Weird contraptions

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Some strange things sometimes show up at the auctions in this part of the world. Andy posted one recently, too. It made me think that we need a place to show some inspired gizmos.

You can pick up this baby for around four grand....got to buy your own suit to run it, though.
 

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You'd almost expect to see a sawn off hand or at least some fingers among the wood chunks on the ground!

That thing looks unsafe as hell.
 
....cut off saw for firewood .... old PTO and Belt drive models of those pop up now and again usually a bit larger , YES dangerous
 
Something tells me that contraption ain't in the US.
 

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Some company over here makes the firewood cutter. Note it has a guard on the back of the blade. :|:
 
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It looks dangerous as hell to me. If you jammed the the wood into the blade too severely, it seems like it could shatter into pieces. Presumably they advise to stand to the right when running it....well to the right.
 
...they were popular in New England back when "stove wood" meant the small (generally 12 to 14 inches) for the range , also when a "cord" meant four footers ... to be processed for the heating and cooking .... generally were run off the tractor...
 
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Must be fairly slow rpms. I've seen some very old woodworking machines like that. A big blade sticks out of the table and you hand feed. No fence :\:
 
I think we still have a buzz saw around here somewhere. There have been a few. It's usually a three person operation. One person "putting on", one sawyer, and one guy "taking off". The guy taking off had to hold onto the short piece until it was cut loose.
 
F that taking off guy part,:O conveyors rock. I have use them and can say they are very good with small rounds and better yet sawmill slabs, as stated slow to start the cut is crucial as is holding the piece
 
It looks dangerous even with a regular saw.

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No pictures because this was 40-years ago. Dad was "thrifty". He mounted an old sewing machine to the top of a wooden toy box. Fitted it for a jig saw blade. My brother & I then used it as a scroll saw. Worked pretty good.

The next one didn't work so well. Imagine an electric motor, fan belt driving an old lawnmower blade shielded by a bicycle fender. Now try to use it as a lawn edger. NOT!! That one was stored up in the attic for many years. Ha!
 
Here's a vid of a buzzsaw, I've run one, don't care to EVER do it again, scary as HELL!
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I think this has been put up here before, but it belongs in this thread for sure!
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Dad built one of these up to use, it was awsome when the Hedge would get stuck on it and the truck would take off across the yard! Not another of my favorite things to do.
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The buzz saws used here had a sliding table that would lift the cover off the blade as the piece of wood passed it.
Fairly safe, I think.

The old guy who taught me logging used one until this summer. Powered by an old 1 cylindered gasoline engine, the kind where you just pour water into a container around the cylinder to cool it.
It used to pull a blower in the grain dryer on the local count's estate untill my friend got it in 58, he has been using it since.

Now it is in the local logging museum. motorpastativ.jpg
 
there is an old buzz saw at my moms house. old farm house, used to be a big sickle bar mower in the barn too. no guard on the saw. smart kids that we were, we used to spin the blade as fast as we could and jam a piece of wood into it see how far it would cut:|:
 
Trust the Japenese to make a mini version.:)
 

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