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Track saw or spindle sander
On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 23:13:03 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 22:07:38 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:33:27 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 4:57:25 PM UTC-4, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:38:21 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:18:28 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/26/2019 11:53 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 9:37:21 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote: On 4/25/2019 9:21 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: Let's say hypothetically you had $400 or so in Home Depot gift cards. Would you buy a Dewalt track saw or a Delta spindle sander? Thanks. I have a Honda mower too. Paid about $600 two or three years ago. Has the bigger 190cc engine. Self propelled. Not the commercial series. Has the steel deck. Starts on the first or second pull every time. Excellent mower. Only big complaints are it needs a bigger motor. I can easily kill the mower when the grass is tall. And I wish it mowed a wider swath. It would need a bigger engine. Mine is the HR194. Honda has not made this size in years. It also has the aluminum deck, 4 HP motor and cuts a 19" swath. I wish 19" was still available. The 4 HP is plenty even in tall St. Augustine/Carpet Grass. I have an average sized yard but lots of obstacles and narrow paths that I need to turn around in. My son has the OHC lawn mower that he inherited from my dad, IIRC the HRX217HYA, it is about 12~13 years old. I used it a lot when I mowed my dad's yard and I was never really impressed by the OHC engine, compared to the OHV engine on mine. I think officially I have the Honda HRX217VKA mower. And it only has a 21" deck! Now comes with a 200cc motor, but mine is 190cc. Guess even Honda has learned a little in the last couple years and put a bigger motor in their underpowered mower. And it has a plastic, nylon, polyester deck. Not steel like I thought. Its been 6 months since I last used it. I think the only difference between the VKA and the HYK is that yours has a different style engagement for the self propel. The HYK pretty much has the same layout of controls, on the handle bar, as my mower. We learned on the OHC engines to not let gas sit in it over the winter period, it was particularity touchy with stagnant gas so we learned to only run premium gas, use a gas stabilizer, and drain the tank at the end of the cutting season. I do this too with my personal mower now. With my 160cc OHC Honda I've been using regular gas with stabilizer and starting it a couple times over the winter for what's gotta be 15 years now. I did replace the carb a couple of years ago but that was when it started acting up mid-summer, not at the beginning of mowing season. I do the same thing with my snowblower. Every couple of months, when I'm already making noise with the lawn mower, I pull it out of the garage and let it run for 15-20 minutes. I drive it a bit and run the auger just to keep everything loose. There may be better ways, but it works for me so I'm not trying anything different. ;-) A bit hard to do when you need to trade storage spots seasonally - Not really, as long as the storage spot is accessible. I put the snow blower/mower on a moving dolly to make it easy to finesse it in and out of the back corner of the garage. and unless you FULLY warm up the engine every time you start it you are accumulating moisture in the oil - which is not good. 15 or so years on the mower, 9 - 10 on the snowblower. I must be doing something right. If it ain't broke, I ain't fixing it. How often do you change the oil? Most people don't even CHECK it more than once a year - if that. Per the manual. I check the air in the snowblower tires too. It's an SOB to maneuver when they are down a few pounds. Unfortunately, they never *look* like they're down a few pounds, so you have to have check them regularly. Maybe I should put TPMS sensors on the machine. Tracks are an SOB any time and you can't air them up. When my stuff is in off-season starage getting them out to run them is a "production" The shed is 10X10 and it doesn't have any waste space - racking pn 2 sides, bench on the third, and door in the 4th Something I can't figure out is that the drive belt keeps popping off my snowblower. It seems to do it the first time I starte it up in the winter and then it's happy for the rest of the season. Then next fall the belt's off again. Belt stiff from sitting ang belt guides not properly adjusted. On MOST blowers if the belt guides are properly adjusted the belts cannot come off without breaking |
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On 4/27/2019 3:38 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:18:28 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/26/2019 11:53 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 9:37:21 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote: On 4/25/2019 9:21 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: Let's say hypothetically you had $400 or so in Home Depot gift cards. Would you buy a Dewalt track saw or a Delta spindle sander? Thanks. I have a Honda mower too. Paid about $600 two or three years ago. Has the bigger 190cc engine. Self propelled. Not the commercial series. Has the steel deck. Starts on the first or second pull every time. Excellent mower. Only big complaints are it needs a bigger motor. I can easily kill the mower when the grass is tall. And I wish it mowed a wider swath. It would need a bigger engine. Mine is the HR194. Honda has not made this size in years. It also has the aluminum deck, 4 HP motor and cuts a 19" swath. I wish 19" was still available. The 4 HP is plenty even in tall St. Augustine/Carpet Grass. I have an average sized yard but lots of obstacles and narrow paths that I need to turn around in. My son has the OHC lawn mower that he inherited from my dad, IIRC the HRX217HYA, it is about 12~13 years old. I used it a lot when I mowed my dad's yard and I was never really impressed by the OHC engine, compared to the OHV engine on mine. I think officially I have the Honda HRX217VKA mower. And it only has a 21" deck! Now comes with a 200cc motor, but mine is 190cc. Guess even Honda has learned a little in the last couple years and put a bigger motor in their underpowered mower. And it has a plastic, nylon, polyester deck. Not steel like I thought. Its been 6 months since I last used it. I think the only difference between the VKA and the HYK is that yours has a different style engagement for the self propel. The HYK pretty much has the same layout of controls, on the handle bar, as my mower. We learned on the OHC engines to not let gas sit in it over the winter period, it was particularity touchy with stagnant gas so we learned to only run premium gas, use a gas stabilizer, and drain the tank at the end of the cutting season. I do this too with my personal mower now. With my 160cc OHC Honda I've been using regular gas with stabilizer and starting it a couple times over the winter for what's gotta be 15 years now. I did replace the carb a couple of years ago but that was when it started acting up mid-summer, not at the beginning of mowing season. Um huh, alcohol in regular gas is probably why you had to replace the carb. I'm still on the the original carb 32 years later. I had some gas get old on me about 7 years ago and the mower ran like crap. That is when I switched to premium with less alcohol. |
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On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12:10:59 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 4/27/2019 3:38 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:18:28 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/26/2019 11:53 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 9:37:21 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote: On 4/25/2019 9:21 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: Let's say hypothetically you had $400 or so in Home Depot gift cards. Would you buy a Dewalt track saw or a Delta spindle sander? Thanks. I have a Honda mower too. Paid about $600 two or three years ago. Has the bigger 190cc engine. Self propelled. Not the commercial series. Has the steel deck. Starts on the first or second pull every time. Excellent mower. Only big complaints are it needs a bigger motor. I can easily kill the mower when the grass is tall. And I wish it mowed a wider swath. It would need a bigger engine. Mine is the HR194. Honda has not made this size in years. It also has the aluminum deck, 4 HP motor and cuts a 19" swath. I wish 19" was still available. The 4 HP is plenty even in tall St. Augustine/Carpet Grass. I have an average sized yard but lots of obstacles and narrow paths that I need to turn around in. My son has the OHC lawn mower that he inherited from my dad, IIRC the HRX217HYA, it is about 12~13 years old. I used it a lot when I mowed my dad's yard and I was never really impressed by the OHC engine, compared to the OHV engine on mine. I think officially I have the Honda HRX217VKA mower. And it only has a 21" deck! Now comes with a 200cc motor, but mine is 190cc. Guess even Honda has learned a little in the last couple years and put a bigger motor in their underpowered mower. And it has a plastic, nylon, polyester deck. Not steel like I thought. Its been 6 months since I last used it. I think the only difference between the VKA and the HYK is that yours has a different style engagement for the self propel. The HYK pretty much has the same layout of controls, on the handle bar, as my mower. We learned on the OHC engines to not let gas sit in it over the winter period, it was particularity touchy with stagnant gas so we learned to only run premium gas, use a gas stabilizer, and drain the tank at the end of the cutting season. I do this too with my personal mower now. With my 160cc OHC Honda I've been using regular gas with stabilizer and starting it a couple times over the winter for what's gotta be 15 years now. I did replace the carb a couple of years ago but that was when it started acting up mid-summer, not at the beginning of mowing season. Um huh, alcohol in regular gas is probably why you had to replace the carb. I'm still on the the original carb 32 years later. Have you ever cleaned the carb? I'm not saying that you are wrong, but I didn't *have* to replace the carb, I probably could have just cleaned the old one. However, I can get a fully set up carb for about $15. A few screws is all it takes to swap it out. It not even worth taking the old one off just to clean it. Even if the gas was the problem, replacing the carb every 10 years is probably cheaper than 10 years worth of the premium gas upcharge. ;-) (No, I haven't done the math, it's just a guess.) I had some gas get old on me about 7 years ago and the mower ran like crap. That is when I switched to premium with less alcohol. As I mentioned earlier, the problem started mid-summer, so I don't think my issue was old gas. I don't keep gas long enough for it to get old. Lawnmower, snowblower or car, it gets used before it can get old. Bad gas? Maybe. 10 years of buildup? Who knows. |
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On 4/28/2019 12:22 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12:10:59 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/27/2019 3:38 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:18:28 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/26/2019 11:53 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 9:37:21 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote: On 4/25/2019 9:21 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: Let's say hypothetically you had $400 or so in Home Depot gift cards. Would you buy a Dewalt track saw or a Delta spindle sander? Thanks. I have a Honda mower too. Paid about $600 two or three years ago. Has the bigger 190cc engine. Self propelled. Not the commercial series. Has the steel deck. Starts on the first or second pull every time. Excellent mower. Only big complaints are it needs a bigger motor. I can easily kill the mower when the grass is tall. And I wish it mowed a wider swath. It would need a bigger engine. Mine is the HR194. Honda has not made this size in years. It also has the aluminum deck, 4 HP motor and cuts a 19" swath. I wish 19" was still available. The 4 HP is plenty even in tall St. Augustine/Carpet Grass. I have an average sized yard but lots of obstacles and narrow paths that I need to turn around in. My son has the OHC lawn mower that he inherited from my dad, IIRC the HRX217HYA, it is about 12~13 years old. I used it a lot when I mowed my dad's yard and I was never really impressed by the OHC engine, compared to the OHV engine on mine. I think officially I have the Honda HRX217VKA mower. And it only has a 21" deck! Now comes with a 200cc motor, but mine is 190cc. Guess even Honda has learned a little in the last couple years and put a bigger motor in their underpowered mower. And it has a plastic, nylon, polyester deck. Not steel like I thought. Its been 6 months since I last used it. I think the only difference between the VKA and the HYK is that yours has a different style engagement for the self propel. The HYK pretty much has the same layout of controls, on the handle bar, as my mower. We learned on the OHC engines to not let gas sit in it over the winter period, it was particularity touchy with stagnant gas so we learned to only run premium gas, use a gas stabilizer, and drain the tank at the end of the cutting season. I do this too with my personal mower now. With my 160cc OHC Honda I've been using regular gas with stabilizer and starting it a couple times over the winter for what's gotta be 15 years now. I did replace the carb a couple of years ago but that was when it started acting up mid-summer, not at the beginning of mowing season. Um huh, alcohol in regular gas is probably why you had to replace the carb. I'm still on the the original carb 32 years later. Have you ever cleaned the carb? Never ever. I drain the bowl at the end of the season. The mower has never been to a repair shop. I think I have replaced the air filter 2~3 times and the spark plug 1~2 times. Annual oil changes. I'm not saying that you are wrong, but I didn't *have* to replace the carb, I probably could have just cleaned the old one. However, I can get a fully set up carb for about $15. A few screws is all it takes to swap it out. It not even worth taking the old one off just to clean it. Use gas with little or no alcohol, drain the bowl, or shut off the gas line and run the engine until the bowl empties. I use Brigs & Straton fuel stabilizer when I buy gas. Even if the gas was the problem, replacing the carb every 10 years is probably cheaper than 10 years worth of the premium gas upcharge. ;-) (No, I haven't done the math, it's just a guess.) Well maybe. There is a lot to be said for never having to do anything to the carb and the thing starting on the first pull. 3 pulls if the carb was empty from the previous internalization. I had some gas get old on me about 7 years ago and the mower ran like crap. That is when I switched to premium with less alcohol. As I mentioned earlier, the problem started mid-summer, so I don't think my issue was old gas. I don't keep gas long enough for it to get old. Lawnmower, snowblower or car, it gets used before it can get old. Bad gas? Maybe. 10 years of buildup? Who knows. In my case it was the previous years gas that I was still working on from my gas can, and it was only regular gasoline. |
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On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:56:55 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 4/28/2019 12:22 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12:10:59 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/27/2019 3:38 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:18:28 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/26/2019 11:53 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 26, 2019 at 9:37:21 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote: On 4/25/2019 9:21 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: Let's say hypothetically you had $400 or so in Home Depot gift cards. Would you buy a Dewalt track saw or a Delta spindle sander? Thanks. I have a Honda mower too. Paid about $600 two or three years ago.. Has the bigger 190cc engine. Self propelled. Not the commercial series.. Has the steel deck. Starts on the first or second pull every time. Excellent mower. Only big complaints are it needs a bigger motor. I can easily kill the mower when the grass is tall. And I wish it mowed a wider swath. It would need a bigger engine. Mine is the HR194. Honda has not made this size in years. It also has the aluminum deck, 4 HP motor and cuts a 19" swath. I wish 19" was still available. The 4 HP is plenty even in tall St. |
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