Know Wosad
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Great video 
Worm drive 101
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Superbec
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always amazes me how some guys still have all their fingers ...
highangle501
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That polish **** at the end of the 6x6 is just asking to loose something
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I don't have a problem with anything he did, but using your finger as a guide on a full length of exterior ply! OUCH! ever see the splinters that come off them!
Done the polish planer many times, but I hold the saw different.
Done the polish planer many times, but I hold the saw different.
catalytic
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I would never do, much less teach, these techniques due to safety concerns. However, it's impressive to watch someone who's a true pro work. This is the guy you want framing your house... it would be done in an afternoon and easily plumb/square within a reasonable tolerance.
Dan in Pasadena
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Yes, and he MIGHT even finish the job without major maiming himself.
theoldwizard1
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I am smart enough to know that I can NOT do any of that !
jimgood
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He's saying, "Don't do as I do."
Seriously. He disclaimed all his techniques right in the beginning.
cwh
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Great video... It is amazing what you can do with a Skillsaw.
My dad never warmed up to the worm drive, and hence I started out with a direct drive. Worked with a couple carpenters that made me use a worm drive, and were kind enough to show me how to work with it instead of against it. Just have to keep in mind that you are the safety device.
I'm not a carpenter, but I can work with a skillsaw all day, up in the rafters, and be comfortable. But you put me on a table saw, where the whole thing (including blade) is fixed in place, and I get nervous.
My dad never warmed up to the worm drive, and hence I started out with a direct drive. Worked with a couple carpenters that made me use a worm drive, and were kind enough to show me how to work with it instead of against it. Just have to keep in mind that you are the safety device.
I'm not a carpenter, but I can work with a skillsaw all day, up in the rafters, and be comfortable. But you put me on a table saw, where the whole thing (including blade) is fixed in place, and I get nervous.
ddawg16
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Interesting responses..........now I know why they made the 'Saw Stop'.....for all you new guys....
Hell, I don't even have the guard on my table saw.....
But then again.....I live the dangerous life.....
Hell, I don't even have the guard on my table saw.....
But then again.....I live the dangerous life.....
Major Ramifications
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Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it. One thing that really stuck out to me is that guy has MUCH stronger arms than I do. He whips that Mag77 around like it's nothing. Also, for someone who has done that much framing, his skin is not leathery.
wildbill23c
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I had the guard on my TS for a week before it pissed me off for the last time and I took it off and its been hanging on the wall for the past 12 years. Those cheap *** plastic guards they put on saws are terrible and are more of a safety issue than the saw itself, I've never seen one of those guards work properly for very long, if at all.
bad_idea
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I had to stop watching. Circular saws make me nervous. I'm a ship fitter by trade and can do magic with a 4 1/2" grinder. Not much use for a circular saw on a steel ship. That said, I'm not very good with a circular saw. Damn near cut two fingers off as a teenager with one. That guy makes me nervous. I can respect his skill though.
kwoswalt99
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This is fairly normal stuff. I see much more dangerous done on job sites.
AMCguy
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I have done everything I watched him do in that video. I wouldn't dare do any of them as quickly though. I guess that's the confidence he has from doing it so many times.
The one thing I couldn't ever bring myself to do is lift the guard and do a plunge cut with my knee on the board directly behind and inline with the blade.
The one thing I couldn't ever bring myself to do is lift the guard and do a plunge cut with my knee on the board directly behind and inline with the blade.
1953mercury
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Have been doing most of those operations for many years, but much like riding a motorcycle you have to pay total attention, all of the time. As to bigger arms, if you do that kind of work for any real period of time, the arms will follow. Mike
cptn_zippy
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That guy is a worm-drive bad ***. Way more than 10 thousand hours there...
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R.Anderson
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Have done and still do good part of the techniques shown in this video.
If the point you were making were true he would not be able to count to ten or worse.
Second that comment, another sign of true craftsmen going extinct.
If the point you were making were true he would not be able to count to ten or worse.
Second that comment, another sign of true craftsmen going extinct.
txvwnut
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That's a video worth watching twice, once for the info and second to look at his shop. If He's not a member on here he definitely qualifies as one.
I've used several of the techniques he showed in the video but have never heard of the polish plane.
Did anyone notice his left foot in the boot cast?
I've used several of the techniques he showed in the video but have never heard of the polish plane.
Did anyone notice his left foot in the boot cast?
joe49
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Not that it matters but he blacksmith's also. Check out his other videos.
Lots of reasons for casts even more when you get older.
Lots of reasons for casts even more when you get older.
speed bump
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I have utilized most of those techniques at some point before but never thought of the transfer cut one . Have to save that one for an upcoming project.
Finky198
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Use those techniques all the time... As said above the key is to be aware of what your doing before you start cutting.... I like being able to count to 10 ... 
I use a Dewalt worm drive.
I use a Dewalt worm drive.
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C_F
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I did, I want to know what happened there.
Neat video! I've used a bunch of those techniques too, but also learned some new ones. He does have skills, but I've gotta say, his gravel floor would drive me nuts if I had to work there.
speed bump
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A mag 77 weighs 11.7 lbs and a dewalt circular saw weighs about 9. Also notice that whenever possible he is cutting down letting the weight of the saw do the work. As far as owning a worm drive the packaging is so much better that other than a cordless saw or one I only used for sheet good I can't see not owning one.
Tamper84
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I watched his other videos. I love his shop, apparently he is a black Smith by trade now. Watch his other videos, would love to see a shop tour!
Chris
Chris
dutchgray
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That video makes me want one for myself now, unfortunately you can't buy worm drive saws here. Health and safety doesn't like them.
Hornman
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I did, I want to know what happened there.
Neat video! I've used a bunch of those techniques too, but also learned some new ones. He does have skills, but I've gotta say, his gravel floor would drive me nuts if I had to work there.
The gravel floor is in the blacksmith part of the shop, so it makes sense there.
C_F
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Ah, yeah I guess it would make sense.
willymakeit
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Used all these techniques for years plus pinning the guard. You couldn't get me to pin a guard now. Surprised he didn't show cutting a let in brace.
Major Ramifications
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Could you elaborate on what you meant by this? Do you mean that they are against the law to purchase?
dutchgray
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Guards not up to the requirements I believe and the lack of a riving knife, which we all remove anyway from the sidewinder style. Nobody offers a worm drive for sale here (Hilti has their plunge one but I don't think you can get them anymore either). You can buy one in the USA and use it here but you have to accept a power loss on our 50Hz electric and I bet it would technically be illegal to use at work.
We can't have dado blades either now.
C_F
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cwh
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Wow... I guess I should feel thankful for not being protected to death by my government in the US... yet.
Zeke
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I think the guy is a bit over confident. I do all of that and I don't feel like bragging about it. Don't know where the term 'Polish planer' comes from but I've never heard it here. But we've been skimming boards since WWII.
BTW, the transfer cut will get you off your measurement fairly quickly. Even he said he checks the length every 4 or so cuts. Where's the time saving in that? If it's a straight cut better to gang cut all the boards laid out flat. If the framing square won't reach to all the boards, snap a caulk line.
AFA cutting rafters it's better to make one, check it for fit and then use that to transfer a pencil line to the rest. And don't get ahead of yourself and cut all the rafters for one side of the roof before nailing a few. A very small error can multiply to a big number. For instance, if you miss your cuts by a 16th and the lumber isn't all that good for exact thickness when stacking plates, and you don't take the time to make adjustments, you could be 2" off in height on one end of a ridge rafter from the other end.
You must use a story pole and not rely on lumber all cut to precision. So if you need to make something longer or shim a bit, do it.
BTW, the transfer cut will get you off your measurement fairly quickly. Even he said he checks the length every 4 or so cuts. Where's the time saving in that? If it's a straight cut better to gang cut all the boards laid out flat. If the framing square won't reach to all the boards, snap a caulk line.
AFA cutting rafters it's better to make one, check it for fit and then use that to transfer a pencil line to the rest. And don't get ahead of yourself and cut all the rafters for one side of the roof before nailing a few. A very small error can multiply to a big number. For instance, if you miss your cuts by a 16th and the lumber isn't all that good for exact thickness when stacking plates, and you don't take the time to make adjustments, you could be 2" off in height on one end of a ridge rafter from the other end.
You must use a story pole and not rely on lumber all cut to precision. So if you need to make something longer or shim a bit, do it.