Wheel Horse Sickle

["Manic-Mechanic" 1,383]

2nd Test:

Installed tighter idler tension spring

Installed light duty spring between the PTO clips.

A lot smoother…

 

Edited 12 hours ago by "Manic-Mechanic"
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[kpinnc 15,970]

5 hours ago, "Manic-Mechanic" said:

2nd Test:

 

I'm jealous. I've always wanted a sickle bar attachment. One day maybe. 

 

Yours is very nice! 

[ebinmaine 75,000]

Looks and runs great! 

 

Do you have a particular area/reason/ chore in mind for the sickle?

 

We'll be very unlikely to ever own one here because of rough terrain.

 

Interesting mechanisms. 

["Manic-Mechanic" 1,383]

21 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Looks and runs great! 

 

Do you have a particular area/reason/ chore in mind for the sickle?

 

We'll be very unlikely to ever own one here because of rough terrain.

 

Interesting mechanisms. 

I may use it here an there…

The 800 was just asking for a higher purpose and to my knowledge it hasn’t been done before so

I can say I really love all the moving parts!

 

["Manic-Mechanic" 1,383]

4 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

I'm jealous. I've always wanted a sickle bar attachment. One day maybe. 

 

Yours is very nice! 

We could work something out with all that creativity you’ve got going on!

[peter lena 9,517]

@Manicmacanic   GOOD TURKEY DAY !  your operational  sickle  function  says it all . that running EASE is what I  regularly  go for , now from that point  , zero in on ANYTHING  THAT  IS NOT  IN THAT  PHASE OF  SMOOTH  , QUIET  FUNCTION . done a lot of that  , initially  its a train wreck , now obviousely  , much better  . the noise  / malfunction phase is the typical  set up I see  on anything  that has not been , cared for  .  when you  set up your  stuff  , with this baseline , its amazingly  different , another glairing  point  is consistent  , smooth easy  use, things I  have modified , have gone years  , without  failure or  issues , just  lubricant  and a look see , basic stuff , added tension spring , washers , elastic lock nuts , shoulder bolts , for smooth  lever  swing start . springs on my choke / throttle cables , to close them ?  try something , pete   

["Manic-Mechanic" 1,383]

1 hour ago, peter lena said:

@Manicmacanic   GOOD TURKEY DAY !  your operational  sickle  function  says it all . that running EASE is what I  regularly  go for , now from that point  , zero in on ANYTHING  THAT  IS NOT  IN THAT  PHASE OF  SMOOTH  , QUIET  FUNCTION . done a lot of that  , initially  its a train wreck , now obviousely  , much better  . the noise  / malfunction phase is the typical  set up I see  on anything  that has not been , cared for  .  when you  set up your  stuff  , with this baseline , its amazingly  different , another glairing  point  is consistent  , smooth easy  use, things I  have modified , have gone years  , without  failure or  issues , just  lubricant  and a look see , basic stuff , added tension spring , washers , elastic lock nuts , shoulder bolts , for smooth  lever  swing start . springs on my choke / throttle cables , to close them ?  try something , pete   

I’ll tell you what, I have an 18 Auto your more than welcome to re-engineer!

Getting ready to install a second pump!

[lynnmor 8,149]

6 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

I'm jealous. I've always wanted a sickle bar attachment. One day maybe. 

 

Shortly after buying my new 1991 520H I saw a sickle bar in good condition at a yard sale for $25.  I thought that running it would require 2 right hands, one for motion and the other to control the sickle, so I didn't buy.  Now that I am older, and hopefully wiser, I need a kick in the rear for that mistake.  

 

I have some pine trees that I leave the lower branches touch the ground and a sickle would be great to trim the weeds under them, and that sickle bar, that I stupidly passed on, had a homemade guide to lift branches up and over so they weren't affected.