Turning Saw Pins!

This episode on Blondihacks, I'm collaborating with Rex Krueger on a turning saw! Exclusive videos, drawings, models & plans available on Patreon!
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[@fdavillar]

4:40 YAY for Superchip!

[@Blondihacks]

I believe in Superchip

[@rileyk99]

Superchip will save us all!

[@tomt9543]

Not just a superchip, a FIBONACCI super chip!

[@HanstheTraffer]

@@Blondihacks I was thinking as I watched it..."WOW she's making watch springs at the same time." Quinn you are so cool!

[@scottvolage1752]

May the superchip be with you. And you . And you.

[@JakeJemas]

“Screaming banshees of dust and death” is now permanently etched in my mind

[@absentmindedprofesor]

I was about to do something productive and you saved me.

[@kswiorek]

"Screaming banshees of dust and death" - with these words you expressed exactly what I always thought about woodworking tools. I'll use it now when someone tells me to make something out of wood instead of listening to the peaceful sounds of machining and welding metal.

[@kelvin0mql]

Title card says "Woodworking?!" and in my mind it's pronounced "Blasphemy?!"

[@henrikstenlund5385]

I have done a lot of woodworking since kid. It is not such a dark art as you might think. Some operations are more requiring than metal machining which I have done a lot too. Sometimes the tolerances are in the range of two thou to make a good fit while you make a corner joint for a box. And the smell of some woods species! They are really nice to work with.

[@kswiorek]

@@henrikstenlund5385 Yes, woodworking can be very nice, I just hate the sound of those geared universal motors in many tools. Most mills and lathes use induction motors, which are very quiet in comparison

[@GunFunZS]

Tell them the carbon foam makes nice inlays for handles and touchy bits on proper kit.

[@TomBuskey]

Hand tools don't make dust and there aren't spinny death bits. There's the challenge of using the wood movement to advantage. Like a round part cut from green wood becoming oval in the round hole as it dries, wedging it into place. Some parts are better made from boiled rock juice though!

[@KarlBunker]

"Sssss-crap metal." -- Analogous to us woodworkers when we say "Ffffff-firewood."

[@WulfGar]

I labelled my bin S-crap wood.

[@bearup1612]

@@WulfGar I labelled mine file 13

[@thisisfarta9693]

Mine’s the fuck it buckit

[@wiresmith2398]

@@thisisfarta9693 Yeah but we're not intentionally trying to avoid profanity for comedy's sake :D

[@sikkepossu]

Well, I call them Crap Wood

[@brianewhiteguy]

As a woodworker, I represent your comments! Wait, resent? Eh, either one works. Nicely done!!

[@hphincke39]

I love your eloquence . . . power woodworking tools are "screaming banshees of dust and death". And "dead trees look all the same to me." And Fisher-Price's "my first ACME thread". I truly enjoyed this episode. Keep up the good work . . . and keep up the wonderful choice of words.

[@JoshuaSolanes]

Don't forget to tighten the collet block (again)! Great humor coming out of the mistake! The intro really had me curious what went wrong, and that was a surprise

[@iwasinnamuknow]

I think the collet block also needed tightening. Easy to forget ;)

[@afsarmstrongfiresafety7460]

@@iwasinnamuknow And when you're done with that, be sure to tighten up the collet block.

[@ukype]

I found this channel through Rex. Yes, I'm a woodworker, but I'm also a mechanical engineer, a father of a daughter, and a stepfather to three more girls, and I think girls can do anything. I remember early in my career learning how to design things that actually could be made by machines and machinists. This is great! You go girl!

[@Evolucion7]

Screaming Banshees of Dust and Death is a hilarious, and yet terrifyingly accurate description of woodworking power tools. And also a hell of an album title.

[@paulwomack5866]

Have you seen a woodworking "shaper", especially an older one? Death in cast iron form, I tell you.

[@markwarner5554]

As a woodworker (guitar builder) I appreciate and enjoy the shade you throw. I agree about woodworking power tools. I avoid them whenever possible, but I'll give up my routers when I'm cold and dead....probably from taking a broken router bit to the cranium. They make certain tasks fast and trivially easy that would be very long, tedious tasks with chisels or router planes.

[@chadrobinson3504]

"Dead trees all look the same to me" I'm dying...

[@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally]

As a handtool woodworker I just want to say, genuinely, thank you for using your skills to contribute to mine. It means a lot.

[@ErikBongers]

I love both your channels, guys. This collab makes perfect sense. I'm open minded you see - I don't care if you are of the boiling rock or hydrocarbon foam persuasion.

[@DavidWalling]

Nice thing about wood is if you screw up you can burn the evidence in the fireplace. Your channel and ToT have inspired me to get into metal work. Currently saving pennies to start down the rabbit hole.

[@GeoffTV2]

Glad you showed the pins being used at the end, I had no idea what they where until then.

[@jackbonanno8186]

As a woodworker and a machinist I see the humor in both sides. Don't mind cleaning up chips, if it's malleable magnet works great, if it is ss. Or some other exotic metal a huge shop vac works wonders. Sawdust on the other hand if you don't have a dust collector reeks havoc on everything. But I'll take them both, the joy is in the finish.

[@addisongardner1989]

Fantastic teaching and self-deprecating sense of humor, as always. It adds a lot to your already high credibility that you don't hide your mistakes and oversights. Great work, Quinn!

[@SilverloafCustomRazors]

"Screaming banshees of dust and death...." Best description of woodworking power tools ever 😂👍

[@SasquaPlatypus]

My favorite part of your content is when you show setups, like milling and locating that angled slot. Thank you!

[@IDJEGOI]

This woodpecker loves the shade thrown by you Quinn.

[@Canalcoholic]

Oh what sweet little machines. My late father was a production engineer who switched to teaching and worked his way up to Head of Department of a Technical College, back in the days when CNC was only just becoming a thing. I kept his hobby Colchester lathe and baby milling machine, so will have a go at making some chunkier pins for my own saw. He was an engineer and a competent carpenter, I would class myself as a competent woodworker with basic metal machine skill. Interesting collaboration here.

[@king10208]

really enjoyed the, "tighten up that collar block again" train. been there, Quinn!

[@evanbarnes9984]

So cool to see you collab with Rex! I'm a woodworker who dreams of getting into machining, and I have to say, you're not wrong about woodworking machines. I'm always blown away by how quiet your mill is.

[@jimdearborn2539]

Always great to see the end product being used. I wish more KZbinrs would show 'projects in action', thank you.

[@Somun-a]

So many times I thought about how to quickly make a wood-screw type thread but did not follow through. Thanks for figuring this out. Very useful and interesting.

[@silentjazzfool]

11tpi is about 2.3 mm pitch, for those of us who prefer to work with metric wood.

[@dhaynes4515]

You seem to have turned into a master machinist. And showing your mistakes makes it a much better tutorial video. Thanks and a big thumbs up!

[@jennessalynam7682]

Very cool! I'm a patron of Rex Kruger's and have seen his video on the turning saw but never knew about your video on making the pins for it till now. Super awesome build video. Thanks.

[@nf4x]

So the message was subtle, but I think you’re recommending double checking that you’ve tightened the collet block. Is that right?

[@bwyseymail]

Duh.

[@taitano12]

"Screaming banshees of dust and death" earned you the sub. And, yup. That's why I prefer hand tools when working with Cellulose-based Composites.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

The best part of your channel is your easy humility, and transparency to mistakes. We all make them, but a great teacher understands that we learn more from mistakes and how to recover, then we do from picture perfect video.👍🏼

[@wi11y1960]

Were not worthy! Were not worthy! A mid week vid from Blondihacks. Could this be a sign of things to come?

[@martinolesen9930]

Always such a pleasure to see your totally skilled work, and i love tha flow in your videos, fast, smooth, and note too fast, just right 😀😀👍

[@henrydando]

I really like how you show when you do things wrong, lets us all know that even quite experienced machinists make mistakes and helps us make sure me don't make the same mistakes

[@WulfGar]

I came over from Rex Krueger's channel. Good times!

[@Flyfishinchief]

Hi, Quinn! I absolutely enjoyed this. I am a patron in Rex’s channel and will be making the turning saw in the near future. The thing is, many years ago, I was a machinist and his collaboration with you introduced me to your channel. It’s like nostalgia city here watching you working in the lathe and mill (we always just generically would say “Bridgeport” back in the day-even if it was not made by Bridgeport!) Woodworking is precise, but not as precise as machining and that’s kinda the conundrum for me: I try and do woodworking like a machinist and I get bent out of shape if some of my tools or projects are off a few thousandths! Anyway, keep up the great content. And, by the way, Rex’s grandfather apparently was a machinist.

[@howardosborne8647]

Turned out nice again. To get that ER collet chuck running dead true you can easily skim a light cut of the inner taper bore using a GT type carbide insert in a boring bar. I've done a couple of them and they turn quite nicely. Then mark a peripheral index to repeatably align in the same position in the spindle bore every time. Trust me it is quite straight forward.

[@fbodirector7464]

"Woodworking tools are screaming banshees of dust and death." ~Blondihacks~ You need to put that on a Tee shirt and take my money right away.

[@thegripworks2419]

Great video. Very clever solution for the wood screw thread.

[@eideticgoone7035]

After puzzling on that wonderful trig diagram, I realized that you already had a reference for the slitting saw blade height from the adjustable parallel used for the hole alignment. Just touching the saw blade to the top of the adjustable parallel gives a perfect slitting saw height. (~@12:10-12:25)

[@jacquesneethling6042]

just bought a metal lathe and thanks to you i have my own personal instructor. thanks a mil here from South Africa

[@plunder1956]

As a small lathe user (Myford Super 7) I found that really interesting. Especially imitating the Wood profile thread. I do a little bit of Wood, Metal & Plastics - with lots of 316 & 305 in the mix. Thanks for sharing your little milling problem, because we all get them.

[@brucec954]

Wow, that's a lot of shade on woodworkers! Personally, I do both Wood and Metal working as it gives me a chance to buy twice the number of tools!

[@EldarKinSlayer]

2 of my favorite makers making A THING TOGETHER, HOW COOL IS THAT? :-D

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

If you mill (or just carefully file) a notch in the tip of that wood screw end, somewhat similar to what a spiral point tap or deck screw has in it, it will cut, and thus hold, even better in dead tree material as well as many plastics. Very nice job of editing👍

[@willxin4517]

Nice. I wondered what would be required to make these. Thanks for showing us.

[@ronnyfurst5511]

hey quinn! I got a pretty cheap lathe for couple years now and an very old mill from micron. I tought I was pretty good with my tools until I have seen what you does :-) Quinn you absolutely rock! love the way you are workin, love the way you explain! go ahead like this and thank you very much for your great vids!

[@craigtate5930]

"Screaming banshees of dust a death" I've never heard it put quite that way but that is absolutely priceless. I literally burst into laughter after that

[@toroidwinder2089]

I work electronics, stained glass, wood, metal, epoxies, clocks, 3 d printing, lathe and mill as hobbies. My day job is, um...far more complex tech... Given that, I absolutely love your videos, I am learning soooo much from you. Also, you are great with your videos... good presence, great narrative, love the fails and explanations (being no stranger to failure myself). Keep up the good work. I just found your videos today, so had to subscribe. John

[@kandkmotorsports]

"My first acme thread" I love it!

[@50ShadesOfBeige]

Yay! as a Patron of both Quinn and Rex all I can say is THANK-YOU!!!

[@matthewcarpenter4716]

I am fresh over from Rex's channel. I have only watched one other metal turning channel. I have to admit that seeing a "face" on a metal turning channel shocked me. I don't think I have ever seen the face of "This Old Tony" LOL ! Thank you for showing us hand-tool woodworkers some love!

[@mattmanyam]

TOT shows his face in one video... 50k subs vid? Whichever one is his first subs-count title...

[@matthewcarpenter4716]

@@mattmanyam Sorry. My comment was a sad attempt at humor.

[@mattmanyam]

@@matthewcarpenter4716 no worries! Just sharing some info!!

[@selkiemaine]

Channeling AVE's disdain for wood just a little there ... ;D

[@tc5963]

Dead tree carcas

[@charlvanniekerk8009]

"I don't know I just work here" That killed me XD . Thank you for the beautiful content and I love that all the wood workers out there watching this would certainly have been if not a little offended. Can you wood working junkies make joinery with a 0.01mm clearance fit ??? ..... Didn't think so ;-)

[@TomBuskey]

Look at some of the joinery in Japanese temples. If you can see the seam after putting the joint together, its done wrong.

[@DialektLp]

Well, if you ask like that. On really tight occations I have gotten out the needle files for joinery

[@rummik]

Throwing shade like a tree just about to be fell 🤣 (I'm neither a woodworker, nor a machinist, I just found the phrase pretty funny in my head 😅)

[@JustAnotherCraftsman]

100 points for quick reaction when the slitting went wrong 👍

[@cav89-]

Beautiful piece.

[@soundmaster1966]

Till 10:07 I was waiting for the new tool you made. Now the time line feels alright again. Thank you, Quinn.👍

[@tommykelley7826]

"I don't know, I just work here"... can't tell you how many times I've used that line at work!

[@jimpritz4169]

I like how you show the bloopers. Much can be learned from them. All of your videos have an emphasis on teaching as opposed to look how great I am or how wonderful all this equipment I have accumulated is. You are definitely a gifted instructor.

[@jeffanderson1653]

I think all of us have forgotten to tighten collets. One of the reasons I enjoy your channel is because you are so human 🤣

[@eulerizeit]

I really appreciate the red arrow pointing to what you're working on. It helps. Thanks

[@scottrowlings5345]

Carbohydrate Foamer......love it!!! So many excellent woodie puns in here, excellent work! Thanks again for the awesome content!

[@BrianFullerton]

Spoiler alert. Quinn has made several upgrades to equipment of late. New bar feeders appear @ 4:59 and @ (wait for it) 9:42. New slitting saw arbor makes an appearance shortly there after. Classy way to recover.

[@kyfho47]

See the sign in my shop over my lathe.... "SCRAP HAPPENS"!

[@SkullyWoodMetal]

Thanks for all the great videos and Thanks to Rex for the introduction.

[@MrJoeGarner]

I made a new bolt for my Vice, ACME thread about 10" long. Phew! I enjoyed the project but, was glad when I had finished it.

[@vicmiller7191]

I do love your work and commentary. Nicely done. You made that look so easy. Thanks for sharing... Vic

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Quinn, beautiful job, great tip on indicators, I don’t have a dro on any of my machines, indicators are always your best friend, thanks for sharing, cheers Matty

[@clydebalcom3679]

Your machining got me interested. Your humor got you a new subscriber.

[@janheuermann2174]

The deskription of "screaming banshee of dust and death" fits my table saw very well...

[@steveskouson9620]

"...Fisher-Price's my first Acme thread." Quinn, you have a way with good quotes! Fisher-Price, AND Wile E should be paying you, for this stuff. steve

[@jackrussell680]

Made an spindle for my gemstone faceting machine that looked almost the same minus the slots. Made a program and government worked it on a CNC at a place I used to work. Btw I enjoy watching your skill and enthusiasm.

[@sharkrivermachine]

Very nicely done!

[@billrichardson4873]

Nice job Quinn, darn those oops on the slitting saw.

[@evanweinberger5625]

Did I detect a Chef John-esque “fressshly ground”? Lovely collab!

[@atheistsfightclub6684]

You are after all the Izzy Swan of your birch ply iron man.

[@clutions]

I love you --- "Dead trees all look the same to me!"

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

Love you AND Rex!

[@nicmasterdude]

Here from Rex's channel. I really enjoyed this video. Subbed!

[@petem6291]

Hey Quinn I like the power bar feeder nice , if you are doing multiple operations on sharp threaded parts , you can slid A piece of fuel line over the threaded end . So you don’t cut you self when moving from step to step , Thank you for taking the time to make these videos...

[@schm4704]

I am one of those carbohydrate sculptors, but still I couldn't agree more on the screaming banshees thing. That's why hand tools rule!

[@orcasea59]

Been watching Rex for some time. Great to see you both working together!

[@Reman1975]

Came for the engineering, Stayed for the funny "Anti woodworking" comments. :D It's nice to also see others have self inflicted machining hiccups too. Makes me feel a little less of an incompetent hobby engineer. I've lost count of the times I've had to get ridiculously creative with work holding, then all the time I was machining it I'd be thinking "There's NO WAY this is going to work, definatly no way".............. And a lot of the time, it turned out I was right (I see it as a win if I JUST scrap the part in these situations. Sometime these obvious pending failures have destroyed tooling as well !). :D

[@justinstrik7125]

Nothing like a bit of rough metal to do some fine precision woodworking 😎

[@TheBoptillyoudrop]

Quite a shitty day, nothing seems to go right. And here’s a Blondihacks video? Ahh, everything suddenly became brighter and warmer :D

[@willemkossen]

Great to see some of my favorite makers collaborate like this! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@Touay.]

Rex does great content.

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great job there Quinn. You are starting to be the grand master of tiny hard to machine parts.

[@ronniebeam4547]

Love your content and exemplary taste in humor!! Keep them coming!!

[@raymitchell9736]

As a very basic beginner woodworker uh... I meant "Carbohydrate Dead Tree Carcass Worker"... that works with the banshees of screaming dust and death... I really enjoy watching and learning how you work, one day I hope to get into machining and your channel is really warming me up to it! So I hope you don't hold my woodworking (bad habit thing) against me 😬😁

[@ChristopherTate]

"It was a *relief* to have that terrifying operation out of the way...."

[@loricastro3772]

Amazing job ... your channel is very nice ... thanks for sharing!

[@douglascampbell9809]

I worked in a wood furniture manufacturing plant. Woodworking machines are indeed screaming machines of death. I remember the time one guy decided to bypass safety procedures and cut all the fingers on one hand the same length in the panel saw. We will not go into some of the bad injuries that happened while I was there.

[@Miata822]

Seeing how things can go wrong is as important as seeing how things should go. This is important for all sorts of "things" beyond even the confines of a machine shop. From driving a car to raising a child to governing a nation, learning from the mistakes of others and learning how to recover are key life skills.

[@leebarnhart831]

Allow me two comments on this one. True story. “Believe it or Not” I found a metal splinter in my finger tip when I hit the like button! I don’t know but I’m wearing my safety glasses and steel toed boots when I watch your next video. And yes, Kevlar gloves for the like button.

[@DavidPlass]

@@badjuju6563 Assuming you're talking about Adam Savage?

[@Hyratel]

I thought that one was an AvE-ism

[@classekaka]

A friend of Rex is a friend of mine - you just got a new subscriber thanks to the colab! Great work and I certainly appreciate the relaxed yet honest approach to mishaps.

[@Abrikosmanden]

I've come to like your channel a whole lot lately! Your explanations and general humor make every video educational and entertaining, even though I'll likely never put my hands on anything like what you're working with. The way you show and explain your hick-ups and mistakes is very educational and entertaining too - I literally held my breath at 9:40

[@wombleofwimbledon5442]

First time watcher. You're now in my wheelhouse. If you know carbohydrate foam, that's skookum enough for me.

[@paulmorrey733]

Hi Quinn Thanks for the video - not sure if anyone else noticed but I think you forgot to tighten the collet block at one point LOL Cheers