daugen
Super Star Member
I'm not a welder, but I can refinish pretty well, and enjoy it.
I have a decent small hand grinder, with a variety of wheels for it.
And as you can see from this "in the door" pics, boy do I have some grinding to do.
This is a pretty unusual Gravely wing mower due to the Kawasaki motor. I already own one with a Honda 340 motor
on it; the Kaw is definitely a larger engine, and no longer made. Single cylinder with pressure lube and filter. And from the looks of it, pretty tired.
But it started and ran fine, without smoke.
I have always wanted to build a custom mowing rig for my Gravely garden tractor, with one wing out one side and one out the other.
40+50+40 inches is nice, I also have a 60 mower that I don't use at the moment.
And once built, with some custom bracket fab, paint it up really nice and take it to the local Grange Fair in August. There's some pretty neat stuff
exhibited there, and while the Gravely is too new for most classes, they do have some general interest stuff brought in, whatever will please the crowd.
Kind of worried that some kid may try to take home a souvenir, like a shift knob, but oh well.
So I'd like to make this nice, but it will never be "like new" so as long as it doesn't look like Frankenstein's child, three coats of Gravely red will look just fine.
But first I have to grind away. Are there any tricks? I've done this before, know I need to do this outside, because of dust and rust flying everywhere, mask and good glasses,
but how far down do I go? The light method is just smooth off the bumps and make sure nothing is sharp. If I grind more, it will be smoother, but am I just taking
strength out of the weld? Drew
I have a decent small hand grinder, with a variety of wheels for it.
And as you can see from this "in the door" pics, boy do I have some grinding to do.
This is a pretty unusual Gravely wing mower due to the Kawasaki motor. I already own one with a Honda 340 motor
on it; the Kaw is definitely a larger engine, and no longer made. Single cylinder with pressure lube and filter. And from the looks of it, pretty tired.
But it started and ran fine, without smoke.
I have always wanted to build a custom mowing rig for my Gravely garden tractor, with one wing out one side and one out the other.
40+50+40 inches is nice, I also have a 60 mower that I don't use at the moment.
And once built, with some custom bracket fab, paint it up really nice and take it to the local Grange Fair in August. There's some pretty neat stuff
exhibited there, and while the Gravely is too new for most classes, they do have some general interest stuff brought in, whatever will please the crowd.
Kind of worried that some kid may try to take home a souvenir, like a shift knob, but oh well.
So I'd like to make this nice, but it will never be "like new" so as long as it doesn't look like Frankenstein's child, three coats of Gravely red will look just fine.
But first I have to grind away. Are there any tricks? I've done this before, know I need to do this outside, because of dust and rust flying everywhere, mask and good glasses,
but how far down do I go? The light method is just smooth off the bumps and make sure nothing is sharp. If I grind more, it will be smoother, but am I just taking
strength out of the weld? Drew