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Model 300

The videos in this section refer to SWEED’s standard Model 300 scrap chopper. Custom model 300 choppers may have slight variations from the chopper shown in these videos (i.e., multiple knives, shims on the knives, multiple infeeds, etc.)

For questions not answered in these videos, please refer to the manual for your specific top assembly number, or contact SWEED directly.

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Safety Overview: Model 300 Scrap Chopper

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How to Set Up a New Chopper and Stand

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How to Perform Preventative Maintenance

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How to Rotate/Replace the Stationary and Rotating Knives

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How to Change the Upper & Lower Feedrolls & Adjust the Material Gap

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How to Replace the Motor Belt & Adjust the Motor

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It all started with an imported gang saw. After WWII, three brothers from Germany migrated to the United States and built a sawmill on Galls Creek in Gold Hill, Oregon. Dissatisfied with the imported gang saw they were using, they decided they could make a better saw themselves.

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