I think I found my next saw(s)

[protool]

Check out this post from Dorset Custom Furniture's blog about their visit to a slate cutter:
http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspo...-new-york.html

Specifically, look at this picture of a 90" saw:




And this 10' bandsaw which they say you can back a truck under:




Seems as though this would give David Marks' aircraft carrier jointer a run for its money in the world of giant tools!

Too cool...

[Dal300]

I wonder what an Irwin Marathon blade would cost for that thing.

[chopnhack]

Cool David, the granite fabricators have the those big saws too. The bandsaw is pretty cool. Ancient Greek's used to use a water wheel to power a bandsaw that would gang cut blocks of stone into veneers using rope and sand.... can't imagine how long that took!