Home built table saw

[Jamie Lynch]

I was just browsing around and came across this video. Some crazy Scotsman showing off his homebuilt table saw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndvCKJU1bwM&sns=em

[Julie Moriarty]

How about a 150 HP lathe? Those crazy Canadians!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qB6n1cm04

[johnny means]

The cut at the end was like watching a horror movie. I wanted to cover my eyes.

[Rick Potter]

My favorite part was where he said he had about 200 pounds in it. Don't know what the current exchange rare is, but it adds up to somewhere around $350. Around here you can pick up decent table saws for that much, and they have little extras like fences and miter gages.

Heck, I sold my dads Craftsman with improved motor, steel pulleys, and link belt for $200.

Sheesh.

Rick Potter

[ken masoumi]

How about a 150 HP lathe? Those crazy Canadians!


You should see how he cuts dovetail with a chainsaw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyXFE_biEwc

[Bill White]

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
I was waitin' for a HUGE kickback.
Bill

[Dave Keay]

The crzy Scotsman has an English accent!

[Larry Whitlow]

Huh, if I'm viewing this video correctly, he welded the blade to the shaft? Is that right?

[Mike Cozad]

That is one of the craziest DIY projects I have ever seen. I'll take the Caravan lathe over that table mounted amputator any day... It sure looked to me that the blade was welded to the shaft.

[Joe Kieve]

A"pucker factor" of 10!

[Jim Andrew]

He welded what he called the "boss" onto the shaft. If you look close you can see the nut on the end of the shaft. And, that is a Scottish accent.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Many years ago, FWW featured a guy names Winchip, who built both a wooden jointer and wooden slider table saw. Only in the last seventy five years have factory made table saws become affordable for the average Joe.

[Peter Quinn]

So, he spent $350 to get all the functionality of a $120 skill saw without any of the safety or convenience! He's a genius. Real credit to woodworking. Does he make bandsaws too?

[Tom Fischer]

My hands hurt just watching that.

Quick glance at Craigs list. See a 10" Unisaw w/mobile base - $650 (http://newjersey.craigslist.org/tls/3516952079.html), 1 hour drive from here.
Can't fix stupid.

[Mike Cutler]

I can admire his ingenuity, but the last time I saw something like that was in a video from a third world country.
For 200 pounds I think he could bought something better.

Those guys with the minivan lathe are hysterical. A plow blade for a rest.:cool: Of course if his "2" gouge" catches, it's going to break his leg.:eek:

[Rich Engelhardt]

Only in the last seventy five years have factory made table saws become affordable for the average Joe.
As opposed to the contraption in the video that's going to cost an arm and a leg eh?
:D

[Thomas L. Miller]

The guy should paint the walls and floor red, so the blood won't show.
Tom