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Jon Elson
 
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Default OT? - V8 Powered Chainsaw?

DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Jeff Wisnia :

I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/



To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.

I viewed it just fine on my Linux system. Yes, I had to install a bunch
of stuff, and tinker with it a bit to make it work. Mostly, I
downloaded and built mplayer, and some extended libraries for it that
can use MicroSoft's dll format of driver/video codec.

As for insanity, this is right UP THERE! Does anyone know what that
V8 engine is? Got to be an aluminum block, those 2 guys aren't as
big as sumo wrestlers. They basically just DROP the thing on the log!

Many years ago (must have been around 1960) I saw a homemade sawmill
that used a 409 engine and a 48" diameter blade. It definitely was
NOT portable.

Jon