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A couple of safety issues to consider...You need to have the top of your saw blade well above the top of the boards you are edging. The less blade is exposed at the top, the greater the chances of a board getting fired back at the operator.Find out what the maximum RPM is before you run it, and don't exceed that limit. Also don't move the main support bearings further apart and don't add anymore weight to the main shaft. If you do any of these, there is a good chance you will set up a resonant condition that can cause something to fail suddenly. One of my former high school classmates lost her husband when the sawmill he was refurbishing blew apart.
I rebuilt one and if you need any pics. just give me a holler. They work really well once you have it adjusted!.
If you are going to build a new edger then you have lots of parts you could steal off of your anchor.
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