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I got some VERY well built tables and carts from my work yesterday. In past years our store was responsible for building window casing extension jams for some of the windows we sold along with occasionally shutters. Also, a lot of warranty repairs were done out of our branch. A decade or two ago a guy built a 4 x 8 ft table with 4x4 PT legs and 3/4 vinyl board solid one-piece top. Also, a router table constructed the same way, perhaps 30x40 inches? The other two things are rolling carts slightly larger than the router table that were used to hold the pieces during assembly. None of these have been used in several years and inventory is coming up so we're reorganizing a little as we do every year. Well, out they go!!! I happened to be in the right place at the right time and asked about them. I've been wanting a real live router table for eons. The rolling carts will be rebuilt slightly and repurposed. Perhaps one is a table saw holder? The big table will be fortified a bit more and used as a workspace for whatever the BBT is uptah.

Today I took my plow apart for my 604 and my dad helped me set up an e/tank.We are hoping to get it painted while it’s still warm out and put it on.

My best approach for you EB is to get BBT to lunk it on there for ya and see what needs movin’.

I’m more of a Hone Depot guy, but I’ve had this Kobalt (Lowe’s) hatchet for the better part of 15 years or so. I generally touch up the edge on a cinder block or rock wherever I’m working. Occasionally, it’ll get a file. I’m no @formariz but I get stuff done. Today, I decided to take back my barn from a bit of nature. There are trees and grapevines growing too close and I decided to clean ‘em up a little. The handle here had some funky epoxy capping it off and after all these years, the head was a tad loose. I ran the head up and down a bit (3/8” travel maybe?) by hand and blew out all the loose stuff. Then, I filled the cap with “Sticky A$s Glue” kind of like Gorilla Glue and taped it off. I then set it in the press and forced the handle down until glue came through and gaps between the handle and head. The glue is expanding and making a terrible mess, but there’s a belt grinder for that.

At this rate, your new barn might already be too small.

Finally rebuilt the 3 pt and kept accomodations for the anti-sway chains to the Finish Mower

@WheelHorse_Kid Awesome to see a young man working on something. Looks like your dad has a nice collection. He should be proud. 👍

...Yeah, but I shudda had sock on cuz these was my good pair...now they're kinda smelly.

Here is the correct way for 'Engine Pulley Removal'. Any other way will likely damage the pulley, or crankshaft. Don't use any sort of 3-jaw puller either. (In this example / video, the Bearing Race was brown-welded to the crankshaft video.) Rent this tool from AutoZone. 014.AVI

That appears tp be a 1946 Fromall Has parts from all sorts of trucks and tractors!

Oh there it is! I’ve been wondering where I left it!

Thanks friends! I spent my morning cleaning and painting mufflers! Off to dinner and a movie later today. Maybe a little nap too.

With today's lumber cost any one of those would set you back $ 100.00 or more.

The force to move a trailer on smooth, hard, flat ground really isn’t that high. I’d guess in most instances it would be maybe 100 lbs or so. Unless you ballast your tractor obscenely heavy, you’ll most likely lose traction well before you’d have to worry about breaking something. Even long term. Your neighbor might be a genuine putz and perhaps he’s shown animosity before, but his yard is his property and if he doesn’t want you to set foot on it or roll over it - regardless of how gentle you’ll be - it’s only fair that you respect his request. Most people are reasonable most of the time. It’s possible he’s been burned before by a neighbor who when given an inch instead took a mile. Good luck! Steve

OK here's the skinny on what is really going on. You have a 4 stroke engine that uses gasoline/oil mix as lubricant instead of haveing oil in the crank case. https://www.stihlproline.ca/en/landscaping/revolutionary-4-mix-technology

Time to give HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! some love. New brake band, carb overhaul, points and condenser. Removed flywheel to clean up and mark the spark line.

Went and got a backpack leaf blower today. Stihl BR-800 X ... heck of a machine and was very impressed on what it would move. Sticks and stones break my bones and this thing moved them all. Mast crop of acorns this year and this beast put them back in the trees. Got it a a big ACE store with an impressive service dept. and got to talk with the guy that wrenches on them. Seemed to be a very knowledgeable individual. He said it was a two cycle four stroke but still required 50:1 mix. I was baffled by this. Said it has intake/exhaust valves? Someone school me...

Anyone recognize this old tractor? Seems like I've seen that front rounded angle iron frame on some brand of old one. The Shaw tractor has a rounded C channel frame, not angle iron. Looks like a Wisconsin Engine. The pipes and hose on the right side, I'm guessing for the 3 point cylinder. Steering box arm on the right side of the tractor seems unusual. Appears to have a 3 point lift arm in the back. Maybe part old tractor, part home built?

Bee be gone...

Whew, now I know why I bought a hydraulic splitter.

OHHH... so that means you get to be the first!!! Winner, winner chicken dinner... Don

I’ve shared it before… but it makes a HUGE difference splitting in bulk! No lost time picking it back up, edge stays sharper longer too.

There are 2 set screws on the pulley . One on the Key way and the second about 90 degrees from the first > hopefully your is not brown welded (rust ) to the shaft . I have been fight a pulley on an 8 hp for a couple of weeks. Pulley laughs every time I work on it.

I was expecting Kevin in a thong with his privates glued together and a hatchet between his legs.

When I saw "Hatchet", "repair" and "Pullstart" in the topic, I figured this was another "Bumps & Bruises" story... Good work, Kevin. Bill

Or maybe on Colosus?

@Pullstart don't think mice pulled that cat back muffler system to the dog house.

Doing some yard/farm cleanup. Mother Nature has been trying to take over the barns and I’m taking them back. The dog house has been a catch all for too many years. I bet the dog’s been gone for 10 or so? It was just harboring mice…

For reference, here’s some of my war path.. I am finding lots of treasures from the previous owners too

Who needs a muffler, except my neighbor lady. I was born to make noise and I will be quiet when I die.

I've been curious about that too. The adhesive on electrical tape these days isn't as good as it had been in the past and as @Pullstart said you can't always get good coverage with shrink wrap. Guess I will have to add it to my shopping list.

I have used liquid electric tape in the past with great success. When soldiering two or more wires together, it was WAY easier than shrink wrap and finishes quite well too. Sometimes I add another coat after the first one dries.

Nice! We made a router table out of a desk a couple years back. It has been quite useful, off and on!

What kinda beer you drink Plunge? Been ther done that Bob...

So would this 4hp Kohler engine be a K91 then?

Tough to beat type L copper with old school 95/5 or silvabrite soldered joints for longevity. Just my opinion. Thankfully no damage

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there!

I’ll cut the long end of the tube and get working on some feet. I was going to make it a tripod, but little welded feet should work just fine too.

Nice folks Richie. You'd like 'em.

Dave I see you're working with @Pullstart approved safety footwear!

I had those tires and rims laying around from another project I never finished. Decided I liked the look of them on this tractor better. Alex has my other set of matching tires on his 604

that’s how I’ve emptied the majority of the barn contents that should have left 5 years ago…

If installed properly as shown in @JCM's photos I would agree. The piping from the hot water boiler to the air handlers at my church was soldered copper pipe. One day we noticed some dampness on the floor of a storage room that has no plumbing to it. Thankfully this was in the summer and the boilers were not in use. We discovered that the installers had not removed the excess flux when the pipes were installed twenty years prior and the acid from the flux had eaten a pinhole in the pipe near the fitting. Further investigation showed several areas that were ready to go through. That was compounded by the installer hanging the pipe with galvanized steel wire which was also corroding the pipe. The replacement piping is also copper but the fittings are all "O" Ring Crimp connections. Pipes are all supported with plastic lined hangers like @JCM's and I feel this process is safer (our church is an older building with lots of dried wood floor joists) because on flames were needed to make the connections.

I have been running 50:1 Stihl Synthetic Oil in all my 40:1 stuff for several years now and no issues. Mix my own with non E fuel. It does have an old school wxhaust aroma. Magnum 800 bloooooooow-r. Sweet!

Tonight, we feast! Two chuck roasts, they’ll be going on the smoker about 9 am… then a little over 9 lbs of chicken wings later. One roast is in the famous coffee rub, the other is in Billy Bones Orignial. Half the chicken is also in Billy Bones, the other half in a mystery rub I found in the cupboard in a ziplock bag. Overall, we’re looking at about 15 lbs of meat.

Been busy. Since I picked up a barnfind Snapper with a bagger I can get the 520 ready for winter early. I’m reskinning the plow. Got some rust thru behind the cutting edge. I’ve also got to reseal the intake on the Onan. I had an aftermarket carb on it that ran pretty good while I rebuilt the stocker. I swapped the stock back on recently and I think my gaskets are leaking. Got to clean up the big deck up for storage. 4D4D0841-01A3-44A7-A070-43744264CE04.MOV

PVC valves were never my favorite. Year or three might not be able to operate. Truth be told Bob I think your first mistake was using pvc. In all my years I have never saw it used by the pros for water lines other than pools or lawn sprinklers. I prefer metal/brass period. Double that at the tank. Hate to say it but agree 100% with squonky. Was always sweat copper or press copper & pex in recent years. Press & pex just cause it's so darned quick. I never held a plumber's license but watched them and grilled them like a samich on jobs. Still have a few plumber pro friends and buy them beer to stay in their good graces. What say you Plunge? @JCM

I too am a former journeyman electrician who has been known to do a bit of plumbing. Got to agree, looks like it was over tightened. When I was healthy enough to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity I did all of their plumbing and electrical work under the license of a local contractor. Our local code on PVC was no more than one foot inside the house it had to transition to PEX, copper or galvanized steel pipe at a shutoff valve. Also had to have an outdoor shutoff valve two feet below ground in a NDS Box. Like @Joe M I have been using Rector Seal for years with great results.

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Time for stainless hardware from the store, and some T stands for feet.