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    Here is a link to my photobucket slide show

    I could not embed the slide show here.

    Hope you enjoy.

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    Looks like a great way to spend a day!

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    Actually it was two days.

    And yes it was.

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    short but oh so sweet, thanks

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    Nice man. When I saw the picture of that chopsaw throwing sparks I could SMELL it.

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    It is the only way to reduce that blank to a knife IMHO.

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    Very nice! What was the diameter of that huge grinding wheel, and what was powering it?

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    I would guess it at 2' diameter and it is powered by a 3 phase motor. I did not ask the horsepower, but a 3 phase anything is a big motor.

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