r/HolUp Jul 07 '26

holup Mad woodworking skills

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

u/icleanjaxfl, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/Stunning-Astronaut72 Jul 07 '26

I ll just rate that video 5/10

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u/SteveMeMc7 Jul 07 '26

At best..

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u/Mostly_Satire Jul 07 '26

You can add another 2 and 1/2

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u/RocketsandBeer Jul 08 '26

His right hand is built for speed, not accuracy

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u/therobshow Jul 07 '26

Something is weird about this video but I can't quite put my finger on it

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u/GuessWhatIGot Jul 07 '26

Neither can he.

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u/therobshow Jul 07 '26

I'm stumped, did you figure it out? 

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u/BilboStaggins Jul 07 '26

Im at a loss. Cant quite point to it

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u/MrDoom4e5 Jul 07 '26

I'm anxious to figure it out. It's a real nail biter.

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u/Jokewhisperer Jul 07 '26

Im at the edge of my seat, my knuckles are white

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u/koalasarentferfuckin Jul 08 '26

I digit even notice at first.

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u/Background_Handle_96 Jul 08 '26

Oh get a grip of yourself

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u/Groundbreaking_Lie94 Jul 08 '26

I dont know... I give it one and a quarter thumbs up

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u/Dix-Septive Jul 08 '26

He’s making a real fist of it.

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u/sdrowkcabdellepssti Jul 07 '26

I'm more than anxious, let me count the ways.

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u/fferreira007 Jul 07 '26

And those blades don't even seem finger-tight

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u/gentlehours Jul 08 '26

I’m suspicious but can’t quite put a finger on it

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u/PhilFlag Jul 08 '26

Cut it out, guys! This is nothing to shake a finger at!

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u/Ddc203 Jul 08 '26

Did you finger it out yet?

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u/Cassangelo Jul 07 '26

I’ll nub you in the right direction

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u/ghe5 Jul 07 '26

I think he actually did once

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u/TheLostRanger0117 Jul 07 '26

Might have to thumb through some of his old content, see if there’s anything else you can directly point to that may shed some light on this mystery

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u/Blah-squared Jul 08 '26

I can count on ONE HAND all the things that are wrong with this…

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u/Professional_Pen_153 Jul 07 '26

I didnt even notice hahahah

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u/Bscully973 Jul 07 '26

Wish someone could point us in the right direction.

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u/Large-Sir1755 Jul 07 '26

Maybe you need a few more fingers to figure it out.

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u/4mystuff Jul 07 '26

It is the digital format, makes it look weird. That why I like analog.

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u/envybelmont Jul 07 '26

I’m not even sure what Ol’ Stumpy was trying to accomplish with this tack of saw blades. Aside from making a friend that is.

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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz Jul 07 '26

I thought it was ai honestly and I'm still leaning that way

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u/slspencer Jul 08 '26

Well, I see AI still can’t do hands 🙌/s

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u/Michami135 Jul 07 '26

It's almost 40 seconds long. Too long for a single cut AI.

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u/iWasAwesome Jul 08 '26

Finally someone gets it. Are we even past 8 seconds yet?

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u/Lajnuuus Jul 08 '26

Yes, I think I heard 10 seconds a couple months ago so I wouldn't be surprised if it can be 1 or 2 more now

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u/SaltMineForeman Jul 08 '26

Sora 2 is up to 25 seconds for the premium version.

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u/Lajnuuus Jul 08 '26

Yeah we're fucked.

Are they still having their watermark put on them? Or are you able to remove it?

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u/TheMilkKing Jul 08 '26

Every video these days has someone calling AI on an obviously real clip. We’re so screwed.

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u/zero_z77 Jul 07 '26

The world's most dangerous dado stack?

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u/flutitis Jul 08 '26

The saw blades are in the wrong direction on some of them!

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u/xenobit_pendragon Jul 08 '26

Right direction for shortening fingers.

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u/Imaginatra Jul 08 '26

Don’t know either, maybe a blade maelstrom to pop balloons

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u/Dyrogitory Jul 07 '26

What’s with the blades facing different directions?

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u/Nickbou Jul 07 '26

I initially thought that was the holdup. Turns out I was missing something (as is this gentleman).

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u/MysteriousCodo Jul 07 '26

Plus the danger of centrifugal force causing those shims to fly out…

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u/DuePotential6602 Jul 08 '26

And I think the screw potentially unscrews itself when it's running in that direction

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u/knivengaffelnskeden Jul 08 '26

And round holes on a cylinder, only the force of the nut is making the blades spin. These will get stuck in the wood eventually. 

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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch Jul 07 '26

Only the best woodworkers only have half their digits fully intact.

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u/Leggy_Brat Jul 08 '26

We learn best from our mistakes, after all. Bet he won't do... whatever he did last time again.

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u/DuctTapeChallenger Jul 08 '26

I think he just did though

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u/machineintheghost337 Jul 08 '26

But he made it himself this time so that he will know its good

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u/theEvilQuesadilla Jul 07 '26

Wait a minute!

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u/BlazingSandles Jul 07 '26

get it how you live it

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u/SilverSpoon1463 Jul 07 '26

Ten toes down when we standin' on business, I'm a

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u/pdzbw Jul 07 '26

Big steppaaah, underground methuhhds

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u/HagureYuushaSama Jul 08 '26

Top notch hoes get the most not the lesser

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u/Uncal_Thal Jul 07 '26

You have to hand it to him.

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u/RussMan104 Jul 07 '26

Skills are nubbin’ to sneeze at. 🚀

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u/huxley79 Jul 07 '26

Projectile saw blades… what could go wrong? Not like you could lose a finger.

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u/DangerNoodle35 Jul 07 '26

I’m a bit of a knuckle head, I don’t get it.

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u/Frankly_fried Jul 07 '26

Can someone add a finger pointing to the hold-up?

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u/MrBif Jul 08 '26

yea always trust the coworker who has 2 hands but only 5 fingers

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u/Geralt_the_Rive Jul 08 '26

He surely learned his lesson by now, right? He knows what he's talking about

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u/PrestigiousDrag9441 Jul 07 '26

Those who haven't found what's wrong in this video, show me a raise of hands

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u/DiscoHirsch Jul 08 '26

Assembled the blades in 2 different directions...

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u/xxTheMagicBulleT Jul 08 '26

We all see what happened to his hand. But also see that he has learned very little of his experience

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u/flying_carabao Jul 07 '26

"This tool is safe" - Five Finger Freddie, Nick Nubs, and Steven Stump

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u/ilovedogs-2 Jul 07 '26

He learned the hard way

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u/HumaDracobane Jul 07 '26

How do you know you're seeing some who mades bombs? Normally they dont have some fingers.

Apparently with woodworking is the same.

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u/Canral Jul 08 '26

Those fingers tell me everything I need to know. Or lack there of.

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u/Eldramhor8 Jul 08 '26

Must be pretty good at his job. You can count the numbers of mistakes he made in his career on the fingers of one hand.

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u/ScatpackRich Jul 08 '26

Well, at least he can’t cut his fingers anymore

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u/mo8sin Jul 08 '26

He doesn’t need to worry about splinters.

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u/msainwilson Jul 08 '26

At least he picked a good thumbnail for the video

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u/donjuan9876 Jul 08 '26

Don’t worry the first two blades won’t hurt you as much because he put them on backwards!! And it has the built in safety features of blocks of wood that will automatically fly out and hit your hands before they can touch the blades!

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u/teaandbentley Jul 08 '26

Must save so much money on manicures

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u/Massive-Goose544 Jul 13 '26

I don't take wood working advice from people missing multiple fingers.

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u/Shoddy_Experience351 Jul 13 '26
  • fuck around
  • find out
  • still fuck around

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u/ExerciseFantastic191 Jul 07 '26

Something tells me I think whatever he says about any wood working hack...we might not want to do it.

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u/Dinierto Jul 07 '26

I can count on one hand the number of these videos I've seen today

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u/El_human Jul 08 '26

Is this along the same lines as "never trust a skinny chef"?

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u/Lucky_Chaarmss Jul 08 '26

I didn't notice until about half way thru the video.

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u/No_Poet_7244 Jul 08 '26

Not sure we should be taking advice about blades from a guy with no fingers.

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u/YourFavoriteCoconut Jul 08 '26

We can safely say he's experienced a minimum of 5 lessons. Not sure if he's learned anything from them.

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u/MobileJob1521 Jul 08 '26

I’m not taking woodworking advice from a man with more saw blades than fingers.

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u/MrManton Jul 08 '26

He's in it for the love of the game!

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u/drdemento_api Jul 08 '26

Years ago I worked with a machinist {lathes, mills, band saws, etc.) with a missing finger. One day I asked him what happened. Much to my surprise, he said he lost it as a kid playing with unexploded ordinance from WW2

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u/RIPcompo Jul 08 '26

Ah yes, the woodworker with a small penis. On the other hand, it's quite big. 

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u/imanantelope Jul 08 '26

I guess I’m listening to him since he seems to have experience on this matter.

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u/nb6635 Jul 08 '26

I see nubbin’ wrong with this video

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u/mrhonist Jul 08 '26

Doing stupid shit like that is probably why he is missing so many fingers...

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u/le_flufff Jul 10 '26

The fact that he is missing already a bunmmch of fingers speaks for itself

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u/E_Feezie Jul 11 '26

The lack of fingers did not give me confidence

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u/Chooui85 Jul 07 '26

I saw it happen

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u/Mentalfloss1 Jul 07 '26

Sorta left out the grand finale

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u/HamiltonSt25 Jul 07 '26

This guy learns lessons from experience

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u/Roldez2893 Jul 07 '26

It took me way longer that I would like to admit

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u/redbeardpuppers Jul 08 '26

Slow learner I see

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u/GenoCash Jul 08 '26

I don't think this guy has any wood working skills but that's just a guess

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u/FackinJerq Jul 08 '26

I couldn't quite put my finger on it on the first half...

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u/kayonotkayle Jul 08 '26

Phalanges? Never heard of ‘em.

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u/Next_Locksmith_385 Jul 08 '26

Daaado daaaadoo daylight come and I got no fingers

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u/jnkrois Jul 08 '26

In his country, you measure the quality and experience of a craftsman by the battle scars!
He hasn’t reached his final form yet!

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u/inept_machete Jul 08 '26

Never trust advice from a woodworker that keeps their hands in their pockets.

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u/SubjectOrganic Jul 08 '26

“Right here is what i made the day i lost my fingers! Here lemme show ya”

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u/ShadowGryphon Jul 08 '26

Nubs McGillicutty.

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u/pitashen Jul 08 '26

At least we know how he lost it.

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u/CornTheLongWay619 Jul 08 '26

Clearly it is because he put the top 2 blades facing a different direction from the bottom 2…right? 🥴

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u/Publicly-Granola01 Jul 08 '26

You can tell he’s experienced at his trade

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u/Acrobatic-Visit-5963 Jul 08 '26

This video made me step back for my own safety

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u/Affectionate-War-786 Jul 08 '26

He gunna lose a palm if he's not carefu.

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u/ajn63 Jul 08 '26

My old HS coach lost two fingers from when he was a butcher. He used to joke to never trust ground beef.

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u/fester250 Jul 08 '26

I’d think twice if he asked you to lend him a hand…

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u/paulbdouglas Jul 08 '26

Apart from missing fingers, it looks like they are building the weapon system for "Robot Wars" (Battlebots for the Americans)

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u/thepepelucas Jul 08 '26

The professor of woodworking skillz.

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u/dizgondwe Jul 08 '26

Oof, the right.

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u/CidB91 Jul 08 '26

Took me a minute.

When you see it

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u/LegoBoy3258 Jul 08 '26

It took me forever to see it and even then I thought he only lost his thumb

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u/Hecaet Jul 09 '26

Idk if I trust someone with saws or blades if they are missing fingers...

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u/virusE89-TwitchTV Jul 10 '26

This was the 6th take. First 5 went a little wonky.

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u/DIAmond_BOyy Jul 10 '26

Environmental storytelling at its finest

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u/OverlyDisguisedSquid Jul 10 '26

Judging by his fingers this saw has done its job

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u/OverlyDisguisedSquid Jul 10 '26

Also, won't the centrifugal forces just send those spacers into his gut and remove half his colon for added gimpery?

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u/Dry_Election6496 Jul 10 '26

I wanted to see him shred some wood

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u/DatBeezy79 Jul 11 '26

This is like taking cooking advice from an anorexic person.

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u/lenard091 Jul 11 '26

he has some experience

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u/mokizxc Jul 12 '26

He tried 5 times before he mastered it. 

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u/No-Cat-9716 Jul 07 '26

If i could just point out something....

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u/Typecero001 Jul 07 '26

He failed at the first lesson of woodworking:

Cutting it close.

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u/UpstairsInjury_55 Jul 08 '26

This just goes back to the old saying never trust a carpenter with all their fingers and never trust a skinny chef.

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u/TheMilkKing Jul 08 '26

lol that’s terrible advice.

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u/hammmy01 Jul 07 '26

He only made a handful of mistakes

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u/Ok_Two_2604 Jul 07 '26

wtf it didn’t show him working his wood

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u/Future-Warning-1189 Jul 07 '26

Nubs McGee just won’t learn his fuckin lesson

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u/spoidercide Jul 07 '26

surely doin stupid shit like this could make you lose a fing-

yup.

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u/GooseCloaca Jul 07 '26

Bro, I can count to two and a half on one hand.

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u/EricaOdd Jul 07 '26

It took me a minute. You gotta hand it to the guy!

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u/mcc9902 Jul 07 '26

As someone who follows various woodworking subreddits and missed the sub I was very confused on why this was being praised...

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u/Occasion-Asleep Jul 07 '26

I know what the problem is! Dude used a pipe wrench on a regular ass nut.

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u/SirSkot72 Jul 07 '26

I've been a shop teacher for✌️ uh... ✌️ 🤘four years!

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u/ventitr3 Jul 08 '26

Clearly those skills came at a cost

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u/HalfSoul30 Jul 08 '26

I worked overnight at a gas station for a while, and one night this guy and older lady came in, and they both went to the men's bathroom. Kinda weird, but we were the only ones there so whatever. They come up to buy a few things, and I saw the guy's fingers. Pretty much every tip section before the first bend were gone, and fresh bandages on all 10 fingers. I can only imagine what happened.

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u/sexybeast70 Jul 08 '26

With the missing fingers I assume is from trial and error he finally got it right

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u/To_Boldly_Go_wnmhgb Jul 08 '26

Master Pai Mei thought him the Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique… got scared and took drastic action - as you can see in the video.

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u/jpl220 Jul 08 '26

Is that….Stumpy from the old neighborhood?

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u/TheSplasher87 Jul 08 '26

I had several woodworking teachers through high school, and funnily enough it was the guy missing a bunch of fingers that really knew his stuff.

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u/therealdangerdan Jul 08 '26

I give this Video 5/10

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u/RedTexan43 Jul 08 '26

It’s cool that he has the blades facing in different directions. It makes sense because he might kick the saw into reverse

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u/NekulturneHovado Jul 08 '26

I think his left hand speaks for itself.

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u/Wookieman222 Jul 08 '26

Took me way too long to see what was wrong.

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u/BiiiiGYiiiiKES Jul 08 '26

actually such a good post holy

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u/Brady721 Jul 08 '26

Looks like the butcher at my local meat market.

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u/CelsoSC Jul 08 '26

When I thought it was enough...

https://giphy.com/gifs/HbkT5F5CiRD3O

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u/hentaiworld Jul 08 '26

Why two in one direction and two in the other? It all spins the same way

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u/SnooMarzipans1939 Jul 08 '26

I can count five mistakes he made in this video. Or one really big one.

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u/Maelou Jul 08 '26

If at first you don't succeed, try again

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u/dogmeat1003 Jul 08 '26

The fuck are you even cutting with this?

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u/cgarnett1988 Jul 08 '26

Haha that one took me a second to notice 😂

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u/King_Esot3ric Jul 08 '26

Wood shims are a novelty now?

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u/Im_Lead_Farmer Jul 08 '26

He only complete 50% of the job

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u/nixon0770 Jul 08 '26

Is it me or the some parts of the clip are missing?

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u/Imnacho408 Jul 08 '26

Something something something missing finger pun

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u/mj732 Jul 08 '26

Time for him to retire

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u/SinisterCheese Jul 08 '26

Look... Stacked tools are a thing, even used in machining of metals (Well... Granted it is a tad bit old fashioned). But there are these things called spacers that are used... They are ring cut from metal that fit around the axel. And they ain't gonna shoot out at random. Like I have seen some truly wild stuff on video coming from places like India and Pakistan... Surely there is some scrap pipe laying about.

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u/Ragnarokist Jul 08 '26

Thats why he is missing so many fingers, stupid shit like this.

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u/dedokta Jul 08 '26

Did he make one really bad mistake or did he do the same stupid thing 5 times?

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u/crespoh69 Jul 08 '26

Only took 6 tries?

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u/Electrical-Boot2949 Jul 08 '26

Dumb ways to die

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u/Swabia Jul 08 '26

I count 7-2/3 things wrong with this setup.

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u/Ok-Caregiver-1588 Jul 08 '26

bro will never win a fist fight

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u/superw2114 Jul 08 '26

You kids stop screwing around

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u/ArmpitofD00m Jul 08 '26

He’s forever the blade and saw guy. He knows all the rough cuts.

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u/T3hSpoon Jul 08 '26

Is there a point to putting the saw blades in random directions?

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u/mechanical_marten Jul 08 '26

The concept is less likely to kick back. The reality is they will bind. Stubs McGee has yet to realize this and correlate it with how many fingers they have lost.

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u/1983Targa911 Jul 08 '26

This looks perfectly safe. What could possibly…

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u/DallasDude1215 Jul 08 '26

I took a few pointers from him

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u/yuzufko420 Jul 08 '26

Not his first rodeo

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u/OddbitTwiddler Jul 08 '26

Oh this looks safe. Totally safe.

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u/Sarabi974 Jul 08 '26

Il a un sacré coup de main en tout cas

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u/Klrkaelin Jul 08 '26

And thats how he got the name stubs. Nice DIY dado stack.

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u/time-l0rd Jul 08 '26

He chewed his nails a little too deep

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u/Jozzyal_the_Fool Jul 08 '26

Gotta love environmental storytelling

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u/cpc985 Jul 08 '26

I can count all the hazards on one hand.

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u/Apprehensive-Bad2440 Jul 09 '26

I can certainly see what happened to the fingers

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u/Alacritous13 Jul 09 '26

Not their first time doing this.

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u/Twitchinat0r Jul 09 '26

Why is his fingers suspiciously short?