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Title: Great British Woodshop
Post by Learner Turner on May 20^th, 2004, 11:29am

Did anyone see this on Discovery H+L last night?

There was the guy cutting a piece of MDF on his table saw - no crown guard, no riving knife and no dust mask of any type. :o

How do the program makers get away with this? I was under the impression that it was a "legal" requirement to have a guard and riving knife on a table saw?

Surely they should be setting an example to people like myself who watch these prgrammes in an effort to increase our knowledge and pick up ideas? ???

What hope do we amateurs have if the "pro" isn't working in a safe manner? :-/

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by HandyMac on May 20^th, 2004, 3:09pm

Didn't see the program, but I was also under the impression that guards etc had to be fitted.

Riving knives are very important - if the sawcut closes you can get the workpiece hurtling towards you. Invariably this will be aimed squarely at your reproductive bits.

The one good thing about this program might be that it helps cancel out the next generation of bozos.

Andrew

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by Dewy on May 20^th, 2004, 5:06pm

This was discussed on a number of forums when the series was first shown last year. You'll also notice that he uses an imported Unisaw & dado blades in the saw table.
The safety issues are shown on the programmes site http://www.greatbritishwoodshop.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=170

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by mailee on May 21^st, 2004, 1:23am

Well bu**er me!, was it on again last night, I missed it. That is the problem with working late shift don't get to see the TV much. Used to be on early in the afternoon so I managed to see it, looks like they have changed it again!. >:( Oh yeah, and he is a bit dangerous isn't he?. What an example to set, I ask you. :o

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by Dewy on May 21^st, 2004, 2:33am

It's on 9pm Wednesdays with a repeat at 3am.
I don't like it anyway. He goes round National Trust houses showing nice furniture then goes away & makes something simple that is nothing like the antiques. Yesterday he made a radiator cover out of MDF.

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by Learner Turner on May 21^st, 2004, 9:59am

Dewy,

Thanks for the link mate - very informative.

I agree with you about the program not being much good (Norm on the NYW is much better), but there was nothing alse worth watching on at that time!

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by Dusty on May 21^st, 2004, 1:55pm

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How do the program makers have the gaul to call it the �Great British Woodshop�?

[glb]GREAT[/glb] � It most certainly is not, Norm (NYW) is much better although it�s all in imperial and you can�t get most of the stock over here.

[glb]BRITISH[/glb] � Ha! That�s a laugh, another bloody antipodean claiming to be a Brit. There are hundreds of top Brits� that would do a far better job, some of which often post on this very forum.

[glb]WOODSHOP[/glb] � So he has a well equipped workshop. So what!! Most small businesses don�t have that much machinery and gadgets, so how the hell can the average DIYer (the target audience) possibly benefit from this as they have little or none of these wonderful machines.

No, not my favourite prog on Disc H&L, however it�s 10 times better than f****** fishing!

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by HandyMac on May 21^st, 2004, 4:38pm

wrote on May 21^st, 2004, 1:55pm:

although it�s all in imperial and you can�t get most of the stock over here

There is nothing wrong with imperial in my book. I left school in 1972 and that must've been one of the last years they taught imperial measurements.

I've continued to use imperial, but can use metric as an when. But I prefer imperial.

You can buy litres of fuel, but your road speed is in miles per hour, and miles per gallon is still considered a common means of measuring a cars efficiency.

And have you bought any standard melamine sheets from the sheds recently? These are still all measured in inches and feet - 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24in width, and 6 or 8 feet length. Not mm (although a rough mm size might be shown on the label). Long may this continue.

I know my weight in stone but not in kg. My shoes as size 11, heaven knows what size that is in metric (and shoe shops continue to sell imperial sizes). And if I buy a new pair of jeans in Burtons I'm looking for a waistline of 40in and inside leg of 32in. Etc, etc, etc.

Now okay, imperial might have been a little harder to add up and quantify. But I have no problem visualising how heavy a hundredweight is. But 100Kg?

Andrew

Title: Re: Great British Woodshop
Post by Dewy on May 21^st, 2004, 5:09pm

When the Great British (Australian) Woodshop was 1st shown in January it created a lot of comments on the UKW forum.
As such programmes are aimed at DIY woodworkers, I made a suggestion about making a series using only tools that newbies might get from well known DIY sheds or Screwfix setup in a small garage.
My suggestion elicited a vavourable response. You can see the thread here.
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=878