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Elkskin's mower junkyard

So far i got the light switch bracket made. (had to leave and go somewhere for a bit) but heres what i did. i seen a picture on this site of someone who replied to one my threads had a clear picture of the bracket. so i looked around at metal laying around yard everything was too thin or too thick lol, then i remembered the 2016 yard cart a friend gave me that was bent to non repair. so i looked at the axle support brackets and said to dad here we go correct thickness steel. so looking at picture bracket seemed to be tilted. i the free handed what i thought was close to the bracket. dad cut it out. i bent the bend in the bracket then i took it to the bench grinder and smoothed it out fixed the sides and rounded the corners. i know its probably not exact but custom fab work is what i like and turned out pretty good. i have this habbit of reusing metal lol. i made side panels for sears custom tractors out of oven sides and doors,

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now the light bar will be made up probably sunday but i am going to do a little custom work to it and make it special. i already fixed up my lights. i am reusing the lights that were attached to hood by a previous owner. but i rewired them and put 35w bulbs in instead of the 60w that was in them.

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Elkskin's mower junkyard

i think this should be close enough. 

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Now heres my rear light choice. toolbox had holes drilled in it already soooo i figured why not use one lol

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More to come soon has we make up light bar in front

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obone

Man that kind of hurts my eyes to look at and it's only a picture. Are those led or regular bulbs?

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Elkskin's mower junkyard
3 hours ago, obone said:

Man that kind of hurts my eyes to look at and it's only a picture. Are those led or regular bulbs?

reg lol

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smoreau

Looks good!  There's that kind of proud fealing you get when you able to make something work for what you need from something that is junk. I have done this so many times and the fealing never goes away. Great Job!!

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Texas Todd

:text-yeahthat:

It does make one feel like McGyver when he solves a problem with repurposed parts or scrap......well done!

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