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So I got tired of the wife complaining about the lack of TP in the bathroom so I took it upon myself to make something that will help alleviate the issue. She didn't even complain about the fact that it is pipe fittings.

the Binford 6200 of toilet paper holders His and hers toilet paper included Hers--- infused with lanolin and emollients befitting her delicate nature His-- infused with industrial carbide and a hint of Go-Jo hand cleaner

Sold one of of my green lawn tractors and had enough left over after buying a model train I wanted, that I went out and bought this nice Commando 8, fully loaded with lights, cig lighter, nice rear discharge mower deck(not shown), original WH marked tires and a working slot hitch. He has the moldboard plow for it and he set it aside and I will pick it up once I have some more funds in my wallet. Its been awhile since I had a WH in the stable. I want to do some special autism touches to it. The paint and decals are super nice, except for the top of the hood and fender pan. I hate to loose the original decals and nice dealer decals in a full repaint. Thinking of having a decal made to cover the top of the hood in the autism rainbow jigsaw colors with "Autism Acceptance" in either yellow or white lettering in the middle of the top of the hood. Mike

Sooo. I'm trying to work on a transmission. Son says I'm getting to old to haul mulch by hand come spring. Me. Whatever! Two hours later and scrap laying around, he came up with this. Don't even have to get off tractor to hook up! What a guy!! Thanks buddy!!

Just need the optional shower cap mufflers now.

So this project has been going on since before Christmas... Room before: Been doing some construction inside the house... The basement bedrooms have these stupid corner closets that don't hold anything useful. Like two coats a pair of bibs and a pair of boots and the closet is full. Useless. Plus they had this stupid drywall mud texture. I'm told its super expensive to have done but I'm not a fan and neither is my wife. Talked with the people across the street that built that house and decided that putting the room back to how it was designed to be was the best approach so that's what I did with the help of a bunch of people along the way.So in preparation of things with an estimated arrival date of May, the old closet was ripped out and a new one was constructed like this: Click this bar to view the full image. Even my wife got involved in some demo...more like just for one photo...I scraped all of the walls and most of the floor of all the old texture and glue with a 4" scraper blade. Spent way too many hours doing that, but the end result was worth it. Still have part of the floor to do.In progress: Click this bar to view the full image. Click this bar to view the full image. Had some supervisors stop by to inspect work: Click this bar to view the full image. Click this bar to view the full image. How the room sits now: Click this bar to view the full image. Installed pine paneling on the ceiling (just like the rest of the house), new dim-able LED light fixture, added closet with light, fixed the walls/painted them and my wife added the stenciled birch trees on the wall. My friend installs carpet for a living stopped by and put the new carpet down for me last week.Since carpet went down, trim was up next. Click this bar to view the full image. Decided that the new trim made the door look even worse then it we realized. Hit up Menards for some 11% rebate and picked up a 6 panel solid core door. Got that stained and installed.Alex should be picking up the dresser for the closet so I can get started on building the closet organizer. Click this bar to view the full image. Yes, that's to scale with 1 block being 4"Cat Tax:

You bet, Hobbes (the cat) did the majority of the work. He's pretty good with an air nailer and miter saw

Other than the young lady swinging the hammer, I'm assuming this guy did the rest of the work? That's a lot of work. Been there. Looks like you did a fine job.

Ah, pipe art, standard pipe or PVC, it's Legos for grown people

You open the flapper prior to sitting on the crapper!

You put your flapper... on the crapper... everybody knows that.

Stack with a flapper! GO BIG OR GO HOME!

Alright, he's over thinking this. It only weighs like 30 lbs. Now he wants to build a cradle for it! I'm not that decrepit yet lol!!!

http://www.harborfreight.com/engine-cleaning-gun-68290.html Actually, I think we can take this project one step farther. Add shop air to that pipe manifold and then you can add this Just think of it as a water pic for the nether region. ------OR------- Who needs a bidet when you have one of these? Thanks Harbor Freight!

Something like this (in Green) might look better and give a little more leverage. Again, not to scale just kinda think'n out loud

Manual dump. Hinge the top, weld a lever to the side of bucket, pull with rope. It will separate at the bottom and dump out of the middle. (Drawing not to scale. Probably needs longer lever)

That is really neat!! How many trips to the hardware store? That would have been at least 2 for me...or maybe 2 hardware stores, because they only had 1 end cap in stock.

I'd have to shoot him if you used any of my horse parts!! Jeez,,, I have to keep an eye on tools the way it is!

Mike, That Tractor looks nice just the way it is..so, I would Just polish up the original paint as best you can and then add your special decals ....Then call it done

New to Wheel Horse. Picked up a 1975 D160 with 54 hours in excellent shape and I am looking for a 3 Point PTO tiller and a 5-0901 mower. Any thoughts?

I was looking for my Pawpaws GT-14's I know it's a long shot but they were sold at his estate sale back in 2011 in North Carolina after he passed. I've shown a picture of what they looked like, they're probably restored. Like I said, it's probably nearly impossible to find them but hey I tried

@hermitmanand @wallfish I saw something similar in a article some time a ago . Of course now I can't find it. If I find it I will post a copy. Hermitman your son's creation is a lot nicer. How did he curved sides and what gauge metal did he use. I bet you could sell some at the BIg Show.

it already hinges at top so this would be a real easy fix! should keep him busy for awhile. Thanks for a great idea! Gary

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His buddy has a transmission shop. Steady flow of materials! Daisy dukes was a complete fluke. I was going to do marine vinyl but was too expensive then it hit me! Dump idea is excellent idea but then pump would be needed correct? Thanks everyone for input! Gary and Aaron

Using a dual valve off a D series , and another cylinder mounted to the front pivot pin on that blade - a guy could make it dump too... Sarge

For the high renters go stainless!

Koool! The General Lee has it's own pair of Daisy Dukes.

Kool artwork tables! Looks like a few automatic transmissions and bikes donated some parts.

If I am, be prepared to move over!

Post a want ad in our classified section and also browse through the for sale section here to see if there any currently for sale.

Really like the bucket , if he does any more work on it please send pictures.

I think what Jim's getting at here is that you need to be really careful around those nests, especially when cleaning them out. The droppings and urine can be dangerous/toxic/sickening, and to be completely safe you should probably wear disposable gloves. I can't say that I do, but at the very least you don't want to touch that stuff with your bare hands. I know somebody here on RedSquare posted some more specific information a while back about what's in these nests and how to safely remove and dispose of them. If anybody can find it and post a link, I know I'd personally appreciate it.

Spent some more time cleaning and organizing tonight. Moving everything out when I get ready to run electricity and finish is gonna be a chore. Maybe someday I'll have a nice shop but for now this portable building should work OK.

WOW! IF HE USES ALL PARTS HE SHOULD ASK TO BE A VENDOR ON THIS SITE AND SELL TO ALL THE JUNKIES...

Thanks for posting the added pics with details of the hooks. Nice, clean and simple design. Talented Kid...Lucky Dad!

Thanks Richard, I have a saved craigslist search for a big swath of Wa/Or. I waited about a about a week and a half after this was posted and was the only one who's talked to him. He pulled the add when I went to look. He is the second owner, and has owned it for 16 years, and knows exactly what he has. It's only for sale because he is in the process of moving from a sizable rural home to a smaller city lot. So after here we are: Who Doesn't like a little propaganda? Manuals for everything but the tiller.

Thanks and I'm all for criticism. Helps get better ideas floating around. I know there will be weak links here and there. I do agree that those probly will be the first. There isn't any bushings though. Those are thick wall machinist sleeves with 3/4" solid round going through them. They will be getting grease fittings.

Welcome to @Richard Stoots, This photo should give you the needed information.

I got it!!! Turned out to be a stuck needle valve!!!

Always a work in progress to try and improve things.

Thanks I'm trying. It's very slow going. I don't have a lot of time to work on it. It's been a very fun build so far though. As soon as it is operational I'm going to start building the plow for it. I'm thinking of a 60" hydraulic v plow with down pressure.

With all the interest in potatoes i thought i would post some pictures of my spud lifter. i found this at a friends place half buried and covered in brambles, I think its from a Ransomes mg of the mid 50s. i had it shot blasted and painted it, ive altered the fitting so that it fits the slot hitch on my Raider 12.

I just received the frame from my 18 automatic from the powder coater after using the lab metal to fill rust Pitts, and the results we're very pleasing. The powder coater used 2 mil thickness on the paint powder 420 degrees for 20 minutes in the oven. After getting it home I use some wax and it really give it a gorgeous shine. The gloss black will really set It off nicely with the Regal red on the remainder of the tractor.

It was really only wires that were rubbed to the wire and wire was exposed. But, I have been contemplating a new Harness. I did find a post by a member named Save_Iron or something like that who spoke of a type of buss bar. But I also like the idea of yours. I may end up doing that with color coded heat shrink. I got the new battery from Meijer. And it;s the same as the old one. Was that a Mistake? They are 375CA/ 300CCA batteries. I only received one battery with the purchase of these two wheelhorses. so I'm not sure how old it is... Any better batteries out there? I will check that thread out. Everything was working until I pulled the wiring harness out a bit through the front panel under the steering wheel. But I disconnected the molex, blade switch (And grounds that are attached to the bolt that hold the switch bracket) fixed it and pulled it back through. I'm guessing that I disturbed something. I decided to test the stator being that starting was rough and I noticed the flywheel teeth chewed up a bit. So this is what I found. Stator wasn't covered too badly with junk. But the front of the engine was. The Ignition control must be fine as the engine was running. Not sure about the regulator on the shroud though. So I tested the stator for continuity and it passed but the ohm reading is 0.... Unless I'm testing it wrong on my Kleins DMM... Here are some photos. I will be replacing the flywheel and maybe at least the starter pinion. The start pinion doesn't look like it matches the flywheel gears very well at all. Someone has obviously messed with this engine as there were a few screws missing from the flywheel screen. And one from the stator. smh... QUESTIONS: 1. How do I go about testing the Voltage Regulator/ Rectifier? 2. Why am I not getting any ohm reading from the stator if Continuity is fine? 3. Is it common for the flywheel to become this destroyed on an older Onan? (Check out the photos- YIKES!)

It's not but I ran across this collection of old iron in southern WVa on my way to Kentucky last week. The overshot water wheel was about 30feet in diameter and was running on about 2 qts/minute of water. Must be friction free and perfectly balanced.

So I'm about 90% done with the engine transplant. Need to do some more work on muffler bracket and remove and clean the PTO bearings but I was able to test fire the engine and test functionality. The engine runs magnificent! Very pleased with this modification. Although it it took a bit more effort than I had initially thought, most was due to my OCD ways. Might as well upgrade/change since I'm in it already kind of stuff. Switched to nelson muffler same as my resto-mod Elijah. Skipping the shield as I don't see it as necessary. Also switched ignition switch over from Magneto style to cheaper version. I now have 2 magneto style ignition switches if anyone needs one:-) Should have Lazarus wrapped back up and discharged from inpatient clinic to start earning it's keep later this afternoon. obligatory pics:

I believe the two red wires are AC bias voltage to the regulator circuit, which is used to maintain regulator output voltage at low engine rpm. When the AC frequency decreases at low engine RPM, the RMS voltage from the alternator decreases as well. The two red wires supply bias voltage to the regulator and the output voltage of the regulator is internally increases in order to maintain a steady ~13.5 volt output from the regulator to the battery/equipment.

very nice work, our clubs here don't allow us to lengthen the frame in stock classes here is my 12 HP stock: