 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Cheap power tools can cost an arm and a leg. 1987 I show up on big wood framed school building job site the guy running the pile of junk Radial arm saw had saw damage to 7 of his 10 finger he was in his 30s and would be running out of fingers soon Link to post Share on other sites
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 857 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be. Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 28,620 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Drill motors aren't designed to take sideways forces like that. Link to post Share on other sites
Eyesa Horg 1,810 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 55 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Drill motors aren't designed to take sideways forces like that. That's why he built that high tech bearing support. Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 28,421 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Eyesa Horg said: That's why he built that high tech, precisely machined bearing support. There. Fixed it for you. Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 1,143 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Seems like the kind of guy who will grind the sides of a flat screw driver to fit into a phillips head screw... and then use the tip of his pocket knife blade to turn a slotted screw because he already made his flat screw driver useless... and then complain about the hardness of his pocket knife blade when the tip breaks off. Buy the right tool for the job. If it only needs to work once, or only occasionally, buy the cheap harbor freight one. If you expect it to work often, and correctly, for many years, then move as high up the brand quality chart as you can afford to. Most of my tools are quality brands and I expect them to last. A good number of my hand tools were acquired in my late teens and early twenties. They still are in great shape 30 years later or so and I expect them to be in the same shape when somebody is clearing out my belongings after I am dead and gone. I do have tools that were purchased for a specific oddball use that were harbor freight special type quality that worked fine for the job I needed them for. Still have most of those too... those are the ones I loan out when a neighbor asks to borrow something. Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Slim 9,970 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 My shop teacher, Me. Ryan, would have a seizure then kill me if I did that. Link to post Share on other sites
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 3,756 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Looks like he still needs to buy another power drill ....... Link to post Share on other sites
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 259 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Well, I just drive to the other side of the farm and use the one in my dad's garage. On a good day, I also get the wood I need to cut out of his stack of lumber. Link to post Share on other sites
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 2,139 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Just no Imis Link to post Share on other sites
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