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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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An example.
The rivets here have long gone.
The holes are not the same size. But a 4mm drill had that soon sorted.
New rivets, made from round bar.
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Tis indeed
Both videos were originally made on a ms20. Borrowed the patches and had a play.
Very happy with it.
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Congratulations, I'm sure there was a lot of competition to get it.
I would like to pass forward the Best Advice I ever received when I entered the world of work.It was over forty years ago now, when one of my Apprentice School teachers said to the class...…. " Time is money, material is money, but YOU ARE REPLACABLE !, watch out for yourself out there. " He then raised his hands while wiggling his fingers and said...…. " No Spare Parts."
I never forgot this, and hope you'll remember this advice also on your journey through life.
What you need to go with a sickle is a Fagging hook. Usually cut from an ash volunteer or similar, it would be 2 or 3 feet long, and has a small side branch at around 60 degrees to the handle, and if lucky a small rootball where the two join. Its used to hold the nettles up while you cut them as low as you can, and to drag them out of the way. Much better than splashing little bits of nettle all over yourself and making a din.
The tune was on the tip of me tongue for a few mins.
You’ve completely lost me on the ms20 and patches bit though.
You’ve made a bit of a change to hobby time then.
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Not acquired today but recently...
Seems pretty decent for the price
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Aye. Last thing I want to do after work is work in the garage. Wasted on me these days and need the space for the family
The sounds were made on the same synthisizer so would be rude not to try and recreate them.
Good way to learn
A patch being how the knobs and leads are configured
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I bought one of those too, I've put a few hundred kg of hedge trimmings and tree cuttings through it. Very impressed with it for the price
Ive got a 5hp briggs powered shredder. cant get it to run properly. Keep looking at electric ones...
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The electric ones are good for light duty stuff but aren't a patch on a good petrol powered one when it comes to the heavier stuff.
The Briggs probably doesn't need a whole lot to fix it, if it starts and runs but just doesn't run well then check your plug and air filter, I'd also empty the fuel tank and fill it with fresh fuel. If it's still running bad then the carb needs adjusting or a rebuild
Yep, did all that. the governor doesnt govern. I get short tempered with the usual B&S arrangement of bits of wire and springs and throw it back in the shed.
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Yes I did have a few brambles to cope with, I had intended to take up the bush cutter but the forecast was for rain so I left it at home Doh! As it happened I had a few hours of dry weather so made hay whilst the sun
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I've fitted loncin engines to a few machines like that and can't fault them.
https://www.lawnflite.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=345
Not recommending that seller, just the first one that showed up on google
I have a pair of 5 hp Honda engines here but the device has a large flywheel which completely refuses to part company with the engine. Every couple of years I set about it, but its really not having it.
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I like that, all very true though.Congratulations, I'm sure there was a lot of competition to get it.
It was over forty years ago now, when one of my Apprentice School teachers said to the class...…. " Time is money, material is money, but YOU ARE REPLACABLE !, watch out for yourself out there. " He then raised his hands while wiggling his fingers and said...…. " No Spare Parts."
I never forgot this, and hope you'll remember this advice also on your journey through life.
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Throw up a few pics of the machine, someone on here might be familiar with them and able to help
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Bright steel round nails are handy bar lengths in small diameters
if you counter drill the end of a range of slightly bigger bars after grinding the drill bit to a half round with clearances you can make a range of " rivet snaps "
Heat the end of the nail whilst it's securely held in a vice to cherry red and form one dome head on it using the snap if you slightly undersize ( 1/64 th ) predrill through the collar / sheath of the tool and the wooden shaft you can usually tap a red hot domed rivet in and still have enough time to form the other dome head whilst there is still a fair bit of red heat in the rivert ....if you set the bottom snap securely in the vice before heating the rivet up .
Have one as the anvil and the other as the former to give you round headed rivets on both side
If you have any casehardening powder .. case harden a set from 1/8 th t0 1/4 of an inch going up in 1/16ths
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The top two curved slashers were used around the farm in the 1950's to chop nettles , thistles , brambles & gorse etc. & drag the cuttings to one side
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Usually to get the flywheels off use a big quality make three legged puller , undo the holding nut so it just forms a cup on the thread and put the centre bolt of the puller in the middle , use washers if needed to keep it central then tighten it up and once it's tight give the bolt head one sharp slap with a 2 pound hammer .
If it hasn't come off put a lit 100 watt light bulb next to the flywheel n & cover it with a big carboard box so the 100 watts of heat can warm the flywheel through over a few hours of heating then repeat the removal exercise . If it does not budge give it WD 40 let it cool over night then rewarm as before & repeat the exercise .
If you're worried about damaging the crankshaft thread end turn up a small brass boss that sits inside the slackened nut thread then set up the puller as before ,
If it hasn't come off put a lit 100 watt light bulb next to the flywheel n & cover it with a big carboard box so the 100 watts of heat can warm the flywheel through over a few hours of heating then repeat the removal exercise . If it does not budge give it WD 40 let it cool over night then rewarm as before & repeat the exercise .
If you're worried about damaging the crankshaft thread end turn up a small brass boss that sits inside the slackened nut thread then set up the puller as before ,
