Recent content by flyerdan

If you can root through the scrap bin for materials to fix it up for just a little time and welding, that's a no-brainer. You'll have a usable implement for the cost of a replacement bit, which can be a good used one.

Yeah, you'd have to be pretty thick not to notice the similarities. Clarkson said some stuff that rubbed the wrong set of hatchet-faced, weaned on lemons malcontents the wrong way and they're throwing everything they can to impede him. I guess lawfare knows no boundaries. I doubt that he would...

More like 3, each episode is 45 minutes +- Two eps in and it's still marvelous.

Empirical evidence indicates that this is a problem with the hub itself. Maybe there is a hairline crack in the outer bore that allows the cap to work out due to force redistribution during rotation. If close inspection and a dye pen test doesn't show anything, swap sides and see if the...

If it has the small can type solenoid on the starter, chances are that the big contacts for the battery cables are eroded or crudded up. You can take the bakelite end cap off and clean everything up, and carefully tap out the square head copper bolts and turn them 180 degrees so the new edges...

I knew that there was a 500 electric, but not others. They are a very limited market, some warehouses, ship's holds, etc., where they operate only in a highly limited area. I would imagine that the basic machines would be the same; the electric wouldn't have a fuel tank, battery box and wiring...

I've got an extra propane tank that I quit using since it has a leak in the shutoff valve, especially when going from closed to open or vice-versa. It's a Sherwood PV 14270. Can't find any online info on it re: repair parts. Have an email into Sherwood, but here's the question. There is a...

Season three of Clarkson's Farm to drop on May 3rd and 10th.

Was spreading out a pile of gravel for the across the street neighbor last Thursday, the calcium finally got the leaking rear tire. Found a set of foam filled tires on FB for $150 so I should be good to go now. Those rims were a ticking time bomb when I brought it home 15 years ago, guess I...

If it has the can type solenoid on the starter, and it's doing the "click,click, etc 50 or 60 times then starts" routine, you can take it apart, carefully tap out the square head copper bolts in the bakelite end, clean them, and the plunger on a wire wheel and reassemble with the new sections of...

A quick search shows those with a pulsa-jet carb already installed for under $25. Mower shop scrapyard and free off craigslist or FB could possibly net some results, although those are pretty old and have largely been cycled out of regular service.

One more thing which I'm sure you already know, but when you splice the horizontals together, make the splices so they meet in the middle of an upright, and the top and bottom at opposite ends of the gate. Another reason for 2x all around, 2-24' sticks will do most of the spans, 1 more will do...

The .120" wall seems a bit excessive, as with the 2x4 bottom as the structure gets its strength more from design than the material, per se. If the extra cost isn't an issue and for aesthetics, you can use the heavier materials for peace of mind; the extra weight won't be an issue. The...

I've built scads of cantilever gates, all the way up to 57'. You've got the right idea, we'd generally go 2/3 - 1/3 for the bays. I'd recommend having three six foot bays for the opening and two smaller for the tail. For something that small, I'd use 2x2 .095 for the outer framework and .065...

The Honda p/n appears to be available on ebay for around $19, but you've found the SB-48 equiv which seems too large. Is there an adjustable idler that can be repositioned to take up some slack? That would be my angle of attack, either modify it to work with the belts you have in hand by...