Originally Posted by
Peter Quinn
Every time I watch that again I want to get his address and mail him a bandsaw, but he probably wouldn't use it. Its probably not drastically more dangerous than resawing on a TS, and I've done that begrudgingly, but it sure looks hairy. Bright side he's probably using a very soft wood for tops, like cedar for flamenco guitars. Trying to imagine how that goes with the tone wood? I know a few guys at work that are nervous about the BS, they consider it dangerous, but they regularly rip narrow stock down to maybe 1 1/4" with just hands, way closer to the blade than I'd ever get. Different strokes. I really like the shipwright above with the skill saw blade on the mini grinder. He adds a pretty strong caveat about the dangers involved and not recommending the technique to others. Good old Yankee ingenuity getting it done. The guy in the original video sort of admits on several occasions that he doesn't really know what he's doing, but at other times seems to present himself as an expert? With technique like that I'd be more inclined to hide in a dark hole and not advertise my incompetence to the world, what exactly is the point of that video? Still scratching head. Perhaps its to bust the myth that anybody with a few tools can safely make things from wood? A good working title might be "How to effectively reduce your finger population in the short run".