Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

[YotaBota]

Is it a special talent or are you just,,,,, "special"? LOL

 

[140mower]

Is it a special talent or are you just,,,,, "special"? LOL

I don't think that is a distinction that I am allowed to make...... Scientifically, I might be biased....

 

[140mower]

Well, I was pretty dang pleased with myself, yes sirie, pretty damned pleased, I was....... Oh, how the one piece nested insides of the next, which in turn
nested in the next, a metal fabbing machine I have become.......... Just this one little piece to make, and what a beaut of a part it is.......... #$#@$_&&$#

Here it is stuck to the front with a couple pairs of vise grips .....

Anybody else notice that this gap is about the same thickness as the front flange on our new part, ya, me neither. For some reason I didn't account for the front piece when I made my otherwise perfect......ly acceptable template.
At this point I went out to the chicken coop and fried a couple eggs on my forehead for breakfast...... After a couple hours I talked myself back off the ledge, went out to the shop and removed the rag from the fuel tank (damn thing was too short to reach the fuel anyway) and gave the whole thing a little bit of thought.

Long and short of it, my bend-ment has has become a weldment with a bit of grindment

And back looking like it should have in the first place.
..... aside from the little gap that I have to fill where new meets old, the outer skin fits pretty good and with a little luck I might even get it welded in one day......

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Looks great. You're getting pretty good at that. When you're done there, you wanna come over and do some patch work on my mower deck?

 

[140mower]

Looks great. You're getting pretty good at that. When you're done there, you wanna come over and do some patch work on my mower deck?

Thanks, I wish that there was a little more time to stick with it a little more, but it is hard with spring in the air.....
At the speed that I work, we should probably start with the snowblower, it's a little late for mowing season.

 

[whydontu]

No tin brasher ever learned the art from a book. The only way to become proficient is to put in the time and make the mistakes. From what I’ve seen, you’re doing great!

 

[140mower]

No tin brasher ever learned the art from a book. The only way to become proficient is to put in the time and make the mistakes. From what I’ve seen, you’re doing great!

I just keep reminding myself, that if it weren't for the screw ups, there'd be no sex here at all.......

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Thanks, I wish that there was a little more time to stick with it a little more, but it is hard with spring in the air.....
At the speed that I work, we should probably start with the snowblower, it's a little late for mowing season.

I always think that one of these days I'll actually get a season ahead, but it's always reactive maintenance on "in season" junk lol.