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Baltimore Knife & Sword build replica and movie prop weapons. They attempt to make a replica chainsword.

Incredible, praise the Omnissiah. Am a subscriber to the series, watched it the second it uploaded, still amazed

Well, that's the coolest thing I'm going to see today.

The handle seems a little short, considering how heavy it must be.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
The handle seems a little short, considering how heavy it must be.

Probably why they never actually hold it up. Was always resting on the table and there was apparently a second grip unseen behind it they were holding as well.

Be right back, going to B&Q.

Cool as it is, it's interesting that to actually cut anything they had to remove the shroud.

As unbelievably cool as that thing is, it really shows how impractical a chainsword would be in real life. They couldn't actually swing it like a real sword, for example (it must have weighed a ton or something). Still, as one of the most iconic weapons of Warhammer 40k, it is awesome to see someone make a real one, even if it's not fully functional.

Only wish is that they could have actually swung it at a dummy made of ballistic gel or something, just to see what it would do to someone's body. I guess that would be one for the Mythbusters, if they were still on.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
As unbelievably cool as that thing is, it really shows how impractical a chainsword would be in real life. They couldn't actually swing it like a real sword, for example (it must have weighed a ton or something). Still, as one of the most iconic weapons of Warhammer 40k, it is awesome to see someone make a real one, even if it's not fully functional.

Only wish is that they could have actually swung it at a dummy made of ballistic gel or something, just to see what it would do to someone's body. I guess that would be one for the Mythbusters, if they were still on.

That's because its essentially a chainsaw with a stick attached to one end, if they tried to swing it it would fall off. If they were building a chainsword from scratch (ie, not a conversion like this but designed from scratch to be a sword) it would have appropriate reinforcement to withstand that force (ie, a hilt that goes all the way through the motor and attaches to the blade as one solid piece as an idea)

Its also probably a safety aspect. I doubt they particular want to be swinging around a giant, heavy, live chainsaw with giant razor sharp teeth. With blades you have to get edge alignment perfect or else you're going to just bounce off. With a solid blade, 1-2mm either way isn't a big deal but when you have these giant teeth held on by just a solder, they could quite easily fly off and kill someone if they hit at an angle, something fairly common in fluff actually.

As for swinging it as ballistic gel, I think the effects of a chainsaw on flesh are pretty much how you'd expect it to be. Whether you'd need to go slow or not for a clean cut is debatable but a chainsword is designed to maim and damage as much as possible, so a clean cut isn't necessary.

Watched it.. it is amazing.

Those teeth on the Chainsaw are hilariously brutal looking.

Too bad thats not a chainsword, but an eviscerator.
Needs the advanced power unit to cut the hilt mechanism way down to be usable one handed, but not bad for early M3.

 Orlanth wrote:
Too bad thats not a chainsword, but an eviscerator.
Needs the advanced power unit to cut the hilt mechanism way down to be usable one handed, but not bad for early M3.

Its a chainsword scaled for a Space Marine, not a human. Its also a chainsaw with a metal box built around it. Its all in all one of the simplest builds I've ever seen them make (having watched ever episode multiple times), if you want to see a difficult, complex creation, the Greatsword of Artorias takes the biscuit.