The Lawnmower thread
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Re: The Lawnmower thread
But toulouse must surely hold the world record for the city with the most dog shit on it's pavements. Does that affect prices?CageyH-FX1200 wrote:True, you can, but it all depends on where you live. Toulouse isn't cheap, but it's no way near as expensive as Paris.Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: For a not much more than 150 grand you can get a detached house on a few acres in France.
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Oh, there are worse than Toulouse.
Things have improved recently, but that's another reason I don't live in the city.
Things have improved recently, but that's another reason I don't live in the city.
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Well, I'm now a self professed Guru on belt drives now
I needed to mow the back lawn so out came the little eighteen year old Flymo Turbo (
) 300.. Bloody motor spinning like crazy and no mowing action. I'd never dismantled it so to save a hundred quid on a new one, I thought I'd have a go. I'd never given much thought to how these things work, but of course, you have a powerful brushed motor, which drives the blade/'hover' assembly via a wide grooved belt, which had come off. Reminded me of a pink Triangle turntable and the bits of cotton to help loop the belt around the motor pulley without the thing falling off
Loads of old grass sh*t around the motor too, so better it had a clear-out when it did.
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Can anybody recommend some good geometry settings for a mower?
I have just replaced a steering arm joint. and whilst I am wielding spanners, I may as well tweak the geometry.![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon/razz.gif)
I have just replaced a steering arm joint. and whilst I am wielding spanners, I may as well tweak the geometry.
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I really should sharpen the blades more often. The lawn looks so much better for being cut rather than bludgeoned into submission ![Drink :guiness;](./images/smilies/banana/food-smiley-005.gif)
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Yes its important to keep the blades sharp - you will cut the lawn in half the time if yer blades are sharp.
As you say Pinky much better if the lawn looks cut rather than plucked.
Get a good file, and sharpen at the end of every cutting season - in prep for the next.
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As you say Pinky much better if the lawn looks cut rather than plucked.
Get a good file, and sharpen at the end of every cutting season - in prep for the next.
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Trouble is there are 3 of them, on a deck weighing over 60kg, which sustain industrial scale wear from some semi-rough cutting in the paddocks. I have to take an angle grinder to them before I can even think about a file. But very satisfying once done ![Very Happy :grin:](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
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I sharpen my blades once a year, if they need it or not.
In one part of my garden, I let the grass grow longer, and often I don't see the mole hills.
Stones are not good for sharp blades.
This is where "le detaupeur" comes in to play.
Mole mine - Le Detaupeur
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In one part of my garden, I let the grass grow longer, and often I don't see the mole hills.
Stones are not good for sharp blades.
This is where "le detaupeur" comes in to play.
Mole mine - Le Detaupeur
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Brilliant Cagey
same kind of effect as a 12 bore shotgun......Love it.
Mole's can be bloody devastating.
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Mole's can be bloody devastating.