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Video: Why Head Pressure on Your Big Machine Matters

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Wayne Lee
Feb 23, 2015

Do you think about the drum pressure on your big machine? Do you adjust it depending on the species and your abrasive? When I was at the Master Craftsman school at the NWFA headquarters last week I did a demo where we looked at head pressure of the big machine:

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