Crazy Router Lathe

[Bruce Page]

I saw this posted on another forum. Its absurd and technically cool at the same time.

What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qt5ui3P9QA

[William C Rogers]

Glad I have a variable speed lathe. Also I would wreck the router bit if I tried that.

[Chris Kennedy]

I kept cringing as I watched. Not for me.

Chris

[Mike Cozad]

I followed a few of the links to other videos of his. That's not even the craziest thing he has going on!

[John A langley]

Seems to me couldn't figure out how to put a switch on the motor, he is nuts

[Mark Wooden]

Too dangerous on too many levels. When he has a crash, he'd better hope his insurance company doesn't find out what he was up to.
Just because you could don't mean you should.

[James Bilsky]

Accident Waiting to Happen.

[Dick Mahany]

Sheer Nuts! Is that Melamine coated particle board that he has pocket screwed together to hold the router ? Oh well at least he is wearing hearing protection so that he can hear the EMTs when they arrive in the ambulance.

[Mike Cozad]

In one of the videos I saw a radial arm saw built (it looks like to me anyway) the same stuff, the same way. Also in that video is the first version of this duplicator in which he uses a skilsaw with no guard standing on its nose following the template. Just nuts. I have always wished I had that type of inventive mind but his execution of said inventions is scary...

[Raymond Fries]

Glad it works for him...

...ditto on the unsafe factor.

I would not try it at home.

Pretty cool thing he figured out though.

With some modifications,it could be a tool more people would want to try.

Bet he could not get Scott Phillips to show it on his show...

[Steve Rozmiarek]

I seriously doubt that is any faster than someone who knows what they are doing when using a lathe correctly. I know he's impressed with himself, but he's only about halfway to a furniture ready leg.