If I had a fake leg I'd be making weird shit for it like this all day. Add some hidden knives, stash pockets, stun toes, some brass gears for Steampunk charm, etc.
I don't know much about wood, but I have a vague feeling the mounting point going parallel to the grain isn't great, and there seems to be precious little material for load bearing around the top mounting point for the shock absorber
Lathe <$500 Band saw <$300 Drill <$100 Chisels and bits <$100 Now he might have much better tools than that, but you could reproduce what he did for about $1k in tools. Given that a leg costs a lot more than that, I'd say it's a steal.
Supercontra8
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Huor
I don’t understand why he didn’t mount a minigun to that leg
ProudAussie
I'm sending this to my neighbour who's just had his lower leg amputated, and is a handyman (minus a foot)
controlsthepresent
If I had a fake leg I'd be making weird shit for it like this all day. Add some hidden knives, stash pockets, stun toes, some brass gears for Steampunk charm, etc.
fartharder
He just put the shock absorber bolt on the weakest part 😖
D4rc4Nyl
FFS wear eye protection or you'll be carving an eye next.
darkstarmc
There's a few OSHA things here but using a wood lathe while balancing on one leg...
JustANerdInTheWorld
Forced to do this because prosthetics cost an arm and a leg.
Wraid
for a second there, I thought he was gonna rock the Seamus look
ScrodMod
That's how he got the wooden leg in the first place
Nnoodles
Fucking around with power tools is probably how he lost the leg in the first place.
YippeeKayakOB
Based om how he uses those machine I want to know how that leg was lost in the first place
mm2k
Who else was disappointed when he didn’t leave the bark on?
Saigon333
WEAR! YOUR! EYE-PRO!!!! FUCK!
DKE3522
DIY is almost never free. He saved SOME money
Tengenstein
I don't know much about wood, but I have a vague feeling the mounting point going parallel to the grain isn't great, and there seems to be precious little material for load bearing around the top mounting point for the shock absorber
Dannyalcatraz
Safety goggles nowhere to be seen.🤦🏾♂️
Zixtank
His treatment of the saw makes me wonder how he ended up needing a prothesis to begin with...
spittleteets
Yeah, but it's gonna be a bitch to find parts /s
NotThePoint
Nah, it's gonna be a birch to find parts. ;)
Userlivewire
No safety glasses, no gloves, I can see some ways this guy might have lost a leg.
historycat
How can I tell he's American?
Oh. Because this is easier and cheaper than the wealthy paying taxes, or health care being a right.
zndxxx
by looking at the work methods some arms might be needed to in the near future
Capn2018JL
All you need is 10-15 thousand dollars in tools and you too can save money!
ThrowAwayAcct0000
Dude, ask a friend to borrow some tools, or put a post on your neighborhood Facebook page and there will be like 50 old guys with tools ready to help.
KentKnifen
Fortunately those tools are not single-use, and can be rented if you plan to only use them once.
ItWasntSupposedToBeThisWay
Lathe <$500
Band saw <$300
Drill <$100
Chisels and bits <$100
Now he might have much better tools than that, but you could reproduce what he did for about $1k in tools. Given that a leg costs a lot more than that, I'd say it's a steal.
chaylar
it only costs that much in america
ItWasntSupposedToBeThisWay
I'm curious how much it costs in other countries.
QuartzPoker
According to the German philosopher Till Lindemann, we're all living in America.
Alavar
I was just thinking lmao. Dude has an entire shop.
Zanzetuken
First attempt of doing this didn't go so well, glad to see he figured it out by the second go round /s
noneedtodoxme
Funny. Lol
LariCheltsy
The Lathey man's method
MAN9000
Noice!
nvrgnagivuup
Step 1: Slip while using chain saw
Step 2: How to make two legs
implosion3
Almost looked like he was going to lose a hand with the miter saw as well
Neednoggle
Commercial prosthetics don't have a leg to stand on for this guy.
bbueller
howd he lose the leg
lordnequam
Cancer
imaynotbeasmartmanjenny
This is Russian propaganda about their capable wounded veterans he lost it in Ukraine
Margrave9000
Why does he have his mobile in Ruzzian...
ruint
Prosthetics manufacturers stumped by this one simple trick
ThePastorWhoSaysFuck
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Rogerwilco1974
Prosthetics really do cost an arm and a leg.
FunctioningWorkaholic
I sew what you did there.
800lbJeezuz
*stick?
PapaTimDankopus
I don't wanna sound pro insurance but step one have thousands of dollars worth of woodshop equipment lying around and the skill to use them
0xDEC0DE
HelloLetsGo
"Son of a Birch!" - Prosthetics manufacturers
Brunoemf90
You really went out on a limb with this pun
tinytyrant
i mean.. awesome... but the way he nonchalantly swings that chainsaw at the start suggests how he lost the right leg in the first place.
RevengeIsIceCream
💯
lordnequam
It was cancer, actually. His stuff pops up on the Internet occasionally and I've looked into it before.
LicensedAdHominem
Give him time
allmylifeleduptothisonepost
also, using a lathe while balanced on one foot
MyDogsNameIsSally
And no face shield
eathotdog
And people give electroboom shit for being unsafe for entertainment.
Revyloution
With his safety squints on