He definitely did a few things in this most recent video that made me cringe, like using an angle grinder to make a notch in a steel pipe that he's holding up with his other hand. Some pipe clamps would've been advisable there vs holding by hand the object you're cutting into. Felt like something you'd see on /r/OSHA.
The tunnel generally feels safe, but I can't say the same for the methods employed in digging it.
Yeah, I see that attitude a lot in burner/circus arts/stunt circles. Limited concern for their own safety ("I know what I'm doing") but very safety conscious the moment other people involved.
Grinding some pipe with it in my hand? Yeah I got this.
Digging a tunnel that will have the cameraman and others in it, and might collapse the house of done wrong? That's worth some thought.
Some. Lol.
That reminds me of this greybeard that was helping us move some heavy machinery. "It won't hurt you!" as we have a 1400 lb top-heavy drill press dangling from an engine hoist. Um, yeah, heck yes that'll hurt you.
Wouldn't have gotten it into the uhaul in time were it not for him.
Re:How safe is Colin Furze's tunnel?
by madaxe_again on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:22AM
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Yeah, I learned the hard way why that’s a bad idea. Really easy to catch because your workpiece is unsecured, and when it then jumps out of your cut, it makes a beeline for your hand. Fortunately I only took a little bit of thumb off, but you’ll never catch me using a grinder or chainsaw on something I’m holding with my other hand again.
He's definitely still no Captain Tightpants by any means, but as a fellow former crazy maker / fire performer, you never fully grow out of it, but you mellow out over time and take less crazy risks (in favor of calculated risks).