A spectator is invited to lie on a low table which stands on six legs. A wooden stock is now placed around her middle. An electric saw is shown to be sharp by sawing through a load of bread. The saw blade is now inserted at one end of the stocks and the saw switched on. The saw is now moved slowly along the top of the stocks as the blade apparently slices right through the spectator’s body. However, as the saw reaches the other end of the stocks, the blade is shown to be intact and when the stocks are opened, so is the spectator.