Was This Genius, Or A Waste Of My Time? Gear Connected Table Saw Nut Spinner-Oner

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[@JohnHeisz]

Even if I don't use this (I will), I think it was worth making just because it looks neat. The dowel on the crank turned out to be unusable, since the crank it too small, but it works just fine turning it with my fingers.

[@neilscole]

You should tweak your design and then patent it and sell the design/build instructions. The hand-crank could possibly be a forth gear?

[@neilscole]

@Juan Cespedes hahahaha! That would have been golden.

[@thomasmacdonough7763]

Awesome remedy for an all too common problem! I agree about the dowel, a gear with finger spaces would be better and it will feel like you are turning the nut.

[@JulianBruni]

You could make a hole of the size of your finger right where the dowel is and use just one finger to turn the crank...

[@cliveclapham6451]

🤔 John l think we need a new table saw build with auto blade changer🤭😎🤣 I guess a remote nut spinner will do for now👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nicolasledbetter441]

Add a magnet to insure the nut will not fall out.

[@abrahamgiliana]

Omg! That was exactly what I was thinkng!

[@AlKaBen]

Actually add a magnet to the first metal tool and you avoid all this work. But I can't deny it looks neat.

[@jeffcampsall5435]

Also add a magnet to take the washer/collar off with the nut ?

[@claudeelliott3993]

Good idea!

[@azyfloof]

Oooh I wish you'd done a classic Infomercial style video :D "Is this you?!" [drops nut on the floor over and over, followed by overly dramatic flailing of arms] "You need the Nut Spinner-oner!" :P

[@bojidarvasilev8854]

looks like VS TELESHOP 😂😂

[@thomaslamora1679]

exactly! maybe the arbor nut SPINNER 3000. only available on I build it TV.

[@Hurly1964]

Act today for only $19.99!

[@VideoNOLA]

But wait... There's more!!

[@ukulelefatman]

Cool. I miss the days when Mathias would make a competing version. Taunt him !! Thanks for all you do.

[@Chyronn]

Taunt him!

[@ChrisUhlik]

Please Mathias, make one with 5 gears!!

[@smitcher]

@@ChrisUhlik Yes and from Lego with a raspberry pi attached...

[@wolfieandweasel7129]

Mathias, should make one with metric measurements! lol

[@MrStrizver]

Mathias would make one with an interchangeable primary gear and provide a handy spreadsheet of gear ratios and their respective speeds and torques.

[@sigma_z]

Some people have so much time on their hands! Seriously, a simple magnet and you're sorted.

[@andymckenzie8031]

"Was This Genius, Or A Waste Of My Time?" Yes. Yes it was.

[@alcamerc9970]

Andy McKenzie Give the guy kudos for creativity and if he enjoyed making his contraption, then why the hell not? Beats sitting in front of the TV and watching commercial re-runs all day.

[@Robert-xp4ii]

Exactly! LOL

[@larryhorton8384]

Umm it's called a quick wrench.. they sell them at home Depot.. in multiple sizes

[@MishiMIshaniz]

@@alcamerc9970 i think the joke is that it was both.

[@abrahamgiliana]

Yes, it was a genius, lol.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

That was pretty cool!

[@DevinTrierMaker]

This is a great idea - LONG overdue from the industry. Great work, thank you for the inspiration!

[@dogphlap6749]

Just a thought. Why not add a magnet to hold the nut in the device, that way you further reduce the chance of dropping the nut (which I think was the original motivation).

[@Cwjespersen]

I’ve been watching your videos the past few days wondering what that was for. Never would have guessed.

[@MalevolentDivinity]

Solid concept and execution.

[@ginoasci2876]

that’s really fancy. i pur earth magnets all over the drive motor that sits directly under the nut so maybe one of them catches the nut before it gets buried in the saw dust. maybe you could add a regular magnet to hold that nut in that drive tool so you don’t accidentally drop it and have to build another tool to retrieve it....like a magnet on a stick. you did a nice job as usual john....cheers mate btw, don’t you and your friend mathius have a jig to cut those gears?

[@Motuproprio1]

A cabeça não é só para pôr o chapéu! Parabéns pela ideia!

[@madmikemakes3056]

Well I laughed and laughed and laughed thinking of all the times I dropped that nut. My table saw is closed off underneath with a dust collecting conflaguration so it doesn't conveniently drop down to the floor. Genius invention!!

[@alcamerc9970]

MadMikeMakes I failed to see the humor, a giggle maybe, but a laughter? Very creative feller, this guy? Awesome.

[@watti-yi7sw]

Nice effort! I have hands that don't fit either. I use a gear wrench.😊

[@Drew-de7ey]

Closer to genius than a waste of time. Just looks like a fun day in the shop tha will continue to serve and delight. Rube Goldberg would be proud.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Interesting project. I like it.

[@karrimcintyre]

I saw you use this tool in another video and I thought to myself, “I need to find out where he bought that!” And now the video shows up of you making it! Are you selling them?

[@citicolina]

This is great. If you add small magnets to hold the nut it might be as perfect as it can be.

[@msinansanatolye]

It was not waste of time, was a good idea/job 👍👏

[@fredschmidt3148]

I buy "junk" open end and box end wrenches at garage sales. By using the appropriate wrench and a glued- on magnet the problem was the solved. Tether that wrench/magnet to the saw and you are ready for the future.

[@abhijitrashinkar]

Excellent job, cheers....

[@whirled_peas]

I don't know why but the idea of a gear that isn't fixed onto some kind of axis totally wild.

[@PedroHernandez-iq1tq]

Cool and genius

[@ReddickDesign]

Totally over-engineered i love it!!

[@robertcarpenter3256]

It is a great idea and you really did a good job building it. However it fix a problem that doesn’t really exist. If you raise the blade up as high as it will go. The nut is just below the surface and easy to start. Second question is why four gears. Three or five would have made the nut turn in the correct direction.

[@gabrielkirby73]

End of handle could be the size wrench needed for final tightening!

[@joergsrom6221]

Congratulation. A genius idea.

[@renshiasworld]

Fantastic

[@timothymbess]

Next Step? Get together with Izzy Swan and make a drill-powered version that loosens the arbor nut in 1.8 seconds flat.

[@loofayfiasco]

the sinister music at the end is 👌

[@nicolasfournials9186]

I can't help but notice that you made the table top and zero clearance insert yourself. So why not simply make a hole big enough to accomodate both your saw AND your hand, and a larger insert? Would it kill stability ?

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

Genius! Add a magnet to hold the nut?

[@triplex86]

Hmmm. Wouldn't a simple, suitable sized socket spanner achieve the same thing in a fraction of the time? It was fun to see you build it but, to be frank, I can't see many people being willing to spend the time [how long did it take?] and putting it on their "Wow, I must build this " lists.

[@mareket]

OMG :) )))))) cool idea :) )))) Marek .

[@carstensrensen2697]

This is brilliant and funny at the same time... Where can I get one?

[@abrahamgiliana]

You are crazy! I love your projects! Lol.

[@markspiro9971]

Does it work? Yes. Do you like it? Do you use it? Does it make your life easier? If the answers to those questions are yes, then yes you should have made it!

[@shamon351]

It was a genius move, no doubt !

[@alexpressley5918]

stuff like this makes me happy i have 3d printers.

[@jimbooth3]

I love it & I've already got some HDPE gears I could use.

[@Customsmaker]

Love it! Genious!

[@charlesaskings8440]

I just raise the blade gets the nut closer easier to get at

[@andonizulaikaerrasti6525]

Muy ingenioso 👌

[@Art_Murder]

The double hand smash in the opening segment had me laughing so hard

[@usp211816]

i was wondering what that thing sittingon the fence in the other videos was for ... now I know

[@5cardpimp]

Raise the blade higher when you change it.

[@ethanrichardson5168]

I always just hold the nut on the bolt and then turn the saw on.

[@marlawhite3682]

do u have plans for it?

[@FriendlyWire]

Look, it's John Heisz conjuring Matthias Wandel!

[@sevenb4time601]

I could use this for other things to but itll need to be smaller

[@Kiz027]

pretty freakin clever man

[@elfpimp1]

I'm going to make this, but instead of a crank fowel, I'll make it like a geared knob.

[@nunofreitas1796]

Marvelous

[@muhammadzairil5184]

That's genius

[@wigglewiggle3789]

Magnificent.

[@GetToThePointplz123]

That's hilarious...raise the blade all the way up helps?

[@jaydaniels8698]

Just an after thought... can we put gas powered motor on this ??

[@alexanderfunke7997]

Genius 👍🏻

[@myboxissharp]

my favourite thing is elaborate solutions to mild inconveniences.

[@chrisis9030]

How familiar ;)...

[@martyn1678]

not a mild inconvenience when you lose the nut in the saw dust and spend ten minute looking for it, i love this tool, i may just have to make one

[@rubyrubenstahl827]

And that's how I became a Javascript developer.

[@myboxissharp]

@tgmforum rube goldberg is my idol

[@brokentombot]

Yeah it almost feels like a Rube-Goldberg machine that fills a whole kitchen just to make toast.

[@theothermarshal]

Deserves a trophy or special award just for the name: 'Gear Connected Table Saw Nut Spinner-Oner'. Great build, thanks for sharing!

[@SenselessUsername]

It's generically known as a GeCoTaSaNS-1R, or Gecko.

[@tonymccoy9308]

Yea or GCTSNSO for short lol

[@ro_yo_mi]

And Offer

[@michaelesposito2629]

Eh. It sounded to much like one er. I had to read it a couple times before I realized it was on er

[@donaldpowell7762]

The question is not, “should you” the question is, “can you?” You can, so you should!

[@OldDunollieman]

The question should be "Why would you?" lol.

[@markschiavone8003]

There are a lot of things you can do but shouldn't.

[@Mr61grod]

There are a lot of things you think you can do. But do you .then you don’t do you .

[@ricky107_]

@@OldDunollieman why wouldn't you

[@izzyswan]

That's a great idea John

[@JohnHeisz]

Izzy! Thanks :)

[@aledner_lw7685]

As a teen, I would like to do something like this in my life.

[@ricky107_]

Same here

[@GadgetAddict]

I was expecting you to cut your new contraption in half during that last scene.

[@lexboegen]

You had me at "nut spinner". Every guy needs at least one. And bonus--it's a *geared* nut spinner!

[@trustmeppl]

I ordered a bin of 1000 nuts so if I drop one I just put another on. I ran out of nuts in a week. I think this was a better idea.

[@toxaq]

Have you considered building some sort of conveyor mechanism to return the dropped nuts into a feeder bin?

[@topkek7003]

Jason Kotolski i fucking hate when boomers cant tell what a joke is

[@egongefferie9194]

@@topkek7003 Whats a boomer Waaf waf

[@williamstyers4264]

Great idea. As a retired master machinist I was most impressed by the fact that you kept a very good involute curve on the gears. Impressive work, sir.

[@AndrewKleinWW]

It’s a good idea, threading the nut is a frustrating operation, and when I drop mine it gets buried in a pile of saw dust

[@KarlBunker]

"Waste of time"?? Far from it! That's a great idea, beautifully implemented.

[@COLDROLD73]

The Old goat loves your ideas, loves your rants, LOVES your choice of background music and it is all put together as a fun watch by your editing. Love this stuff.

[@JohnHeisz]

Thank you!

[@StreetMachine18]

Im so happy you made this by hand instead of 3D printing parts, offering the plans for sale and cnc cutting it out with your new $10k machine from sponsor XYZ. Lol

[@KipdoesStuff]

Hell yes. Nothing more annoying than to watch a video of something you can't reproduce without that expensive equipment no one owns.

[@jonzmgnm]

John, I will say genius.....the whole approach of "how can this be made better" and never settling is why you excel! Keep up the great work, brother.

[@mmmmmmm8706]

That ibuildit cnc was pretty accurate on those gears!

[@davejoseph5615]

Genius, but I want to see a version that uses a rubber belt and two pulleys, one that uses a wooden worm-screw drive, and one that uses a wooden chain drive!

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

Or... a harmonic drive 😏

[@boydmerriman]

And a motor with a 12 AMP battery hookup and UPS charging!

[@DavidWalling]

I find if I raise the arbor all the way up, the nut is a lot easier to reach.

[@e-racer4673]

David Walling If I raise mine all the way up it’s no problem what so ever for me to get to it.

[@kevinsarkody4884]

Larry, that’s what she said.

[@KGSoloman2000]

@david walling: That'd be cheating. 😉

[@walterthomas4556]

a magnetized ratchet wrench work so well. A piece of tape on the back side of the nut on a box and works really well too. As does putting the nut between your index and ring finger and rotating the motor shaft with the other wrench behind the blade.

[@TimothyHall13]

I am seriously underwhelmed. I was expecting a "Clap on, Clap off" like solution John. At the very least add a battery operated motor with a switch!

[@parkerbirch9374]

Pistol grip throttle, lots a power, reversible! ERRR!

[@Traderjoe]

The Heisz Thinhand ®️ New, from Ronco

[@milesparris4045]

"Johnco"

[@Traderjoe]

Miles Parris Haha, I thought of that after I posted. But was channeling Ron Popiele

[@MrClarkisgod]

@@Traderjoe Are you referring to the Ron Popiele world famous electric food dehydrator, the GLH, and the "set it and forget it" Showtime rotisserie and barbecue? I can't even hate the guy. He's made a fortune. And the Ronco dehydrator still works like 30 years later for my beef jerky.

[@petercollin5670]

@@MrClarkisgod I got a "Pocket Fisherman" vibe when he cranked it.

[@lagandi]

But now you‘ll be swearing everytime when you‘re using it, because it turns in the wrong direction. :)

[@Akniy]

I was thinking the same thing. Why didn't he make an odd number of gears?

[@cliveclapham6451]

I think they need to be made in pairs on - off, lefthanded and righthanded, up - down, in - out and special shake it all about one for high days and holidays 😎

[@akquicksilver]

@@Akniy Righty loosey or was that lefty tighty? Humm?

[@NICEFINENEWROBOT]

Why shoud he change the direction? Astronomers have been contented for centuries seeing the moon upside down in their telescopes. And Nobel prizes have come out of it.

[@akquicksilver]

@@NICEFINENEWROBOT Roger that!

[@kwaaaa]

Imagine how many of our everyday conveniences was in part due to somebody being peeved by a minor thing. I always try to find a solution to the most minor annoyances, so good job!

[@nourbat]

genius

[@jamessickmore236]

Waste of time, Just hold the nut and turn the saw on, Lol just kidding please no one try this.

[@Yonatan24]

I do that with my rotary tool. It's only, like 18,000 RPM. No biggie.

[@terry2346]

I think for me the best part of this was watching you make this ingenious jig from all of the tools that you have made! Great work!

[@technosasquatchfilms]

Wonder if just epoxying a magnet to the outside of a box end of a wrench would work.

[@Aubreykun]

You may not even need to epoxy it, I stick neodymium magnets on my needlenose pliers for handling ball bearings.

[@SenselessUsername]

That throws up the challenge of making wooden magnets. Wood... because you know why!

[@TheNewton]

Something to keep out while mulling something over at the bench when there's no pencil to twirl.

[@craigchingren-hamann9700]

This would be perfect for the CNC to mass produce! I'd buy a fully assembled one or even the parts to assemble my own.

[@benzmansl65amg]

Love the infomercial style motivation. Thanks for sharing John and entertaining us.

[@camlafrance4363]

Right on John! When can we expect the plans for that great table saw of yours?

[@JohnHeisz]

Thanks, I'll be working on the plans soon, but it's a big one and it'll take time.

[@CParsley]

@@JohnHeisz That's what she said.

[@jonpardue]

Genius. My 12" table saw has a solid bottom for the vacuum system. Drop the blade nut, dismantle saw bottom to retrieve.

[@Bikeeast]

Magnetic pickup tool. 10 second solution. It can be as simple as a magnet taped or glued to a scrap of wood.

[@KipdoesStuff]

@@Bikeeast If you can see the nut or there is sufficient space to angle the magnet. I will go with the fun solution.

[@researchandbuild1751]

Same here!

[@samuelfellows6923]

You’d think it would have an air tight inspection hatch to get in it, without dismantling it 🤨

[@renshiasworld]

My thoughts exactly

[@Benwinch07]

If this was a waste of your time then I’d like see what you’d consider to not be!! 🤣

[@jamesholden959]

Just a shame people can't press the like button more than once

[@millomweb]

Needed another gearwheel in the sequence so that the nut turned the same way as the handle !

[@alcamerc9970]

pmailkeey Actually, he needed to reduce one gear, the result is better handling, and nut direction of turn. Thumbs up!

[@millomweb]

@@alcamerc9970 That's an option but I was concerned length may have been reduced too much to work as well. Neat gadget though !

[@ynotjf]

Everyone I know simply raises the blade.. Or uses a ratcheting box end.. But if you like to make wooden gears?

[@michaelesposito2629]

This is such a useless waste of time. Lol. I love it.

[@mikededmon]

Best tool name ever. Fun and interesting solution.

[@Syscrush]

This is an absolute triumph. My jaw dropped when I first saw one of your videos that showed you using it, finally found this build video. Good execution of an amazing idea!

[@Endurorodzndubz]

You could have used a ratchet wrench/spanner

[@petercollin5670]

Something Ron Popeil-ish about it!

[@ohgary]

But wait! There’s more (tm)!

[@larryhorton8384]

Umm it's called a quick wrench.. they sell them at home Depot... In multiple sizes

[@debrhodes7021]

I say, “GENIUS”!

[@samuelgalano]

I’ve watched you spend hours making all types of complicated tools for your shop. Who cares if it’s a waste of time to anyone else? You obviously enjoy the process and we enjoy watching your enjoyment!