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They are carbide insets. We use them a lot in machining. They are a great option for planers too.
It shall be known as ‘Excalibit’ and great will be its deeds. I’m imagining that you’re walking through the hardware store and there, suddenly, in front of you is a large boulder with this bit is embedded in it. You hear an ethereal voice saying, ‘Whosoever shall pull this bit from the stone shall be King’. And the rest is history.
Dave I worked in a Manufacturing woodshop that had a shaper router table, that is what that helix bit would be used on, a shaper motor is a bit heavier to handle a bit that is about 3.5 to 4.5″ tall and yes it scared the SH*T out of me when I had to use it(it once grabbed the peice and throw it across the room I went to the staff locker room to change my shorts)
Just fantastic filmmaking again. That slow pan from the TV blade guard scroll to the router bit had me smiling.
Respecting tools is super important. Not being cautious or a bit scared (😂BIT scared…) is when you get hurt. Power tools are no joke, specially these days. Safety 3rd!
Love your style Dave! You might not like teaching in your videos but I still learn a lot!
And that’s a friggin sweet Norm portrait 🤘🏼
We use tungsten carbude inserts that look similar. Depending on how those are held in and indexed into the tool you could probably find different inserts to utilize for different types of grooves and designs for edge detail. Just a thought.
Stunning work, Dave! Really beautiful pieces!!! 😃
But yeah, that router bit scared the heck out of me as well! 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Man… Even as a child I was fascinated by Norm Abram when the NYW was broadcast over here late at night. Same calm energy as Bob Ross, but with more dangerous equipment.
That thing is terrifying just to look at from home, let alone in person with my hands anywhere near it. You’re a brave man!
that bit is so scary that if I were using it, I would have worn an apron made out of steel in case one of those carbide cutters flew off and, well, hit me in an area that I would not want to be hit in. Thanks for posting this.
Fear just means you respect it. Gotta respect your tools to stay safe in the shop!
I think it’s wise to be treat the router with a ton of respect like you do. I’ve had a few near-disasters with them (especially the little ones).
Saw a bit like that one time at a briss. Moyle said it was his favorite, called it the pickle-duster. But what he had, that Dave didn’t, is a fence with great extraction. Can you imagine what would be flying around had he not?
dude love trhis content but I gotta be real Norm and the New Yankee Workshop is absolutely legendary. I remember watching it as a kid and it was one of the reasons I got into wood working. Love the tribute area in the shop! Keep up the amazing content
Damn! I can relate to your fear. That looks truly terrifying, but incredible useful when dealing with thick material. Thanks for the video!
Norm literally taught me woodworking, and I was sad when NYW ended. I hope he is doing well and enjoying his retirement.
As for that bit, the size is scary, but I think that the same size bit of conventional size would be just as dangerous – perhaps more so since, because of the cost, you might be tempted to use it when it’s no longer as sharp as it should be.
Love the Norm Abram love this week. New Yankee Workshop is the reason I have the audacity to think of myself as a woodworker.
Also the reason I tap my glasses and say “always wear these [tap tap] safety glasses,” whenever I’m about to do something dangerous. 😅
It’s a planer blade attached on one side. Definitely deserving of one of those terrifying heavy machinery warning stickers that shows a stick figure with a bloody stump for a hand and blood and fingers flying away from it.
Also, if you haven’t already thought up your next old/cheap to fine woodworking idea, I think a good one would be to turn one of those cheap plastic Eveready/Rayovac flashlights that never work consistently into a superfine wood flashlight. It’s a small thing, but could turn out pretty cool, especially if you make it a part of a set of things like a fine furniture road emergency kit.
I have a similar size Infinity bit and it scares the crap out of me also. I keep the fence as close to the bit as I can depending on the piece. I think it makes it safer and definitely helps with the dust collection.
I thought the table saw was scary until my router table ripped a piece out of my hands and threw it into the garage door.
That thing looks frightening, wouldn’t want to strip any threads holding those cutters.
Glad you came out unscathed 😃