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I restored this for friend a decade or so back. The farm was sold where she was stored so I bought it. I found the final missing correct parts, Front Rims-A-Z Tractor Parking Brake Lever-ebay Square Seat Pan-ebay ”reinforced the base” Decals-Redo Your Horse (This K 241 has no compression release, uses a spark advance off the cam) Therefore being able to milk the choke is key to start up Also has the elusive HY-3 Hydro Assist and Clevis Hitch RM-36 Mower Deck Modified Head Light Kit-4” bulbs

Rylee got new paper out of the deal.

I don’t see any identification marks on this plane, but I honed it with my flat plate and some 600 grit. It’s adjusted to barely take wood and is working. I don’t know if I’m right or wrong... I’m only massaging the edges to take up less gap before glue and clamping. @formariz @The Tuul Crib

Markings on that plane are in the front end grain. Cutter should also be marked at top. It is either a Stanley 28 or a 29. It is called a transitional plane. What it means is that it was the ones that started making the transition of wood planes to metal. It combines the advantage of a wood plane along with the ease of adjustment of a metal plane. Yours is a Foreplane which was the one between a Jack and a Jointer. That is a great plane, in my opinion that type of plane is perhaps the best type there is once one considers all of its advantages over others and how well balanced they are. If your intention is to smooth the face of those boards, although you can use it, but it is the wrong plane. It is too long. It will ride over the low spots and cut the high ones. That plane is really intended to straighten a board (on face) or straighten the edge of board. If you use it to smooth faces of board make sure you have that board on a very straight table along length of board or it will drive you nuts by just cutting at ends or center of board. Seems that you are using it to straighten board edges to glue them together. You have then the right plane. Start at end putting pressure on front of plane. as plane is fully on board adjust pressure so it is even on front and back of plane. As you exit on other end put the pressure on the back of plane only. Once plane takes a continuous shaving from beginning to end , board should be relatively straight. Hardest part is to keep edge square. Takes lots of practice so don't be discouraged. Most woodworkers today cannot do that by hand with such a tool. Not that they would not be capable, but they just never learned or had enough practice. Trick to having a good joint on those boards is to also have board slightly hollow in middles so edges touch with no clamping pressure. You may be better off gluing two boards each time if you never did that before. It is less of a panic. Clamp also a straight edge across face of boards to keep them straight that way. Again, don't get discouraged or frustrated. You are doing something that few carpenters are able to do properly. I will make a short video so you can refer to it and post it in a little bit.

At least they put tape over the wire nuts.

I read this at first as "planning" Should have known better. Carry on!

wheel studs with chrome acorn nuts on a 41-4-8

Just call F&S Supply in Scranton and write a check for about $20k and you can have one (they deliver) no hassle no fraud...

Ya thunk this would have been mentioned in the report.

My favorite electrical issue. We have "project houses "where I live .These are small homes built in the 50's designed for soldiers looking for there first home. They were designed to last 30 years tops. Well they are still there. Many have had additions put on them. My niece's home is one of them. 3 years ago 2 weeks before Christmas her Step-father, (My B-I-L) calls me. Half of the outlets in the house don't work and they weren't all in the same room. He wanted me to come see if I could figure it out. I get there. There are 2 small boys living there and toys are everywhere. My BIL has almost EVERY OUTLET hanging out of the walls trying to figure out what's going on. No breakers are tripped. I'm trying to trace out how everything is run. Then I remember a sub panel in the garage. I go out there and it's a good 20 minutes of work clearing crap out of the way to get to it. Nothing tripped. I see romex coming out of the panel going off in a wayward direction. I follow it out side to a outdoor outlet. Her husband goes balls-out with Christmas lights I look up at a power strip on the roof and about 25 light sets and triple plug adapters in this power strip. None of these are plugged in fully. And it's warm out that day and the water from the melting snow is bridging the prongs on all these lights. I unplug the main feed from the strip and Wha-la. Outlets in the house all work. And I did not help put all the outlets back in the walls.

Love having studs for rear tire was never fun trying to get a bolt started while holding the wheel still

The new snow plow is finished, at least until the next modification I dream up. Thats assuming of course I am still a free man. There is no snow in the forecast for the next 10 days. so I thought I would go ahead and share now. I thought about going to my local fabrication shop, and having all my parts made of steel, rather than plastic, but I have a REAL steel plow for my brand X red tractor. After thinking a while, I thought I could do better. Whats better than a snow plow? A snow blower! I don't have the equipment to build a snow blower, or the smarts for that matter, but I do have a snow blower. A 1964 Lawn Boy, 15", 2 cycle, 2 1/2 Hp, Model 1819 snowblower. I bought this and refurbished it last year. Went completely through it mechanically, and gave it a paint job. It runs great. Of course you can't put a 15" snow blower in front of a 30" tractor. That just wouldn't work well. I needed another 1964 Lawn Boy, 15", Model 1819 snow blower. That shouldn't be too tough. I called Wal Mart. Nope. Checked the Dollar store. The girl laughed at me. I thought That was rude. Amazon? "Out Of Stock" If you look long and hard enough on the internet, you can find just about anything. Even things you don't want to find, but I found one! Can you tell where this is going? I picked up the NEW Lawn Boy Model 1819 snow blower on Saturday. Went completely through it mechanically, and cleaned it up the best I could, considering it's cold outside, and now It also runs like a top. With a little more pipe, some chain and turnbuckles, a chunk of wood, rope, and other bits of this and that, I have a hybrid, Wheel Horse/Lawn Boy snow re-location device. Or as my wife calls it, "a contraption". I think it's one-of-a-kind. At least I am not aware of another one. If you see another, let me know. Of course there is no way my little DC actuator motor could lift this much weight, so it's back to the rope clamped to the lift handle. On the up-side, with the duct tape covering the clamp, I am once again, Red Green compliant. You cannot turn this thing on a dime, but my driveway is straight, so not a problem. "Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around". I want to stress that no Wheel Horse tractor, or Lawn Boy snow blower, was hurt during this build. A little embarrassed maybe, but not hurt. MOVING AIR IS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS MOVING SNOW, BUT IT'S ALL I GOT. THE SNOW IN THE YARD IS MORE LIKE AN ICE BERG THAN SNOW. SORRY FOR THE SHOUTING, IT'S A LITTLE NOISY IN HERE !

You just never know what surprises are hidden behind drywall. Now the question is how many other little No-Nos exist.

Hey Chris, your post sounds like a ‘70s Lynyrd Skynyrd song title.? Here’s my recent acquisitions: a pair of 314-8’s. A 1996, 50th Anniversary edition with 204 hours and a 2001 with Command engine and 308 hours.

It's a good mod to do Huey and does ease tire swaps. Bob Maynard here was selling complete kits to upgrade but if you have a decent hardware store at your convenience 7/16-20 bolts 1 1/4 long. I like to put a thick washer behind the head of the bolt to be able to snug the bolt up better. Be sure to torque every thing to specific values for that size bolt. I also like to blue loctite them in. I be workin on EBs tractor I would use green loctite... These clowns like pics so who am I to argue? Obviously wouldn't have to get so pretty with the acorns for a worker but I feel they have more thread contact.

Brass wear piece now completed.

Any wonder why so many fires are caused by electrical issues? Over the past 45+ years my wife and I have been married we've bought and sold several homes and have always made out very well enabling us to 'upgrade' after each sell. When we decided to escape Florida in 2017 to come back to our home state we knew it would pose some issues. I did make a couple trips up here looking at houses but it takes more than one walk thru to get to know what a house needs. We've always leaned towards houses that we knew needed some work. As I've said to realtors many times, we look at a house for what we can turn it in to and not so much for what it is. It was no different with the first house we bought when we moved back. We knew it needed work. I NEVER request a home inspection because I have yet to see one worth the paper it's written on. I made an exception on that first house because I wasn't able to spend the time going over it. The report came back fairly good with just a few issues noted. This was one of them: The inspectors suggested repair........install a cover plate. As I started updating the house I came across issue after issue. Electrical, plumbing, structural, you name it. It wasn't long before I decided the best thing to do was start from scratch. Sledge hammer, sawzall,, dumpsters, etc. Two years later we were well rewarded for our efforts and bought the place we have now (the last one we're doing). This swayed from the subject but the point I'm trying to make is to never put much weight in a home inspection report. And never, never, never rely on the report for the critical systems. I don't want to step on the toes of anybody here that does home inspections but I have yet to see a proper report on the critical systems. Personally knowing many of the qualified contractors up here hindsight told me I should have contacted them for a proper inspection. Fortunately @AHS you are qualified to find and repair the electrical issues before a disaster strikes.

It should go over the battery, slide through between the block and the aluminum bearing plate and then up to the choke. It is usually a tight fit between the block and bearing plate. I have one tractor that I had to shave some of the rubber casing off to gain clearance. Can't seem to find a picture. I'll try to remember when I get home today.

Welcome to the Medicare gang Dave.

Military drones and satellites are wonderful tech! I still have a few connections!

I've often wondered what the duct tape budget was like for the Red Green show. Probably coulda fed a family of four for a couple of years! The sheer outside-the-box inventiveness of the shows kept me laughing each time I watched, though! And if anyone suggests I used any of those ideas, well, I'm categorically denying it.

Simply outstanding! Red Green would be proud...

Green loctite EB... that way I can hear you cussing from here you ever have to take it off!

Thanks @WVHillbilly520H... @Elliot Garfinkel... Here's what I done with my 1994 520H wheels and hub caps... My tractor wont be a trailer queen but it will be well taken care of... Wheels: Sandblasted and powder coat Powder coat- Hi Gloss White Polyester Manufacturer- PPG Hub Caps: Sandblasted and powder coat Powder coat- Super Chrome Manufacturer- Tiger Drylac Then I bought some red and black paint markers (Forney brand/ regular and wide tip) and trimmed the hub caps. (Stole this idea from @WVHillbilly520H) These can be bought online and some hardware stores like Ace. Here are some pics... I don't think I have any before pics of the hub caps , but they had pretty bad surface rust... I think all and all the wheels and hub caps came out nice. The pics of the hub caps on the rims don't seem to be as shiny as they were when I first brought them home...I believe I need to polish them to get my fingerprints off.

I had to put my filled rears back on once more and I just wasn't willing to fight with them again so I put in one single bolt. All I needed to hang the wheel. If you don't have enough at least put in one stud.

@huey that mod surely helps with loaded and weighted tires!

I see these everyday! I follow them and "FLAG" them! Everyday! Religiously! But what do these folks hope for? This is an especially stupid and poorly worded ad, but even if it had been a BX for $1000? How does the SCAMMER hope to prevail? Someone is supposed to call and give them what? Site unseen? I know, there's one born every minute but really?n Yeah, I'll take 10 for the first order! ;';';'Tractor model: BX25D,;';';';'; - $1,000 © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap condition: excellent delivery available Kubota BX=25D backhoe with 10-1/2" bucket; tractor has ROPS, 3-pt hitch with top link, after-market receiver hitch, and they all drink from the bottle quite well. CD&T shots given. These are Katadins (hair lambs). Will send with you some milk we use, alfalfa pellets and hay, if needed. These make great pets, very mild mannered. Right now we feed them three to four times a day, and not during the night. Would love to help someone get into raising sheep. We also have two more bottle lambs, but grandkids have them named and they haven't seen these little darlings yet. Call: 80two 444-1three97. Price $1000each. Thanks

I had a scammer like that wanted me to send a wire transfer to the shipper and when it was delivered if I was totally satisfied I could send payment at that time, if I wasn't happy the shipper would take it back. In conversation I had the would be scam seller tell me where the $ 500 like new 523DXI was located. I told him I was only a few miles from there and would come over to look at it. Guess he figured I acutely was close to the fictitious location because he kept making excuses for why he couldn't show it to me. Sounded a bit like a cat in a litter pan trying to cover up their business.

The key to gluing success on wide panels is to alternate the growth rings of the boards to minimize the warpage of the overall panel. To allow for expansion and contraction and keep the door as straight as possible I would suggest sandwiching the panel between two boards and slotting the door panel boards where the fastener passes through to join the two support boards.

Tried My Hand at Planing......... Oh man, I thought we were gonna see some great fishing videos.

synchronized snow blowing! Might be the next big thing?

I saw the title about hand planning, and knowing Kev's past history, I almost expected a story about a visit to his favorite Ready Care center .

LOL. Trying to fix that. OK its fixed. Its actually easier to joint two boards by hand than it is to publish something on uTube.

The only tractor mount snow blower that I've ever seen that blows both ways!

nooooo... not me!

It is sad to see what GM did to pontiac through the 1960’s-80’s and ultimately in its demise in 2009. It was a nearly dead company in the mid 1950’s until Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen was placed at the helm. He surrounded himself with a stellar team of “car nuts”. The architects, designers, engineers, even the promotional guys like Jim Wangers loved performance cars and it showed in their designs. Jim was famous for saying, “you can sell a young man’s car to an old man, but you can never sell an old man’s car to a young man.” Pontiac has previously been marketing old man’s cars—the late 50’s would change that. Soon they were third in annual auto sales behind only Chevy and Ford... They developed a performance image by the mid 60’s that was second to none. Wangers stated during a talk I heard him give at GTO Nats a few years back that it was his responsibility to make everyone in the USA believe that their life wasn’t quite complete without a Pontiac in their driveway! He was the first ad man to introduce a newly updated model by showcasing the last four years in the background. It was so awesome to see the stuff that those guys were putting together at that time. Things like the 1964 Pontiac Banshee concept which the General “axed” because it might put a little too much pressure on the Corvette (strange how similar the C3 looks to it🤔). I certainly mean no offense to other brands and even sister divisions (you guys know me well enough to know that I like all musclecars, hotrods, trucks, mechanical things in general with horsepower and style😎) but Pontiac really became a performance division. It was so sad to see what bureaucracy and politics did to them and all our American auto companies in the 1970’s. Who would’ve ever thought that we would see the day where 200hp would make a car the most powerful us car build by any manufacturer?🤢. My wife’s minivan currently has about 270!!! I’m so glad that the last 20 years has produced the most freaky power monsters which were unimaginable in the mid 80’s. Thanks Kevin for posting that video, it was very instructive. Pontiac engineering was developing a genuine Hemi for several years that got chopped too I hate to say it guys, but I’m afraid that we are headed for a future of beige electric “Volvo’s” that do little to stir the emotions like the monsters of our auto heritage have done. Musclecars (new or old) have more passion in one body panel, in one note of firebreathing exhaust, in one sniff of burnt rubber than all the passion that these new eco-friendly (yea right-how friendly can those batteries really be?) cars can muster. Are the days coming where the sound of a thundering v-8 rattling off the glass panes in your local downtown on a hot summer evening is a ting of the past? Will they require us to have a special permit to even own a vintage “fossil fuel” burning apparatus? Will they regulate how often we can drive them, if at all? I hope I’m wrong. Long live the musclecar! C8B31B53-D4A3-4715-BBFA-9E4942A2CD06.MOV

Lol I thought my screen kept jumping around on me.

@Gregor If your wife buys you a white coat with very long arms and leather straps on the back "don't be surprised " . too bad you live so far away , I have 1/2 a case of duct tape and all kinds of crap laying around.

Red Square Members, I apologize for repeating the above post so many times... I must have gotten carried away !...lol

My Dad, when he worked for you it was right, in his house well.........I carried a tic tester! My brother got his old place and until it was rewired complete, found all kind of jewel repairs. I was stripping some wire to install in a panel and shook like a dog pooping razor blades. The old man was on the basement steps and seen it. He said "did you get shocked?" I said na "I ALWAYS SHAKE LIKE THAT WHEN STRIPING WIRE. It was back feeding from an old ungrounded circuit. " I know we don't care for inspections but it does help I figure to lessin that stuff. You still have some free lancers though.

I've been lucky on my house as far as the electricity and plumbing systems because they were done by companies with great reputations. The general framing of the house is also in great shape. What Trina and I run into as we are doing all our remodeling is that the first couple that owned the home did a lot of...... "Finishing".... Unfortunately they did most things about 90 to 95% correct so we get to fix all the stuff that is in that top five or ten as we go to change things around.

At this point Tom Wolf, PA Governor has the keys to the gate. If PA doesn't ease restrictions on gatherings there is nothing any of us can do. I am optimistic that vaccinations will begin dropping the number of new infections and things will open up in the next month or two.

You can see how it goes thru the brg plate and up thru and out on the Skonkmobile.

I buy online all the time, but that store has no physical address, no phone number and no reasonable contact information. They only take one credit card and no PayPal. They had those seats last year while Northern Tool was still selling them and I opted to waste the extra money and bought from Northern.

I have a 24 x 24 attached garage that's dedicated to the wife's car and house junk...so no pics. My shop is a 20 x 20 double carport that I converted to 8 ft walls. I built the foundation walls, filled with pit gravel, and had a concrete man do the floor with slick finish. It has a 9 x 7 roll up door, 36 inch entry door, 100 amp service, 2 windows, heat and air, attic storage, epoxy floor, 12 x 20 concrete pad out front. Storage shed attached to back. My storage shed is 16 x 12, sitting on 9 - 2 ft x 2 ft concrete pillars. It is wired with 20 amp service for 4 LED shop lights and 6 receptacles for battery tenders, or what not.

I do actually have oversized RED NUTS On Colossus...

Cub Cadet jumped on this band wagon from the factory in the late 80s early 90s. Should have been an industry standard.

I ain't checking but it is kinda cold, so.

Worked on the 1257Heavy project today. Fab up the exhaust or most of it still need some hangers and clean up some welds but not to bad. Put couple flanges in so don't have to take it all out if somthing needs be worked on. PSA make sure to grind down sharp cut pipe edges.... my knuckle will thank you.