saws
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Chainsaw Man Is a Bloody, Somber Story of a Boy and His Dog
Chainsaws have an interesting place in pop culture. Whether it’s movies or film, they’re one of the handiest tools to have on hand during a zombie apocalypse (or believed to be, anyway). Video games like Gears of War and Dead Rising have further turned the power tool into punchlines where the joke is absurd display…
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Firing This Saw Blade-Launching Handheld Catapult Looks More Terrifying Than Getting Hit By It
Video: Joerg Sprave has finally built an elastic-powered weapon that even the burly slingshot master can barely handle when the trigger’s pulled. It’s a handheld trebuchet (a type of catapult) that flings circular saw blades dozens of metres, and it looks almost as terrifying to yield as it is to be in the weapon’s crosshairs.
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Watch All The Parts Of A Table Saw Magically Self-Assemble Itself
Video: Putting things together can sometimes make you feel accomplished but there are a lot more times where it gets real tedious, real fast. That’s why I enjoy these magic self-assembling videos. Frank Howarth shows an entire table saw assembling itself in this stop-motion video and it makes me wish this could happen in real…
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America’s Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill
In 1938, Ralph Hull founded a mill in the rural Oregon Coast Mountains. Lacking enough current to even light the workshop, Hull used steam power to supplement his energy needs. And today the mill still does — as the last steam-powered commercial sawmill on the continent.