Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers.
In the spirit of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle',
I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle
and epoxied it to the motor shaft. Then I salvaged
the ventilation fan from the broken trimmer head by
cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a
GrassHog bladed head on to the arbor using a matching
mounting nut that I drilled and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation.
This is an impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:36:29 -0700, Winston wrote:

Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers. In the spirit of 'Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle', I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle and epoxied it to the
motor shaft. Then I salvaged the ventilation fan from the broken
trimmer head by cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a GrassHog
bladed head on to the arbor using a matching mounting nut that I drilled
and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation. This is an
impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston

I misread "vegetation" as "vegetarian", and thus mistook your brag for
yet another political rant. It does put a unique spin on the post...

I'm thick this morning, but not a vegetarian, so please don't demonstrate
your new weed whacker on me!

--
www.wescottdesign.com

Tim Wescott wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:36:29 -0700, Winston wrote:

Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers. In the spirit of 'Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle', I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle and epoxied it to the
motor shaft. Then I salvaged the ventilation fan from the broken
trimmer head by cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a GrassHog
bladed head on to the arbor using a matching mounting nut that I drilled
and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation. This is an
impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston

I misread "vegetation" as "vegetarian", and thus mistook your brag for
yet another political rant. It does put a unique spin on the post...

I'm thick this morning, but not a vegetarian, so please don't demonstrate
your new weed whacker on me!

It did require a liberal amount of machining to conserve
the tool. I managed to do it without checking a book out
of the Libertary.

--Winston

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG

Good job. I run a trimmer maybe 100 hours a year. Didn't like those yellow
swinging cutters. They very quickly twist 90 degrees and you got a fan not a
trimmer. There is an orange blade that is more rigid and works better.

My favorite head holds .100 line and has two line exits from the head. You
have to stop and push a detent in to let another two inches of line out.

Or, install a saw blade. Dangerous but werks grate! I still got all my toes
but only because I wear red wing steel toed boots doing this. I also have
safety glasses on. There will be bruises on your body where the rocks hit.

Karl

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:36:29 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers.
In the spirit of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle',
I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle
and epoxied it to the motor shaft. Then I salvaged
the ventilation fan from the broken trimmer head by
cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a
GrassHog bladed head on to the arbor using a matching
mounting nut that I drilled and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation.
This is an impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston


Bravo Sir...well done indeed!

Gunner

Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your
wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do
something damned nasty to all three of them.

Karl Townsend wrote:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG

Good job. I run a trimmer maybe 100 hours a year. Didn't like those yellow
swinging cutters. They very quickly twist 90 degrees and you got a fan not a
trimmer. There is an orange blade that is more rigid and works better.

I'll keep my eyes open at the hardware store this
afternoon. Thanks for the tip.

My favorite head holds .100 line and has two line exits from the head. You
have to stop and push a detent in to let another two inches of line out.

Or, install a saw blade. Dangerous but werks grate!

I contemplated that. I noticed they don't sell replacement
blades for my gas powered brush cutter. I shall continue
contemplation.

I still got all my toes
but only because I wear red wing steel toed boots doing this. I also have
safety glasses on. There will be bruises on your body where the rocks hit.

Yup. I noticed how quickly this thing turned into
a pebble launcher. It makes one circumspect.

--Winston

Karl Townsend wrote:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG

Good job. I run a trimmer maybe 100 hours a year. Didn't like those yellow
swinging cutters. They very quickly twist 90 degrees and you got a fan not a
trimmer. There is an orange blade that is more rigid and works better.

My favorite head holds .100 line and has two line exits from the head. You
have to stop and push a detent in to let another two inches of line out.

Or, install a saw blade. Dangerous but werks grate! I still got all my toes
but only because I wear red wing steel toed boots doing this. I also have
safety glasses on. There will be bruises on your body where the rocks hit.

Saw blade? You mean like a table saw blade?

Saw blade? You mean like a table saw blade?

That would work. Mine is just for shearing Xmas trees. Four large square
teeth on a 6" diameter

I just picked up a Homelite 13" electric at HD-cheapest one they had @
$39. It has a pretty good dual line head, which auto-feeds every time
you back off the switch. Got it in a hurry when both my BD 16"
electrics crapped out on the first run this year. Fixed the green
one. The motor mysteriously lost the front bearing retainer, which let
the armature move off the brush set. Fabbed a quicky replacement,
cleaned up the commutator- motor screams now. The orange one had a
shorted armature winding from overheating-much smoke and low RPM. No
fix, but canabalized parts for the other one (theyr'e both the same
model).
The big bitch with elecrics- no fan cooling for the motors. A better
design would be a suction fan on the top, drawing air down the handle
and exhausting at the base. Of course, they would last too long that
way....
Still using the free 16" Homelite gasser I plucked from a dumpster 5
years ago-kicks ass.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:36:29 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers.
In the spirit of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle',
I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle
and epoxied it to the motor shaft. Then I salvaged
the ventilation fan from the broken trimmer head by
cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a
GrassHog bladed head on to the arbor using a matching
mounting nut that I drilled and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation.
This is an impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
Dependence is Vulnerability:
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."

You really want to watch that. Last year, while merrilly whacking, a
Jetta wagon pulled up. A pebble launched from my whacker shattered his
rear quarter window. I picked up replacement glass and replaced it for
him in my garage. $100 for the glass, and about an hour r/r.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:23:22 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG

Good job. I run a trimmer maybe 100 hours a year. Didn't like those yellow
swinging cutters. They very quickly twist 90 degrees and you got a fan not a
trimmer. There is an orange blade that is more rigid and works better.

I'll keep my eyes open at the hardware store this
afternoon. Thanks for the tip.

My favorite head holds .100 line and has two line exits from the head. You
have to stop and push a detent in to let another two inches of line out.

Or, install a saw blade. Dangerous but werks grate!

I contemplated that. I noticed they don't sell replacement
blades for my gas powered brush cutter. I shall continue
contemplation.

I still got all my toes
but only because I wear red wing steel toed boots doing this. I also have
safety glasses on. There will be bruises on your body where the rocks hit.

Yup. I noticed how quickly this thing turned into
a pebble launcher. It makes one circumspect.

--Winston
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
Dependence is Vulnerability:
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:33:52 -0700, JR North
wrote:

I just picked up a Homelite 13" electric at HD-cheapest one they had @
$39. It has a pretty good dual line head, which auto-feeds every time
you back off the switch. Got it in a hurry when both my BD 16"
electrics crapped out on the first run this year. Fixed the green
one. The motor mysteriously lost the front bearing retainer, which let
the armature move off the brush set. Fabbed a quicky replacement,
cleaned up the commutator- motor screams now. The orange one had a
shorted armature winding from overheating-much smoke and low RPM. No
fix, but canabalized parts for the other one (theyr'e both the same
model).
The big bitch with elecrics- no fan cooling for the motors. A better
design would be a suction fan on the top, drawing air down the handle
and exhausting at the base. Of course, they would last too long that
way....
Still using the free 16" Homelite gasser I plucked from a dumpster 5
years ago-kicks ass.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

The one I bought for $2 six years back works great - Lady said it was
leaking oil - I guess they dumped the little bottle of oil in the tank
then filled it with gas - still had most of the original 2 x 9' lines
on the spool. I have since accumulated 3 weed eaters of various ages,
must have close to $20 invested, including parts such as fuel filters
and primer bulbs.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:36:29 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Hi all,

I inherited two broken GrassHog weedwhackers.
In the spirit of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle',
I repaired one.

I drilled a 12 mm x 25 mm bolt through the middle
and epoxied it to the motor shaft. Then I salvaged
the ventilation fan from the broken trimmer head by
cutting it to size with my lathe. I mounted a
GrassHog bladed head on to the arbor using a matching
mounting nut that I drilled and tapped to M12 1.75.

In test, it quickly sliced up some thick vegetation.
This is an impossible feat with the original head.

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...esurrected.txt


--Winston
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
Dependence is Vulnerability:
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

JR North wrote:

(...)

The big bitch with elecrics- no fan cooling for the motors.

Well, none to speak of anyway.
The base of the spool on the Grass Hog is a radial fan.
It vacuums heat *downward* across the motor.

A better
design would be a suction fan on the top, drawing air down the handle
and exhausting at the base. Of course, they would last too long that
way....

Heh! Yup.

Still using the free 16" Homelite gasser I plucked from a dumpster 5
years ago-kicks ass.

My dumpster-fu ain't nearly that good.

--Winston

JR North wrote:
You really want to watch that. Last year, while merrilly whacking, a
Jetta wagon pulled up. A pebble launched from my whacker shattered his
rear quarter window. I picked up replacement glass and replaced it for
him in my garage. $100 for the glass, and about an hour r/r.

Yup. Those rocks take off with great enthusiasm.
I tested the rebuilt trimmer in my back yard, which
resembles Mr. Slate's Quarry.

Luckily my friend's yard has been de-rocked over a couple
decades, so that isn't going to be an issue.

--Winston

"JR North" wrote in message
...
You really want to watch that. Last year, while merrilly whacking, a
Jetta wagon pulled up. A pebble launched from my whacker shattered his
rear quarter window. I picked up replacement glass and replaced it for
him in my garage. $100 for the glass, and about an hour r/r.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

My ex wife took out her double glazed patio door with a cheapy plug in
whacker using the thin string. It was ironic as her landlord prompted her
to trim the weeds that her lawn mower failed to get. She was stuck paying
$350 to a glass company, and this prompted her to search for a house to buy.

--

__
Roger Shoaf

Important factors in selecting a mate:
1] Depth of gene pool
2] Position on the food chain.

Roger Shoaf wrote:
(...)

My ex wife took out her double glazed patio door with a cheapy plug in
whacker using the thin string. It was ironic as her landlord prompted her
to trim the weeds that her lawn mower failed to get. She was stuck paying
$350 to a glass company, and this prompted her to search for a house to buy.

I had no idea one could do that with a string trimmer.

Wow!

--Winston

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:42:09 -0700, the infamous "Roger Shoaf"
scrawled the following:


"JR North" wrote in message
.. .
You really want to watch that. Last year, while merrilly whacking, a
Jetta wagon pulled up. A pebble launched from my whacker shattered his
rear quarter window. I picked up replacement glass and replaced it for
him in my garage. $100 for the glass, and about an hour r/r.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

My ex wife took out her double glazed patio door with a cheapy plug in
whacker using the thin string. It was ironic as her landlord prompted her
to trim the weeds that her lawn mower failed to get. She was stuck paying
$350 to a glass company, and this prompted her to search for a house to buy.

I'm not surprised. Most people don't know a single bit of physics and
can't tell you the trajectory of a thrown object from the string
direction, or how to avoid things like that. sigh That was an
expensive lesson.

--
A striking fact of the last two years of financial trouble is how
accountability has differed in the public and private spheres. On
Wall Street and across the country, decades-old firms have failed,
fortunes have vanished, and some former captains of finance face
jail or fines. In Washington, meanwhile, most regulators and Members
of Congress remain on the job, often with enhanced power.
-WSJ "Bernanke's Second Chance" 26aug09

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:42:09 -0700, "Roger Shoaf"
wrote:


"JR North" wrote in message
.. .
You really want to watch that. Last year, while merrilly whacking, a
Jetta wagon pulled up. A pebble launched from my whacker shattered his
rear quarter window. I picked up replacement glass and replaced it for
him in my garage. $100 for the glass, and about an hour r/r.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

My ex wife took out her double glazed patio door with a cheapy plug in
whacker using the thin string. It was ironic as her landlord prompted her
to trim the weeds that her lawn mower failed to get. She was stuck paying
$350 to a glass company, and this prompted her to search for a house to buy.
Watched the next door neighbour mow the grass this morning between
rain showers, he had the "back door" of the rear bagger open, to avoid
clogging I guess. Reminded me of my old Lawn Boy with no front on the
shroud - bout 1 1/2 inch exposure of the blade - found a golf ball in
the grass one day and scored a hole-in-one at St. Andrews Royal and
Ancient!
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada