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That sawzall fuel primer scares me. You are basically holding the saw over the opening of the fuel tank you are siphoning if I understand correctly. The sawzall has a spark inside when it is running. The spark mixed with the vapor rising up out of the fuel filler hole could ignite and cause an...

Don't use DOM for making a shaft with, it turns expensive when trying to get it balanced later on. There is actual tubing available for making the shaft from, most suppliers call it Spicer tube.

Just bevel it out a bit with a twist drill and blast it with the mig. Don't get carried away, could be thin around the hole too.

For that vintage i would venture to guess most of the body structuring is wood. Lots of work to de-forrest these old beasts but worth the effort.

^^Ya, works great until the adjuster is seized or until a shoe lining delaminates and jambs everything up. Nice puller. Not one of those everyday tools but when you need it i'm sure its a godsend

Ah, now i got you. Make friends with your local independent scrap collector and have them contact you when they get them. If you pay a bit above scrap they are typically glad to sell to you over the recycling yard. My brother gets all his rebuilder lawn mowers this way. Scrap guy goes all over...

Be worth the trip just to see if he makes any more sense in person.

Very well planned and nicely executed. I am going to take your glove hanger idea for my shop rather than pinning them to my sleeves.

A can of electronic equipment duster works good to blow the concrete dust out of the holes if you don't have an air compressor available. Makes a big difference in fastener performance.

A lot of ppl who spray latex will still run over it with a roller to add texture. I did mine with a 3/8 nap roller after spraying it with an airless and it helped considerably.