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Old 04-30-14, 12:47 PM   #1
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It held together longer than I expected.
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It held together longer than I expected.
Check the notes, he made some...er... modifications to keep it together longer.
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I think he bolted it down to the pallet..
Otherwise, it would have been jumping all over the yard, as soon as the RPMs went up.
In the end when the drum started hopping all around, I realized that thing might be dangerous!

I watched in 720 HD and could see the motor shaft spraying a few sparks like a little grinder, at the end of the video..

Strangely, my wife enjoyed the video..

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