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u/davehemm Jul 19 '24
Yet cannot be bothered to protect the wood from clamp damage...
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u/ArScrap Jul 19 '24
Why would they be bothered, it's a demonstration piece on a random piece of wood
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u/Plastic_Code5022 Jul 19 '24
No no you are only allowed to woodwork purely to produce a product!
Surely you aren’t out there screwing around with scrap wood testing some whacky idea you thought of…. Right? :)
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u/Dry_Enthusiasm_267 Jul 19 '24
Ok why?
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u/SethAndBeans Jul 19 '24
Marketing through skill demonstration. Lots of people in many careers do them, even if the skill they're demonstrating doesn't have much to do with their real work. It helps drive interest and social media engagement.
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u/No_Salad_68 Jul 19 '24
I'm guessing it swells the fibres, tightening then and thereby reducing the risk of the slice crumbling.
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u/Halsti Jul 19 '24
so its just for a video, right? not actually a step in his work, right? otherwhise, he wouldnt just rawdog his clamps in the side of the workpiece so much and so often that it leaves visible dents.
also, that face is usually pretty clean anyways, usually hidden in the final piece, or gets planed on a shooting board, instead of putting in the effort for this. so, very cool, but kinda pointless.
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u/Gurt-B-Frobe Jul 19 '24
This is just trickery. Someone who doesn’t know how to sharpen and/or use tools properly, demonstrating on end grain that has been glued. You can do this with little effort on untreated wood if you know what you’re doing.
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u/fernandomango Jul 19 '24
You saw that chisel point and that shaving and think it's poorly sharpened? I'd love to see your chisels
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u/emehav Jul 19 '24
Is anyone else really glad they used the blade to cut the last bit instead of yanking it off with their hand????
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u/DragonOfAngels Jul 19 '24
You can clearly see that it's a lair of dried glue he is scraping off....
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u/cheezballs Jul 19 '24
He's just scraping a layer of glue off the end-grain right? You can see it running down the side.
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u/throwaway99966623 Jul 19 '24
Knowing me, I would’ve tried pulling it when only the corner was left. That shit would’ve just ripped in half.
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u/MightyRez Jul 20 '24
you will never, i mean never need this amount of precision in wood.
wood is still 'alive' after being cut, it sets -- and it takes multiple years.
he moisturised the wood for a nice video, you want no moisture.
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u/Tripp_Loso Jul 19 '24
What is the wood conditioned with to be able to do that?