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I added an additional 20 lb barbell weight plate to my existing Bolens 75 pounders, as there was enough room for it in the C81 wheel... the problem is they now weigh 95 pounds each and are a bear to install. Solution - adapt the floor jack to lift & center the weights..... works well.

Added another round hood to my herd. I've always liked the looks of the round hoods, but was not a big fan of the square aluminum gas tanks. For this reason I had been looking for a 704 to add to my herd. @WHX?? alerted me to one that for sale on Face Book close by and was willing to do the FB work to get me hooked up. Thanks Jim !! Pics of the newest addition. PTO does not look correct to me. The gas tank that is in it is not right, but I have the correct one. Anyone see any thing else out of place please let me know. I also got this deck with it. It looks in pretty good shape but is not on the implement list for the 704. Anyone know off hand what it should be mated to? One more of my bucket lister's obtained. Only ? more to go.

Yesterday, I reinstalled the rear fender assembly on the GT18 (more on that later), and I did another small job today: I cleaned and reinstalled the GT18's rubber foot rest mats. I had some plastic 'variable-depth push pins' that I thought would be a good match to the originals, but it turned out they weren't quite long enough to get a good grip, and I didn't want to pay the crazy price for OEM plastic push pins, so I used 7/8" OD stainless washers and 10-32 stainless truss-head screws, with stainless lock nuts. They were cheaper than the OEM plastic push pins. The washers fit perfectly down into the 7/8" diameter recesses in the rubber mats, and the truss-head screws are low-profile, so when they're all tightened down, the tops of the screws are at roughly the same level as the surface of the mat. They might not match the original black plastic push-pins, but I kind of like their heavy-duty appearance, and they're certainly stronger than the plastic pins.

This is the handle of my garden rake made of laminated wood scraps. Least they could have done was use water proof glue.

There really is no water “proof” glue. There is water resistant glue which is what they used. The best glue there is for exterior or marine applications is Resorcinol which is urea formaldehyde. I have used in submerged applications and still holding. It is however expensive and difficult to apply having to be precisely mixed. One has to be a bit of a laboratory chemist to have full success with it. It would not be practical or economical to use it on a rake handle . The cost of the glue would exceed the cost of the rake. On handles like that one has to avoid letting handle in the rain absorbing moisture through end grain. Sometimes I actually make a cap out of copper flashing for the end of a tool handle that is exposed to water frequently. Urea formaldehyde. Two part glue. This is left over from a job . Its shelf life is basically over so it has to be discarded. Close to 80 dollars worth of glue to be discarded.

Yup - just like my old Engineering days... Access the problem.. Define the weights and forces required.. Sketch up at least two possible solutions.. Pick the "better" choice & streamline it to be as simple as possible.. Utilize suitable existing resources & materials... Source & purchase what is needed.. (Two muffler clamps & flat stock) Fabricate & evaluate. Note any required changes. I would call this a "2 beer job"!

Wrong PTO and deck, Wrong rear tires and wheels, Should be 6-12's Loved my 704 until @clueless pried it away. I'll never forget that day. It felt like I sold one of my beloved pets!

OMG I am using that one. Of course I mean to myself, as I have a wife and 3 daughters... If I suddenly stop posting here you'll know I slipped up and accidentally said it out loud. I use your same steps, with one addition here: trash previous attempt, recover what you can and return to previous step. Repeat as necessary.

I would call this a "2 beer job"! Had a girlfriend that would infuriate. Did not Fempute. Buddy yesterday said it was going to be 375 buck for disc brakes on his Tacoma. I said buy the parts I will do. About a beer a side. He also did not understand. I am saying its easy man. easy

I did get a usable set of 6-12 Silver Town snow tire treads on rims with it.

Everyone has to see it and hear the sound !

Straight from the back burner, I have been tinkering with this 520H. I bought an orbital steering valve from 19richie66 and decides to modify the 520 to power steering. I seen a thread a while ago were someone added steering to a 518. Figured that would be a nice side project if I came across a reasonably priced steering valve. I wanted to keep it looking the same and tucked in the column. It was a little tricky with a mix of face seal and jic piping. Picked up some face seal fitting from MMC and silver soldered to the steel pipe. For now it is on ice, next will be the front axle mod to accept the steering cylinder. Absolutely don't need a 520H with power steering but I like to build things and keeps me out of the Mrs. cross-hairs. Used the c120 and old deck belt to test run. front view

Seen the steam train on the way to putting my truck in winter storage. I timed it well, only waiting a few minutes for it to arrive at each of the two locations I stopped at. IMG_4492.mov

Winterized the 3.0 in my boat, oil change and loaded the block/exhaust with antifreeze. Then took the new bike out for a 40 mile ride. Only 52 degrees so those heated grips were never turned off

I currently have 6 K341s. 3 good, 3 rebuildable. ... ...and the Magnum 16 in the Wally Digger Backhoe. Wait !!! 7.... there's a parts rig out there.

I start out at 2 turns out and they always start from there. You can then fine tune.

World Pianist Day comes around each November 8. It’s dedicated primarily to pianists and their achievements. The world has seen and will see many unsurpassed musicians whose music has traversed through the ages. It’s a day to treasure the emotions pianists evoke with their performance. Indeed, it makes our hearts move with ultimate joy. As many piano events as possible are held to embrace this joy. Because most forms of Western music can use the piano, pianists have a wide choice of styles to choose from, including jazz and blues. It’s also a chance for those who have never been involved to give it a try.

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It is a well known fact that no artist wanted to be on the concert bill after Jerry Lee Lewis. His high energy stage show was not to be beaten. Not even Elvis wanted to follow him. "Nobody follows the Killer" was an anecdote among performers of the time.

On ebay The Man's One Stop Shop and Lil Red Barn Power Equipment Supply are very good to deal with. I've always been happy with my purchase.

Picked up a model that I've been wanting for a while. Better pics tomorrow in the day light.

You-all talking glue way over my limited knowledge of this subject. Interesting conversation though. I've had pretty good success with polyurathane (Gorilla Glue) on projects. I built the balustrade below in 2005 and used Gorilla Glue. So far it's held up. The sawn ballisters were made from cedar. (At that time, #3 cedar was often times used as roof decking so I picked out the better boards for my railing.) I bored something like 800 holes in the production of the handrail and the spandrels. Unfortunately, the wooden posts I purchased at the lumber yard didn't last even ten years. (They had a hole in the center the length of the posts from top to bottom. I cut a hole in my porch floor and notched the top of the wooden posts hoping that air could circulate and therefore help the posts to dry and last longer but that was of no value. I replaced them with vinyl posts.) I have one ballister that is getting punky but the rest have held up well. Good think I have opportunity to join this post tonight. Tomorrow it will be too cold to be barefoot on the front porch taking photos!

Got ya wintah tires mounted yet??

If you want the appearance of stainless, but don’t want galling issues, just use the zinc plated nuts with s/s bolts? Personally, I’ve had no problems using s/s bolts and s/s nuts together. I just remember to apply a drop of oil, grease, whatever before I assemble

Drove my FILs 416-8 around yesterday. It is well used, but what a Cadillac that thing is! Something about that K341 is awesome! Thumper is definitely a good name for them!

One very important thing to remember when using stainless bolts and stainless nuts together is to always apply a drop of oil on the threads before assembly. If you don’t, there is a very real chance of ‘Galling’, you can literally screw a nut onto a bolt, finger tight, and then find that it’s virtually impossible to unscrew, even with spanner’s. The threads ‘pick’ up. I have come across this numerous times on winter maintenance equipment, snow blowers, salt spreaders, etc. A drop of oil, WD40, or Loctite if using plain nuts instead of self locking, in fact anything liquid, or semi liquid which, ‘Contaminates’ the threads seems to work. As a last resort, ‘Spitting’ on the threads also works! Saliva, apparently, is quite a good lubricant?

Found a praying mantis on the shop floor today. I don't have much of a project going other than trying to solder some LED lights to make them blink or represent a campfire for the model train layout. I wrote "trying" because, it's getting harder to see where to solder and then my hands don't seem to be as steady as I need to solder these tiny connections. Thus I decided to take a break and that's when I found this praying mantis. It was probably 3~3 1/2" long. This bug entertained me off and on all afternoon. It didn't seem to have any place to go and spent most of the day on the spare folding chair in the shop. The most it moved was when I put it on the back of my hand and it would immediately crawl up the sleeve of my flannel shirt to which, up near my shoulder, I would allow it to crawl up onto the back of my other hand where it would start it's journey again. I killed a fly and a fed it to the mantis and a dying cricket as well. As I watched, it would use it front legs to hold the back legs and bring them to his face for grooming. It's days are numbered because we are expecting low twenties early next week. I zoomed in close and made a video of this creature so that the grandkids enjoyed at supper this evening. They were fascinated and so was I.

I believe there is a page in this manual that addresses settings. This manual is best viewed from a printed version because some of the charts span 2 pages wide. When just viewing it it is hard to tell if you are looking at a left or right page.

Have you heard of the "Million Dollar Quartet"? Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley were at Sun Studios when Carl Perkins was wrapping up a recording session. The four of them began to jam and cut up and the impromptu session was recorded. The sound quality is a bit iffy because none of them were at a microphone and they didn't know it was being recorded. It was probably around Christmas time based on some of the songs they sang on the longer CD version I have. Give it a listen.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, I very seldom got those panic phone calls. On the other hand, the Process Engineers and the Maintainence guys all had that imaginary "Property of Stoneridge" tattoo on their backsides....

Niiiiice find!

They get kinda big here. Up to nearly a foot. Even crazier when you see how little they start out.

Having rough cleared most of openings with the exception of some very small ones it is time now to add the bottom pieces which complete bottom of yoke. These are made from pieces of same board. The reason for these pieces are twofold. First most boards are not wide enough to make it out of one piece. Depending on type of yoke, would have to be a minimum of 24” wide. However despite of being nice having it in one piece structurally it is a mistake. With the cutout for the animal’s neck the grain in those pieces is short and it is almost inevitable that they will break. A lot of pressure is put on those areas when in use. Pieces are mortised into yoke’s body about 3 to 4 inches deep . Mortise is always done first. Part of yoke’s body where the shoulders meet are not always flat. This part is many times the live edge of board and it is utilized in that manner by introducing another bevel on the other side. Most opted to flatten or cut this part because it makes fitting shoulders extremely difficult. Shoulders are scribed to fit. This is a lengthy process . Perfection is a must for strength since nothing is glued. It’s all friction fit. Tenons and shoulders need to fit perfectly. I dry these parts in the oven prior to working on them. This way they are dryer than wood in mortises. When that part eventually dries and shrinks it will get tighter around tenon. If everything is done correctly they will be nearly impossible to to remove without breaking something. The fitting process is entirely done with a paring chisel a highly specialized precise tool. Leaving these parts oversize until the end is necessary as it is the only way to remove them at this point while fitting shoulders by tapping on the end of extra thickness Along with added pieces, yoke body is also only cut to shape once this and all penetrations are done to ensure no cracks occur from the mallet and chisel work.

Excellent idea !!!

i prefer calling as well -- but i liked the web site just for the search to learn what he did or did not have in stock -- and i frequently referred other wh folks to them who didnt know they existed? Frankly, tho i had repeat issues with my ordering acct which was another reason i did phone orders, however the move to Ebay might relieve Lincoln of some work load -- but getting his full inventory listed on Ebay will likely be massive task !!

Testing vid

Batk4kids ( The one man’s shop ) has rebuild kits -I’ve never personally dealt with them but know others who have - never a complaint - he’s been selling the rebuild kits for many years on the bay has a 99.6% positive rating .

I have They are WHELEN lights that are on for example the public works trucks across the country. There is different colors and plenty of different strobe patterns hat you can just change with a button. IMG_0539.mov

Finished fitting new to me front blade on the C-125. With back blade it's my secondary and touch up snow rig.

Too much wind today to do leave patrol again so decided to clean up the B80 and to finally put on the anti skid I had laying around . She cleans up pretty nice I think

I agree. I'm not real big on hub caps. I have a nice set of the later metal ones, just have a hard time covering up nicely painted rims. On the other hand.... If I had a nice set of the baby moon style with the painted on them, I just might have to pick one of my restored round hoods to put them on.

Pics as promised: New storage loft: Got the electrical ready for the floor pour

I rebuilt the carb on Thumper today. I got it out of the shed about a week ago and it ran like crap. The bowl and bottom of float had a greenish yellowish slime on it. I must have put it away with the junk ethanol fuel and I only run non ethanol in my small machines. Must have put some regular fuel in it in a hurry last winter. Its runnin like a swiss watch again.

Process of using a paring chisel for fitting tenons on link below

I think he will continue to take phone calls. Anything he can sell directly will save him the fees.

1 it is the factory engine 2 it is battery ignition with a starter coil,motor and soinoid 3 it is not a lone horse I have a b-80 that I recently engine swapped so I have some parts for that engine so if they are the same can I use them 4 I have battery cables that I can use 5 I am away and will not be able to get a photo until Monday but I will send some when I get home 6 there is a clutch safety switch but I don,t think it is connect but the tractors wiring is heavily modified as you will se in the photos 7 by re building it I meant redoing the wiring properly

I use copper cable and lugs. Absolutely smashh all yer aggressions into the lug and it stays nicely. Side benefit is you feel better.

Weatherman says there may be snow this weekend. Not sure I believe hime, but figured since it was close to 60 degrees today, it was a good day to clean the snow pusher!