Uh oh. I see problems with my machinist eyes. The case was missing one of the two 5mm dowel pins to line the halves up. I made a replacement dowel...
Lots of learning going on today. I’m liking this. It’s a good thing I’m test fitting everything before the actual assembly process. One of the...
Surprisingly no, the ports were left untouched. I might polish the exhaust port but otherwise I’ll just run it.
My “abomination” parts saw came in today. After getting the cylinder cleaned up and honed, I see that the base and combustion chamber were already...
I REALLY need to just stop looking at this thread altogether :whistle::picard: Good looking stuff Skier76 :handshake:
OMG if I had $1400 burning a hole in my pocket I’d be taking a ride to get this tomorrow. This is an investment purchase… Brand new Husqvarna...
I found the remnants of this old Murray tricycle the other day on the side of the road. I thought it’d make a cool lawn ornament. My wife strongly...
I’m seeing oak myself. I’ve come across some very stringy specimens, mostly white but some red oaks too occasionally.
Not on the bench yet, but soon. I found this abomination on eBay at an okay price and inspiration hit me. I needed a PTO side case for the 61...
Those full wrap handlebars for the 200 series are going for beaucoup bucks, if'n you can even find one. I know czed says that a 575/576 and a 372...
Yeah the flaky bark does kind of resemble Chinese elm, I'll give you that.
The bark, compound leaves with opposite branching and wood color sure look like green ash to me. Excellent grab regardless.
Sometimes these things seek me out… :whistle: An old buddy of mine that I hadn’t seen in about 5 years had this 61 sitting under his bench doing...
I remember back in the early 90s spending a lot of time at my great grandmother's house. She was originally from the plains states, in an area hit...
Not bad for a first timer. Definitely worthy of a “you suck” trophy :) I’ve never gotten so much honey locust in one score myself, but have done...
Unless they're these kinds of Poulans, I'm not so sure I'd wish that kind of hoarding fetish on our friend Dave :whistle: These were the real deal...
I have a little striped wintergreen in my side yard, coming up through my neighbor's pachysandra. I've tried in the past to dig some from the...
Have you ever asked yourself why the world is so upside down sometimes? [ATTACH]
The one time I went this route I waited 8-9 months which helped, but another 6 months would’ve been better. Here’s what I ended up with. Some...
Dang lanternflies are everywhere now
