Native Americans on the West Coast used this technique to make their kayaks and canoes... Minus the hydraulics and whatnot. They just built great big steam huts and put some weight on the wood.
It's Winkler [common Swiss surname, but also "angle-maker"] Holzbiegewerke ["wood bending works"] in Leuggern AG. And because that place is Swiss, you write Leuggern and say "lụ̈́ggərə", so closer to "Lükere".
Haha same. On mobile and I thought that my audio just died or the BT got intercepted by another of my devices and took over my earbuds. Would have been better with no music.
If you go in the evening, sure. The problem is they only cull it a couple times a day so if you aren't there in the morning you're getting the stuff that the 6am contractors have already picked over.
Yep, the wood is steamed to make it bendable, in the tank thing in the beginning. The effect wears off and the wood becomes unbendable with time. And will keep the shape it was bent to.
No doubt. But then you have to pay another persons salary too. Or this is just a demo and not standard operating with usual coworker behind the camera.
I sure hope it's not the usual fare, dropping stuff and fitting heavy materials in a hurry on a Big Bending Machine that definitely does not differentiate between wood and bones.
Or Australia, apprenticeships are the backbone of a lot of our industries and trades. The builder I apprenticed with is still a close friend to this day!
Ah, don’t worry about it. Shit’s getting worse over here too. At a slower pace, granted, but still. I mean, everything’s on fire, our current Chancellor is an absolute shithead, and our next government is either going to be straight-up fascist or some dysfunctional three-party-coalition clown show.
right? I profoundly dislike all this running around and dropping things around heavy machinery like that, tells me there's something not ideal with the process.
A good aid knows where to be and what to do. It would only make this process go faster. But it's also another wage to pay, and companies don't like that part.
IdisWadidis
Wood bender, wood folder, wood maker scream
WhoUhz
Lemmy lives!
Andersen81
They have a page on facebook where you can see the stuff they make, pretty cool stuff.
eslachance
And then the... wood nation attacked? They didn't last long against the fire nation though.
SlyMrFox
I hardly know 'er!
H4tefullApe
I will call my girlfriend that for now. Already designing the T-shirt.
rezexelon
He's gotta go fast to fill all the Home depot lumber orders
JackieTreehornProductions
This bread sucks!
selfishsarah
The lack of safety glasses!
skyhook
Those boards are now ready to be sold as dimensional lumber at Home Depot
FascisTyrant
Almost looks like the top half of an airfoil, are we rebuilding the Spruce Goose lol?
Temzilla
The abrupt stop the the music in the middle had me checking all my tabs.
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Crazy over complicated way to bend that sheet metal.
BurnBabyBurns
Native Americans on the West Coast used this technique to make their kayaks and canoes... Minus the hydraulics and whatnot. They just built great big steam huts and put some weight on the wood.
trigaranus
I would love to make a bentwood box once!
unremarkableasterisk
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SarcasticComment
Where they make Home Depot's lumbar
cabalin
Wanted to see it when it’s done
StubbDubya
and what it is used for.
JohnThatcher
Just guessing from the shape and timber size, but might be hull ribs for a boat.
tinydog
The Atomic Finger Pincher 9000
EmanNiemThcin
"Winkler" Yes, that seems correct.
trigaranus
It's Winkler [common Swiss surname, but also "angle-maker"] Holzbiegewerke ["wood bending works"] in Leuggern AG. And because that place is Swiss, you write Leuggern and say "lụ̈́ggərə", so closer to "Lükere".
Bafana77
Is this the final phase after soaking the logs in wood?
VoidForScreaming
And the ancient ritual continues. I also clap for pizza delivery drivers.
Zetor
What a relief when that (probably ai generated) "music" stopped.
BreadGoneBad
My thoughts exactly
thean
Yeah, 1:41 was my favorite part of the whole video.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
coincidentally, it happened exactly as I right-clicked by mistake, and it took me a second to understand I hadn't cut the audio
DarthKillian
Haha same. On mobile and I thought that my audio just died or the BT got intercepted by another of my devices and took over my earbuds. Would have been better with no music.
witheredspoon
duktayp
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walpurgis8199
So this is where home depot gets their wood
bks2000
Under appreciated comment
Sidd5100
Came here to say this
Snooj
If you go in the evening, sure. The problem is they only cull it a couple times a day so if you aren't there in the morning you're getting the stuff that the 6am contractors have already picked over.
Resistance1000
drunkbs
What a treemendous amount of pressure.
lighterletter
Lots of logs soaked in would
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
Ylvis has a song about it.
RalphH
puxorb
Well, the swamp guy was bending vines which harden into wood over time so that's pretty close.
ghostly69
Nice, now do an Airbender
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
*farts*
zortroz
What's he makin?
megagreg
Just a guess that these are runners for a horse drawn sled.
pgtjms
I looked up the company on his shirt, seems they make steam bent wood furniture, this is likely parts for a bench.
DontYouHateWhenAllUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken
Possibly struts for a wing, or parts for some sled.
Nanntuckett
Does he have to move so fast? It’s like he has to do it in under 5 minutes or it won’t bend anymore.
KingHippie
Im guessing yes.
duktayp
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ilhares
You want to get in position while the steamy moisture is still useful.
defaultname2000
yes.
Mattnader
Yeah something like that
straha242
Yep, the wood is steamed to make it bendable, in the tank thing in the beginning. The effect wears off and the wood becomes unbendable with time. And will keep the shape it was bent to.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
He'd have to rush a lot less (and thus take a lot fewer risks) if he was doing it with someone else.
straha242
No doubt. But then you have to pay another persons salary too. Or this is just a demo and not standard operating with usual coworker behind the camera.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
I sure hope it's not the usual fare, dropping stuff and fitting heavy materials in a hurry on a Big Bending Machine that definitely does not differentiate between wood and bones.
queequegaz
It's because he has to do it in under 5 minutes or it won't bend anymore.
SpartaWolf117
Seeing him rush around, this seems like a two person job
HommeDeFeu
They let the second guy go and got this guy an AI assistant
IliveIdyeIliveagain
ChazzK
It is! The second guy is running the camera.
NorwegianSheepknuller
Fuck me, I was thinking that, wanted to comment on it getting some nice dopamine points and I see your comment at the top, so +1
SamAndJanetEvening
That's Jed Clampit. He's got this.
icannotthinkofanyrationalname
Ba-dah-bump.
AtmaDarkwolf
ya, 2nd person is filming it :P
ThailandExpress
apprenticeships are a thing of the past
SvenSkullhammer
Not in Germany, they aren't.
BeachsideBarghest
Or Australia, apprenticeships are the backbone of a lot of our industries and trades. The builder I apprenticed with is still a close friend to this day!
ErinInStereo
Yeah cuz ya live in a country that actually gives a shit about its people no i'm not bitter about being stuck in the US why do you ask (:
SvenSkullhammer
Ah, don’t worry about it. Shit’s getting worse over here too. At a slower pace, granted, but still. I mean, everything’s on fire, our current Chancellor is an absolute shithead, and our next government is either going to be straight-up fascist or some dysfunctional three-party-coalition clown show.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
right? I profoundly dislike all this running around and dropping things around heavy machinery like that, tells me there's something not ideal with the process.
Andersen81
Some times it is easyer to do alone. He don't have to keep an eye on his coworkers fingers around the press.
Resistance1000
Hire smarter people if that's your problem.
mindstorm8191
A good aid knows where to be and what to do. It would only make this process go faster.
But it's also another wage to pay, and companies don't like that part.
Cyrakhis
As a foreman in steel, he shouldn't be rushing anyway. That's how accidents happen.
DisembodiedHead
💯 agreed!
HenryLongfellowIII
Rushing around whilst some dork with a camera prances around might be worse again.
Dalael
As someone who doesnt know anything about the process and the importance of each seconds, im gonna guess he's rushing cuz he needs to pee.
Andersen81
I follow them on facebook, it is a very controlled and precise "hurry" aka experience.
moisthole
He might have a limited time to bend the wood before it cools down and hardens risking a break vs a bend.
MichelGoussu
The easy solution is to keep the whole room at steam temperature, this way he doesn't have to rush. /s
Cyrakhis
He does. But he can steam it to soften it again.
TheRealFireFrenzy
yup, and this looks less like a panic rush and more like purposeful hussling to me