Make up a yard waste chipper for prepping compost. I have been meaning to
make something up to cut small branches and stuff up by feeding vertically
through the lawnmower deck.
I have a friend who shovels his compost through to cut and aerate it at
regular intervals.
Randy

"wallster" wrote in message
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alright all you creative geniuses, put on your thinking caps. Every year
(about this time) i run across discarded lawnmowers. I cant help myself, i
almost always stop and pick them up. Sometimes i get them running and sell
them for some always needed beer money. But alot of the time, the deck is
rotted beyond repair so i'll remove the wheels and engine and hope to use
it another time. I just have to make something cool using a vertical shaft
engine, the horizontals get all the glory. Besides a home-built generator,
what projects have you folks made using these engines?

walt