Dave__67 wrote:
On Apr 28, 3:19 pm, steamer wrote:
--I could file and polish the dings off of the spoons, forks, etc
that went into the garbage disposer.
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"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Come see my stuff
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : at Maker Faire!!
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
Having a home shop means when the riding mower breaks saturday evening
and the grass is long and it's going to rain sunday I can weld the
damn part and finish the lawn.
SWMBO *says* she doesn't care how the lawn looks... and that holds
right up to when it starts looking like crap.
Dave
You have that problem as well???
I have a LOT of toys in the shop but still have some of the items I
built way back when I could only dream of having them.
I finally disposed of my very first Go-Cart a year or so ago. I remember
the days I spent building it and using 'innovative" solutions for the
problems.
The frame was simple angle iron, Rear axle was a chunk of drill rod,
rear tires were solid rubber and one had a BIG chunk out of it which I
filled with concrete mix and some nails to hold it in place!
Front steering was a pair of spindles from a lawn tractor but it had a
vertical shaft for steering. Not having money for a set up U joints or a
way to cut the frame and angle it for proper steering I ran a LONG bolt
through a chunk of pipe and a connecting rod from the bolt head to a
simple lever on the side, push the lever forward and you turned left
back for right.
The engine was from a Reo reel type mower. The drive system was a pulley
on the motor and one bolted to the wheel (through the solid rubber), no
money or idea of a centrifugal clutch. Nope I looked at what I had and
found 4 bearings of the same size, two fender washers that were much
larger and bolted them to a lever that would reach the belt and tighten
it. Throttle cable was a simple padlock hasp with a wire tied to it and
back to the engine.
Seat? was a chunk of plywood with a pillow on it.
Anyone else remember projects from the past??
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Steve W.
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