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    Impressive! Looking forward to more photos and information!

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    That is very interesting Tim. Those are beefy looking pillar block bearings- do they cater for end thrust pressure?

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    Did that main shaft start life as a heavy truck axle?

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    Wow amazing 👍

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    Aside from clean work, nice features and respectable size; best aspect is my No. 1 looked for design........substantial distance of bearings between head and drive end.
    Telling you all, a sh--ton of commercial machines don't have that.



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