Recent content by hardalada

Almost all of these solutions NOT using 12VDC are expensive. Totally enclosing the electric side and the pump in a sealed box should absolutely provide spark safety.... Even if you use a lousy old Facet style clicky clack low pressure pump and let it run until it ***** the 5 gallon jerry can...

https://gpipumps.co.nz/collections/fuel-transfer-pumps/products/rp-10-fuel-transfer-hand-pump

https://www.fillrite.com/air-operated-def-transfer-pump-frap32v

https://www.aircraftspruce.eu/engine-parts/fuel-pumps/fuel-transfer-pumps---tanks/portable-fuel-system--without-air-tank.html

Friends had three single roller doors on the prevailing wind-side of a long shed plus a normal door to the workshop area. No end doors or "opposite" doors...plus only small commercial grade glass in windows in the workshop area.. He made up plate steel U holders for 4x2 timber to brace all the...

It may be that the old sensors, especially if infra red detectors, are part of the flakiness...? It may pay to use the old wires but replace all the sensors?

That's my frankenstein mower engine..... It works well because it swings only an 18 inch blade.....with the "normal" usually being 21 inch cut with that horsepower.... and mine is on a pure push ali chassis and deck off another (local) brand....no safety anything. "The 14SB Walk Behind Mower...

I have a frankenstein mower. The original B&S engine was an anemic 3 hp at best. I repowered it with an ex-commercial FV160 Kawasaki (pressure oil fed and oil filter plus quick connect oil drain) of at least 5 to 6hp...which now swings only an 18 inch blade...with great gusto. I walk through...

The points not covered in your answer: specialised mulching blade or not? Clean out the whole fuel system....(ethanol gas problems? in high humidity environment) check/clean carb bowl; check/clean jets for partial blockages? New sparkplug? Air filter clean and flows air? (not oil contaminated...

Are there specialized blades you could obtain for your present mower for your present requirement e.g. if mulching? (Rather than a general purpose blade that only does an "OK" job of mulching...but could be improved?)...

Sharpen the blade(s) occasionally???

For those of you who appreciate good home built sawmill tech..... NZ manufacturer of the mills for which that was prototype https://sawmills.co.nz/

He retrieves floating logs washed into the bay bordering his house. He retrieves them with a small outboard powered dinghy .....and a hook..... Sometimes the logs are at the bottom of the bay....

Can you place a relay in the line so that the relay is switched by one small line to the normal switch location with a separate switch? But the master switch always turns on at least half the lights...with the relay controlling the other half? Master Sw on/relay SW on..all lights controlled by...

They have very few uses, everyone should have one, they polish up well, they are the ideal gift for a man's shed...they are shiny!