: The blade originally ran (on the back) inside what appears to be a piece of
: wood. I have the bracket and will just take a block of wood and cut a slot
: in it for the blade. I wouldn't run it without that in place. Darn good
: way to tear up a hand as you obviously know.

: I have an old 5 hp 3 phase Allis Chalmers motor on it now. Not as old as the
: saw but it looks 'right' on it. As for tires there are a couple of places
: I know of. One that caters to the Industrial crowd and they have most
: anything for the big saws.

: I could have gotten by with a 20" saw. This is just what came along and
: I do love big saws and big jointers. It is more saw than I need but I
: traded for it and ended up with something like $100 plus gas in it. Could
: have sold for more than that in scrap iron!

: And I can't wait to do some resawing on this one! Bet it will go though 6x6's
: like hot butter.

With that motor should make resawing kinda fun

I'm looking forward to that too, but will obviously be somewhat slower.

Bill H.