I have a 2019 Grasshopper mower with Kubota D902 engine that suddenly won't start at low throttle. I have always started it at the lowest throttle setting and it started just fine. Now, it simply won't start at the lowest throttle setting. I thought something was seriously wrong, and I was just...
Last Post By: Tom M King Today, 9:23 AMHi, I'm new to the forum. I'm 78 and have been using a Craftsman 10 inch 113.298051 for the last 39 years to build furniture for my house and various projects. I never upgraded until now because the craftsman could do what I needed and I didn't want to spend the money. Last week the fence wouldn't...
Last Post By: Terry Therneau Yesterday, 8:38 PMI've seen threads discussing the pros and cons of straight-sided versus bevel-sided mortise chisels. The big takeaways seem to be 1. Straight sides encourage a straight mortise with less chance of side-to-side wander 2. Chisels with angled sides are easier to extract after a chop and aren't so...
Last Post By: Cameron Wood Yesterday, 9:01 PMThis will be a "build" thread with a bit more detail than I've been doing lately, but it's an interesting project. Some might find it useful; some might scoff. :) But I just can't wait until the end to start posting because it would be too much to post all at once. -------- For background, our...
Last Post By: Jim Becker Yesterday, 5:10 PMA while back, a friend gave me some reclaimed teak. Around here teak sells for almost $50/bd ft so it was a welcome gift. I made a few small things out of it but eventually built some jewelry boxes from the teak and some olivewood that I had. I didn't have a lot of teak left but decided to do...
Last Post By: Mike Henderson Yesterday, 11:05 PMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
A variation on this theme are old, painted signs on buildings. Marlen Kemmet who worked for Wood Magazine for many years prior to retiring photo shoots
Jim Becker Today, 9:27 AMI prefer a regular old style transmission with a clutch. I can replace a clutch, but don't want to worry with a more complicated transmission.
Tom M King Today, 9:23 AMChrome Vanadium steel is used for chisels like Narex, Aldi, Mifer, Two Cherries and Hirsch.
I think the chrome in these tools is somewhere
That looks good Tom. It puts those tiny letters on the spine at a nice height for reading.
Maurice Mcmurry Today, 9:15 AM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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