Leon Fisk wrote:

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:38:51 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:


I recall Wayne recently posting he had a monster 16" chop saw, worked head arms
and legs better than the 14" ones that are so common these days. Well, today
coincidentally a 16" cutoff saw found its way to me. It's a real beast, 7½ hp 3
phase motor, 3 belts. It has been dropped and has lots of cosmetic damage but
nothing major appears to be hurt. It isn't running, but the seller was told it
ran for a long long time after the damage happened. I got it real cheap. I'm
curious how much Wayne pays for 16" abrasive blades and where he gets them.

In the meantime I'm going to be looking for a 5hp single phase motor to replace
the 7½hp 3 phase motor that's on it, if anyone anything remotely like local has
one please let me know. I'm hoping 5hp is "enough" power - Wayne's saw has a 3hp
motor on it so maybe 5hp will be OK.


Hi Grant,

You could always hook up an old gasoline (or better yet
propane) engine to it. It isn't too hard to find 5-10 hp
engines at a decent price. It really depends on how often
you would be using it. If you used it a lot this would soon
become a pain...

How about a nice quiet Honda or Kawasaki engine set up to
run on propane and a jack-shaft running through your shop.
Hook up all of your big loads to it via flat belts and just
nudge them on/off as needed. Just like in the old days G.

That would be an interesting take, it would make it very portable too, could
easily use it in the parking lot of a steel supplier for example. I have found
that I can start it OK, and am planning to try to use the 7.5hp motor for now.

GWE