Chainsaw Arms
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The first time a man uses a chainsaw, he becomes possessed with power and must cut anything and everything.
WATCH THE VIDEO: I Built Chainsaw Arms
Buying two chainsaws was by far the most I had spent on a video up to this point. My only justification was that I actually had a lot of branches that I needed to trim up, and duel wielding chainsaws would make that more efficient. It didn't.
This project also humbled me when I realized that I really wasn't equipped to make my actual chainsaw arm vision a reality. I took apart the chainsaws and even that was a multi-hour endeavor... I had to buy a new special drill bit, then the holes to access the screws were too small for the drill so I had to cut into them with the Dremel and even then I nearly stripped half of the screws probably.
At the end of the day, this one was fun and silly but I had a real struggle to film. The build itself sucked. I didn't feel funny. I was down on myself and literally sat staring in my backyard wearing this ridiculous outfit having just a psychological battle internally to just start recording and see what happens. Then I was also very self-conscious of my neighbor seeing me scampering around the backyard in all of it.
Some videos come easier than others, but while the build sucked I'm at least proud of how the video came out and it was fun as hell to play real-life fruit ninja with chainsaws.