Pedal Powered World, #4: Shop Tools

This is part 4 of an ~8-part series I’m doing on bike-powered devices. If you’ve got a link to another device that should be included or a better-documented version of any of these, comment below or email me and I’ll add it to my last post in the series, summarizing all the interesting pedal-powered projects we’ve found by category. I learned about most of these devices through the old-news Innovate or Die contest.

Here are some shop tools made pedal-able. The star for me is this multi-tool:

Also spin on:

• Inertia welder
• Bike-powered hacksaw: very steampunk styling!
• Pedal-powered air compressor

Bike-powered table saw, anyone?