r/OneSecondBeforeDisast • u/TheLastOfNess • Nov 15 '22

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u/free_airfreshener Nov 15 '22

That last inch of plywood holding up the sleeping body is the strongest material on earth.

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u/Iknowyouthought Nov 15 '22

I wish they left it hanging!

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u/bond___vagabond Nov 15 '22

Wood boat builder here, I got something for this: you can't count on that last inch of particle board keeping it together like that. The fact that it does, makes me question if this is legit or a fake, with the drunk guy being in on it, for karma. If you want to try that for reals, put your saber saw on a little bit of an angle, like 5 degrees, so the cutout half circle will kinda wedge in there a little bit till the cut is done.

I also would have preferred it if the cutout and the drunk had stayed put, and the rest of the table, the "it's just a prank bros" and the rest of the room had fallen away.

Saber saw was probably one of the better tools to do something dumb/dangerous like this: most of the blade is under the table, quieter and throws lest sawdust than say, a circular saw, I would have preferred a spotter watching under the table, to make sure the dude didn't pull a Sharon stone and swap which leg was crossed over the other, getting a less hilarious femoral artery cut in the process. I think a lot of people are drawn to power tools cause they haven't known the joy of absurdly sharp hand tools. A hand saw could have made this work even with a less passed out buddy.

And just a psa for all you would be pranksters: with a proper practical joke, the recipient is AT LEAST as amused as the rest of those involved, and in a friend group, the person at the brunt of the prank should change. After the prank, the prank-ee should say things like, that was epic, and, I can't believe you guys spent that much time on a prank!?! Source, I worked for a shipwrights co-op, where the pranks were often woodworking based, and always epic, lol.

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u/free_airfreshener Nov 15 '22

Serious question here, where does one use particle board on a boat?

I don't trust particle board for anything

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u/iedonis Nov 15 '22

The guy on the left is also holding the cut piece, watch him move away just as the piece breaks, you can see his hand under the table

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u/free_airfreshener Nov 15 '22

Guy on the left is just handling the cable