Sweet! You can see where the motormount was and look at the thickness of those mounting bolts sticking out of the concrete!

Wow

Note the oil spray on the wall.

It looks like maybe this was another cable spindle ??

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I like German Beer.

ok and German Women...

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Nice.

Scraps of heavy cable made of iron and some types of steel are great for making damascus steel (folded steel) knives.

Find a local knifemaker and learn the details.

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Guitorman that wheel is a manual brake to lock down the whole assembly.

JT do you have a link to where you saw two of these big electric motors running ? Or what museum or city is it in?

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