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Is it ever gone be released? I am not getting any younger & my interest is waning.
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backhertz wrote:Is it ever gone be released? I am not getting any younger & my interest is waning.

Patience Grasshopper! It has been over a year since the 'initial' news. I think it is near!
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Do you guys know how fast you can open a thread when you see PowerPro on it WOW, Only to be told to wait grasshopper. I had a birthday yesterday and if I do what my dad does and figures how much something cost and how long he might get to use it I was 62 so it needs to happen soooooooooon.:D
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wlhayesmfs wrote:Do you guys know how fast you can open a thread when you see PowerPro on it WOW, Only to be told to wait grasshopper. I had a birthday yesterday and if I do what my dad does and figures how much something cost and how long he might get to use it I was 62 so it needs to happen soooooooooon.:D
Patience Young grasshopper. You have a decade more than I to try to wear it out!
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JPG40504 wrote:Patience Young grasshopper. You have a decade more than I to try to wear it out!
Ditto....well 6 more than I.
Gene

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Man, grasshoppers everywhere!!!!! It seems the mention of the PowerPro brings out all kinds of bugs. Hope there are no bugs in the controls on the PowerPro.:D
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Hey,
Happy Birthday Bill. That is wonderful news I hope you get to enjoy it outside of these storms we are having. Tonight might just be a duuuuzzy.
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Just got an email from SS trying to sell me a speed reducer for a couple hundred+++ bucks. Won't need it with a PowerPro, right?
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tomsalwasser wrote:Just got an email from SS trying to sell me a speed reducer for a couple hundred+++ bucks. Won't need it with a PowerPro, right?
Probably not, but it is I am sure a lot 'cheaper'!;)
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tomsalwasser wrote:Just got an email from SS trying to sell me a speed reducer for a couple hundred+++ bucks. Won't need it with a PowerPro, right?
I have spent many an idle(r bearing) minute thinking about this.

My educated guess is that Power Pro enhances the high-end speed range, up to 10,000 rpm or so. But I don't think it enhances the low-end speed range as much. Furthermore the Speed Reducer is a mighty Torque Multiplier and I wonder if a Power Pro alone could match/exceed that effective torque.
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