Recent content by legdelimber

I was thinking of sheet metal on the shelves also, but just using them as the frame of a free standing shed.

On the Porter-Cable, Is that bailing twine wrapped around the filter core? If so, I can't imagine it allowing sufficient air flow to let it run well much beyond idle air flow needs. Just for giggles, have ya tried to run and tune the saw without that filter element? Maybe color the mixture...

That or lots of knocking it off while limbing with a worn out bar?

Did I miss a mention of better glues for this stuff? I may have a couple pairs of shoes that would need a glue job. I had some brand new shoes (never worn) that I stuck in the hanging shoe pouch on the closet door. Life shifted a bit and I sorta forgot about them being there. Came back a...

Funny how the Ducks progress interest me. I figure it triggers something about things that were already close to disappearing here, when as I was a kid. Wilhelm, Your photos are appreciated.

eh. age is taking the concentration too. Now I can't remember the name of the "Machinists Cologne" that we all wore home every day. The brown stuff with sulpher. Metal peanut cans with those metal tube handled flux brushes, sitting on most of the machine benches. Bout 1/2~3/4 inch deep of the...

I think I'd want some shin guards with that chain head. Keep a close eye on the bolts and holes each time when you refuel the trimmer. I wonder if it throws rocks any harder than trimmer line does? Somehow I'm thinking of a chain link transferring nearly all of its inertia to a stone. Bottom...

Am I the only one imagining all of those saws tied down and idling, while on the the back of the truck? As it rolls down the street for the parade.

Wish I had something helpful about the aggressive line shapes and welding on the spool. The water idea was my best shot. I've tried a few of the diamond and or twisted shapes, but they wanted to flail about rather than flying in a smooth circle. Had one twisted one that roared like an airboat...

I can't speak to any particular brand of line holding up better than others. But I can say that keeping it in water has helped with every line that I've used. Keep it in the water untill you are ready to wind it onto the trimmer spool. Just an empty Coffee-Mate dry creamer jug. Make sure to...

One shop I worked for, had a customer who used wire "C" rings as retainers on a low speed pivot piece. We made them from "music wire". I turned a mandrill with a retention hole to poke the wire into and set up a pinch block assy (phenolic drop cuts), on a clutch drive engine lathe. Set the feed...

Sister had an 85 Camero with the v-8 & black paint. Needed a thermostat. I tried to carefully unplug the web of black plastic tubes sprawled across the engine, in order to get at it. Sh..tuff just snapped like old pasta.

Any of the heavy equipment mechanics know if there's a line boring setup for rebuilding this? edit: mmm "pins" heck, does use of that word mean it's blind holes with a pin from each side? If so, Is it practical to drill through and use a single longer pin? Wondering what home brew repairs/mods...

MAF143 Keep the photos comming. Nothin to hide when you're asking and learning. Back in the 70's? Before most cylinder went from having liners, to being hard plated. We broke-arsed teenagers grabbed round files and heated a spot and bent it and quenched it as quickly as we could. Then we...

Dont bet the farm on me being correct, But seems like there's a beta blocker and a ACE inhibitor, that are known for causing a little cough that is problematic for some folks. Seems like whatever that one was, I couldn't tolerate it either. Too many meds to remember them all anymore.