What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 78,672]

Got the Echo CS490 chainsaw back together. Muffler modification completed, and I cleaned out the case of old sawdust. It took me a few tries to dial it in just right. I can definitely recommend doing this mod. The supposed 10% - 15% power gain is enough to make a difference. Not massive. But a usable real-world difference.  

 

 

 

 

[CasaytheMann 116]

I finally figured out why my Bolens weed trimmer was shutting off after 15-20 minutes of running. What i thought was 2 cycle oil in the gas can wasn't, so the engine was overheating due to no lubrication. I emptied the fuel out of the trimmer and refilled with the correct mixture. Took it out and wacked grass and weeds until the fuel tank ran dry with absolutely no problems. 

[lynnmor 8,801]

9 minutes ago, CasaytheMann said:

I finally figured out why my Bolens weed trimmer was shutting off after 15-20 minutes of running. What i thought was 2 cycle oil in the gas can wasn't, so the engine was overheating due to no lubrication. I emptied the fuel out of the trimmer and refilled with the correct mixture. Took it out and wacked grass and weeds until the fuel tank ran dry with absolutely no problems. 

 

Go buy a lottery ticket before your luck runs out!

[OldWorkHorse 3,143]

Continued the fight to have a nice clear tree line today. Finally got the chipper over and chipped round 1 all up. Took about 6 hours. Tomorrow or the day after depends how I feel  Ill continue clearing out sucker trees and dead limbs and chip them up as well. Hope everyone had a great day! Now to go eat some home made potato salad and pass out! 

[8ntruck 8,842]

Went to one of the robotics team members senior open house today.  

 

After walking the dog and eating lunch, I attacked the deck again.  Between the heat and the cold I picked up at the world championships in Houston a couple weeks back, I ran out of energy before I ran out of deck to tear apart.  Didn't get as far as I wanted.  Oh well, the deck will still be here when we get back.

 

When we bought the house, the realtor mentioned that there was a cistern somewhere on the property.  I think I found it this afternoon while I was prying the floorboards off of the deck.  There looks to be a large (2 1/2' x 3 1/2') concrete hatch under the deck.

 

Probably ought to break the sides around the top of it to a foot below grade and backfill it with gravel.  Then again, I could just build the new deck over the top of it like the old deck was. 

[Easton Rich 1,175]

Is this my 48"?

[adsm08 4,412]

This morning I ran the boy around to gather up parts for his rototiller project. In that process we both learned how to re-rope a @Pullstart recoil.

 

Then we went to the soccer game, ran him to his GF's one house, came home, mowed and split wood, changed oil for the neighbor, wife ran the repaired tiller through our garden to make sure it worked properly, then after dinner we took the tiller back and got the boy.

[sqrlgtr 2,842]

@ebinmaine couldn't help but notice the heat induction coils in the above pics, I recently got this one the other day and I'm really impressed with it. Used it today to heat WH hitch up that was bent downward toward the ground and straightened it back out with a big hammer after heating it up, worked great. 

[ebinmaine 78,672]

59 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

the heat induction coils in the above pics, I recently got this one the other day and I'm really impressed with it.

 

This is just a cheapo and it works great! Absolutely recommended for older equipment repairs.  

 

[Razorback 1,305]

I picked up a rear oil seal for my Cub Cadet 123 and got the GT ready to install the front grill. Still need to do an oil change, then can use this GT in the garden again.

Used my C160 and 36" deck to do a little mowing while wife used Craftsman with 54" deck to mow more of the yard. 

Then met friends for supper at a wonderful local Mexican restaurant.

[adsm08 4,412]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

This is just a cheapo and it works great! Absolutely recommended for older equipment repairs.  

 

 

Good for lots of other things. I bought one a few years ago to use on fuel tank bolts, but I use it a lot if I don't want to drag out the big torch, or to brand mis-behaving co-workers.

[ebinmaine 78,672]

6 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

brand mis-behaving co-workers.

 

That's a usage I hadn't considered. Definitely would be an effective tool.  The fact that the coils can be swapped and modified per specific application makes this even more helpful.  

 

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 31,326]

59 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

brand mis-behaving co-workers.

 

48 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That's a usage I hadn't considered. Definitely would be an effective tool.  The fact that the coils can be swapped and modified per specific application makes this even more helpful.  

 

 

Just one question @ebinmaine

 

BBT doesn't read your posts for inspirational ideas on the home front does she? 

 

Asking for a friend...  

 

 

[ebinmaine 78,672]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

 

Just one question @ebinmaine

 

BBT doesn't read your posts for inspirational ideas on the home front does she? 

 

Asking for a friend...  

 

 

 

 

Not to the best of my knowledge but it's certainly better to lean toward the side of caution.