Not your "typical" Sawbench

[Mark]

So, looking around for more info on a sawbench, after seeing the one on WoW earlier, and came across this.



I guess sometimes it's just about "gettin' the job done", but I wonder how many times this sawbench has "changed hands" due to its previous owners having become incapacitated by an unanticipated "slip".

Mark

[sawduster]

Dat's a big saw. Yep, Brits refer to a table saw as a saw bench.

[TDHofstetter]

They've still got a bunch of those up here - Vermontahs call 'em "buzz saws". Scary as HECK, ain't they?

No way to stall one... that flat belt that runs 'em is driven by a tractor.

[sachbvn]

Yep - scared the bajeebers outta me just watching the guy!


Zac

[rrich]

One slip and one heck of a nose bleed!

[Joe Lyddon]

Looked like the blade needed sharpening to me...

[RiverWalker]

May 15, 2010 13:37:33 GMT -6 Joe Lyddon said:

Looked like the blade needed sharpening to me...

ok, thank goodness its not just me.

that nobody had said that, made me wonder if it was just my inexpereince...

I thought he looked like he was trying a lot harder than he should have been having to, even for such a large piece.

wouldn't a sharp blade that large, with that much power behind it, cut through just about anything like butter?

[TDHofstetter]

A fully sharp buzz saw can make for very difficult cutting, although it's not immediately obvious. Problem is... touch the blade with a round log and the first tooth to touch grabs the wood & spins it in your hand, just like a bandsaw will if you try & crosscut - say - a stick of 4" PVC pipe without first clamping it to a miter gauge. I'm here ta' tell you, the pipe gets badly out of control in half a heartbeat.

So... a buzz saw really oughtta' have a small negative rake and not be quite as sharp as you can get it. AND the sawyer really oughtta've hired somebody else to do the cutting.

[dicklaxt]

When I was about 11 or 12 somewhere in that age of innocense our neighbor was cutting fire wood for the winter with a buzz saw,,,,,,,no one knew exactly what happened but he cut his left arm off between the wrist and elbow

Bad memories

[Ruffnek]

Well, safety is a relative thing. That guy was probably perfectly comfortable doing what he was doing and as Mark said, sometimes it's about getting the job done. If you will notice, even though he seemed to be pushing pretty hard at first, before the saw broke through the log, he eased up and kept himself and the log under control. That ain't his first rodeo.

We wouldn't do something like that because we don't have to but if that was the only way to get enough firewood put by to heat and cook our meals through the winter, I daresay we would do it. After going cold and hungry for a winter, I'll guarantee we would all do it.

I sawed those 8" x 38" River Birch logs into cants by just pushing them through the band saw and slabbing off the sides. After the first slab, when I had one fairly flat side, it was a piece of cake. But even for the first slab, I didn't use any hoity-toity sled like you see in the wood mags. I just laid the flattest side of the log on the table and made the cut, eyeballing my line. The log didn't roll, the blade didn't kink and I still have all of my digits. I never felt out of control, either.

I know my own capabilities and I know my equipment. That's the two most important things IMHO.

[mcbryde]

I'm scared of my table saw now, no way in hell would I even think of using something like that!

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[Doug B]

I gotta say that video bothered me a bit. It would not take much of a slip up for that to become a major disaster.