Recent content by PHPaul

If deer had fingers, I know which one they'd use the most...

Interesting. Thanks.

^^^While I'm not a huge fan of Winter - and get less so every year - I absolutely HATE heat and humidity. Hence my choice of geographical locale...

The original reason for investing in a leaf vacuum was this monster Maple in the corner between the house and garage. It's now gone due to age and rot. The only leaf-producing trees now are 200+ feet from the nearest outlet so extension cords are impractical.

Certainly an option, but an expensive one. The only reason I'm even remotely interested in gathering the leaves is to compost them. Appearance is not an issue. Every leaf on the place might make a 5 gallon bucketful of compost, so the choices are do it on the cheap, or don't do it at all.

I was hoping to run a corded leaf vac. Not gonna happen. Back to finding a lawn sweeper I guess.

I checked the WSM but didn't see a direct answer. What is the max output of the alternator on the B2650? I ask because I'm contemplating running a 2Kw inverter (not at full load, but probably 1500 watts) and I have doubts as to whether the alternator is up to it.

Nice! That is an unusual-looking chuck. Any chance of a face-on view?

I have an electric Toro with a bag. Sucks 'em up, shreds 'em and blows 'em in the bag. Works fine for me and I dump the bag in the compost bin. Does have a metal impeller which I recommend as well. Toro Electric Leaf Vac

Good shop day today (tho a bad one is better than a good day at work...) Did a little fine-tuning on the 7116. Got the throttle linkage lubed, re-routed and hooked up properly so I have a full range of speed. Confirmed that the charging system is working as well. Did have to replace the 10...

Nice! Down here in da Knew-Knighted Estates, we call that "stained glass". Very precise plasma work. Did you have to clean up the edges with a flap wheel or anything? Many years ago, I had a custom piece done and the original plan for it never went anywhere. When I changed from a PO Box...

Got the motor on the tiller yesterday and immediately discovered that I needed to make a spacer for the motor pulley to line it up with the transmission pulley. This morning I yanked the motor back off and wasted a couple of hours on the lathe making one completely wrong spacer - bored it to...

^^^Ima hafta see his Green Card... :ROFLMAO:

Today's task was to take pieces of 3 carburetors plus a kit to make one good one for the 7116H. I think I have achieved that, but won't know for sure until the ignition is reassembled so I have spark and I mount the carb and test drive it. May be a while. I ordered the oddball 5/16-32 tap and...