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Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds
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Guillotines are expensive. :(
Actually… you’d be surprised how many things can be dropped with a similar success rate!
This. https://youtu.be/OA1vmN-skXo?si=rjvD_2rgGDPvpr38
Hah. Touché. Butt, if I use my own weight it’s nearly free! Derrièrotine?
https://youtu.be/XGcqixRBNvU
Just a head up, youtube has been attaching tracking links when you copy their urls now. You can delete the tracker ?si= string and it'll still work.
https://youtu.be/OA1vmN-skXo
Yooo that's messed up. Thanks for the heads up!
Trebuchets aren't, and they can yeet the fattest of fatcats at least 150m which is more than far enough.
They really aren’t though. The raw materials would easily be less than the price of my rent.
But the craftsmanship.
Quite easy to build...
Buy a sheet of metal about 50x100cm, a bit thicker so it has some weight. Use an angle grinder to sharpen an edge. Buy some wood (like 2x4), build it into a rectangular frame, slightly smaller on the inside than the blade, and make a channel for the blade to slide in. Make 2 holes into the blade so you can attach some rope.
All that's missing is the wooden thing that goes around the neck. You can make that from 2 slabs of wood, and you can cut the neck shape with a jig saw.
Edit: thinking about it, you can simplify the build by making 2 wooden frames instead of 1, and have the blade slide between them.
In term of tools, all you need is an angle grinder, some kind of saw for the wood, and a drill/screwdriver.
Needs speed holes.
Also how do you make sure it doesn't go crooked and get jammed on the way down?
Also paint it red.
honestly it's really simpler than that, like you pointed out you only need one frame to make the track, the metal you do not need to sharpen if its less than an inch thick, most modern sheet metal, cookie pans etc will do, you just need weight and you cut the blade at an angle, then you use a table and some ratchet straps to hold the subject in place, but have you seen the price of lumber?
Need basic skills, we're not building an artisanal execution device or to last decades.
As the guy who made r/Artisanvideos, I disagree.
I'm seeking series one funding for my startup which will be like Uber, but for guillotines. PM for investment opportunities.
Yeah we will have to start with dull wood axes I suppose, at least till enough rich people have dropped loot so we can buy a few.
The fuck they are, small pile of 4x4 lumber, a rope and an old grader blade.
Too complicated, just turn the lawnmower sideways.
....better be an electric lawnmower, gas will seize up
It's okay, we only need one per region.