Recent content by Sloughfoot

For reference, I sharpen ours with a standard metal grinding wheel on an angle grinder and it doesn't take too much too fast. When at home I sharpen blades with the coarse wheel on the bench grinder. Sharpening mower blades with a flap wheel would try my patience. Maybe finish with one.

x-country skiing is of the first things we did after moving somewhere a few hours from a region that had snow all winter. I'd always wanted to do it and love it. Better half not so much.

Assume you vac tested the impulse hose with it off.

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Wanted it to stay put till the back cut was done and only smash the old rotten shed roof a little so I hooked the all purpose vehicle up to it. Got dragged about 5 feet.

limb removal

661 has a much bigger motor doesn't it?

The exhaust port has prison bars.

Always have a false promise ready.

Can't help you with picking a color. Just make your best guess off Rit's color chart. The dyeing part is simple. Clean the parts well with soap and water. Warm an adequate sized pot of water to about 150 F. Add half the bottle of dye and drop the parts in.

You said recoil cover and I read air filter. It's the only NOS part in the build. I gave in after months of looking/waiting and spent the big bucks for it. Got a good used one now that matches the condition of the case but isn't complete. I could be persuaded to trade my NOS cover for your...

This was my first time with dye and I went a shade dark thinking it would turn out lighter. It didn't. The filter cover is a Duke's. I've got an OEM filter and cover setup that I'd rather go with. Not a fan of the hotrod look.

Smell of anger and hopelessness? My color choice wasn’t the greatest.

Good eye.

Dye. It's cheap and it's easy. https://www.ritdye.com/