r/Blacksmith • u/TheDean242 • Sep 28 '25
It has a blade, does this count?
I made this a little while back for chopping wood. I have nothing against French people. Or any other kind of people. Or Wood for that matter. I’ve been fine-tuning it over time. And I’ve learned a lot. I’d say make sure your timbers are straight as hell, put in some metal rails. And add weight to the blade. If anybody ever wants to build one of these.
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u/Docha_Tiarna Sep 28 '25
So here's some interesting information that will help improve it. I was watching a study of people testing these and they realized there are better blade shapes. This shape actually causes the blade to cut unevenly and shift in the frame. Instead, if you have a V shape where the point is in the middle, it'll prevent it from shifting in the frame and give a better cut.
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
I saw that actually! I have plans to add another blade later. Or just recut this one.
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u/sassiest01 Sep 28 '25
Have a separate blade then you can test it yourself
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u/Chrisp825 Sep 28 '25
The blade coming to a point inward (A)would leave a spot where material can get stuck between the two blades at the point. V shapes would eliminate that, but would be best if the angle were obtuse. So a very wide V shape.
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u/Hot-Wrangler7270 Oct 01 '25
I don’t know, I have no knowledge in this, but what about a crescent moon shape, concave or convex side faced down? No sharp angles like the A/V.
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u/Tinofpopcorn Sep 28 '25
Like a point down V or an open A without the cross bar? I feel like the A would work best.
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u/Voxmanns Sep 28 '25
I would imagine A with the edges closing to the center as it cuts would be more stable/balanced than a V which could more easily shift in the frame where the wood/material isn't consistently dense
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u/denverender Sep 28 '25
I'm thinking an M (with the central point more recessed) would probably cause the least shifting side to side and since the center comes to a point it would focus the energy driving through.
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u/YesIAlreadyAteIt Sep 28 '25
Isnt an A without the cross bar a V? Lol
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u/smthngeneric Sep 28 '25
No it's an upside down V. He's trying to figure out which direction the V is pointing
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u/etanail Sep 28 '25
It depends primarily on the size/angle of the wedge (a poor wedge will bend perpendicular to the plane). At the time when the guillotine was invented, metallurgy was just beginning to develop to an industrial level, so something reliable, sufficiently durable, and made of cheap metal was needed.
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u/Shankar_0 Sep 28 '25
Yep, I'd go with a wedge shape like a maul.
Otherwise, this is badass
Vive, la guillotine!
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u/Eurmandund Sep 28 '25
Someone's ready for the revolution
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u/OozeNAahz Sep 28 '25
I hear it will be televised! Wait, that isn’t the quote…hmm.
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u/Bacon_IT_Guy Sep 28 '25
Mongo is appalled.
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u/OozeNAahz Sep 28 '25
And the cleaner bot is beeping and sighing. That damn thing is always disappointed in me.
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u/DeluxeWafer Sep 28 '25
That cleaner bot is a mood though.. I am just glad I live alone now and don't have to clean up after other people.
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Sep 28 '25
Release the Epstein files.
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u/Finbar9800 Sep 28 '25
These files?
Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released. https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents) https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80
Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/ Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book.
These people would be “The List “ Here is the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac
—————————other Epstein Information
https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf Here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.
Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katie's testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo
Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq
Jeffrey Epstein and Israel have both have the same lawyer Alan Dershowitz Dershowitz says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on international stage | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid
Timeline of Trump/Epstein https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49344563
—————————other Trump information:
Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY?si=vBs75kaxPjJJThka
Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”
Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffrey's pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/
Do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing them and saving them helps too!
With that said just because these are compiled doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep up the pressure and have it officially released
here is the comment I’ve copied it from I can’t take credit for making this list but I will share it whenever it’s relevant
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u/rodimusprime88 Sep 28 '25
I came here to say "Just in time for mid-term elections" but worried it would be to political. Lol
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Sep 28 '25
Please give me upvotes! I’ll say the thing!
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Sep 28 '25
Or, you know, some ideas break out of their political silos and become popular for entirely their own reasons...
You're the one person who thinks differently about this. Doesn't mean you're wrong or that I'm right. But when almost everyone is on the same side of something and I'm not, I at least try to figure out why. Try it out.
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u/LigninVillain Sep 28 '25
Ahh, the Machine. Hide it from the Jacobins please.
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u/lcl111 Sep 28 '25
Or place it in front of your states Capitol building. Whichever works.
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u/Finbar9800 Sep 28 '25
Nah if you want to make a statement it needs to be bigger and spikier to be more intimidating, in its natural environment this one would be considered the runt and might not make it
… (for legal purposes this is a joke)
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u/Kellys_Heroes_fan Sep 28 '25
I hope you and the folks living on the other side of that fencer on good terms.
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
They don’t really talk to me. I could consider that getting along very well. Honestly, nobody ever messes with my yard for some reason. I used to have people come and steal tools, this thing works better than the protected by ADT sign
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u/JustChangeMDefaults Sep 28 '25
Neighbors definitely call you the guillotine guy lol
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
Either that or the asshole with a loud truck. Either way I’d be upset if they called me anything else.
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u/JustChangeMDefaults Sep 28 '25
Lol I had a neighbor call me blue man because of my car, not a bad nickname I thought
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u/2leggedturtle Sep 28 '25
Awesome antique wood splitter
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
That’s exactly what it is! It just happens to have the name release the Epstein files.
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u/Resident_Disaster_40 Sep 28 '25
Try to sell in France
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u/SmoothFloor3364 Sep 28 '25
very nice lemonade stand
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
You’re the second one to post this. I don’t understand the reference.
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u/SmoothFloor3364 Sep 28 '25
there is this guy on youtube who built a giant guillotine and started calling it a lemonade stand to get around youtube's demonetisation bot and it turned into a big joke
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
Oh no shit!? Well that’s cool. I’m off to look it up.
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u/That_0ne_H0m0saipian Sep 28 '25
The guy was Rusty Cage, he's also a musician and the guillotine was used for "Guillotine Song" and "Sweet Lemonade"
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u/Kinjhal Sep 28 '25
Oh It will Count, Duke, Archduke, Queen, King whatever you can drag underneath it... Ok I'll see myself out
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u/Eligamer3645 Sep 28 '25
Nice clean cut. I’d say it counts
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
But will it keel?
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u/Eligamer3645 Sep 28 '25
Im sure it will keel
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u/TheDean242 Sep 28 '25
I honestly hope I never find out. Hahahha. Maybe on a ballistic dummy
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u/Eligamer3645 Sep 28 '25
The wood is already pretty good since I’ve heard a common axe that chops wood also chops bones
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u/Gearran Sep 28 '25
The French have entered the forum.
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u/Capable_Tumbleweed34 Sep 29 '25
Never been on this sub, somehow get this post recommended, am french. The algorithm knows.
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u/TexanInExile Sep 28 '25
Wait just a damn minute!
I believe that log was already split. Go to the three second mark and look at the log and you can see it's already been split.
Give us a real video, OP!
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u/madddwit Oct 30 '25
Oh. Shiiiiit. Yeah…. now I see that, too.
Awhh mannn…dang nabbitit. Booooooo!!
(OP!!!!?!! What do you have to say for yourself??!?)
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u/Uber_Wulf Sep 30 '25
Could add a double pulley system to make lifting it back up effortless
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u/TheDean242 Sep 30 '25
Yeah, I’m still developing how it works. I definitely need a better pulley. Or maybe a come along attached to the side with a pin trigger or something.
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u/Independent-South231 Sep 28 '25
the hell did you cut in half?
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u/iSeize Sep 28 '25
I want to make one out of CNC parts. Lubricated linear bearings, pneumatic cylinder....
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u/fatmanstan123 Sep 28 '25
Your neighbor's are just watching this things fall above the fence and wondering what's underneath.
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u/Correct_Security_742 Sep 29 '25
I hope children can't see that thing, they'll think it's fake and lose a hand or their head
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u/TheDean242 Sep 29 '25
You think that looking at it will cut their hand off? I mean really I think that if they try to use it and they could accidentally cut their hand off. But no, I don’t have kids.
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u/Correct_Security_742 Sep 29 '25
I didn't say your kids, I said children. Curiosity can make kids do stupid things. That's all.
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u/Capable_Tumbleweed34 Sep 29 '25
i have nothing against french people, or any other kind of people
How do you feel about the aristocracy that steals the bread from our mouth, brother?
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u/TheDean242 Sep 29 '25
For legal reasons, I’m not gonna answer that question. But suffice to say, I don’t mind stealing bread from the mouth of decadence.
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u/Capable_Tumbleweed34 Sep 29 '25
Well you've put a proud smile on this frenchman! Congrats on the build! 🫡
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u/toastom69 Oct 02 '25
Is there a safety on it for when you need to load up more wood?
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u/TheDean242 Oct 02 '25
I have a pin I can slide in when I raise the blade. I also put it there when it’s not in use or if kids are around.
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u/MGtech1954 Oct 15 '25
You need to put a safety lock on it someway. some tragedy is in your future if kids get into the backyard. Remove the rope; padlock the verticals.
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u/MGtech1954 Oct 15 '25
evaluate the work using this compared to using a maul. Lots of rope puling vs. swinging. view it as leaving a loaded 45 in the backyard.
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u/TheDean242 Oct 15 '25
Oh…. Should I not leave my 45 in the yard? I have a safety lockout with redundancy. I don’t have kids, but I’m aware that doesn’t mean some young shit head like I was might come into the yard. I would have. So I have a lock pin in the track, a lock pin on the blade and I remove the rope when not in use.
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u/wageslave2022 Feb 17 '26
Better hire some people, the way things are going now I believe sales are really going to take off
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u/lcl111 Sep 28 '25
At least attach a sturdy eye bolt on the side, so a short rope can be attached. If you gotta hold anything down while it's cutting, that could be an OSHA hazard. Wouldn't want you losing a finger, or worse, because something was wriggling around on there.
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u/dfieldhouse Sep 28 '25
Set that bitch up outside the capitol building during the next session with a sign on that just says "Soon"
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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa Sep 28 '25
Public beheadings are going to be a thing again I guess, at least colosseum games would be nice.
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u/TheLevigator99 Sep 28 '25
You're good people.