I think ive made a cheap cordless weed wacker outperform basically everything

[Junker]

Seems to be the case. Have a Radley (home hardware) 40v trimmer, it was okay. I used an ego 56v and decided to see if blah blah

There was a current choke, couple ferrite rings, I removed them and there was a huge performance boost. Then I was concerned about them actually having a purpose beyond fcc ******** so I added a big starting capacitor from an old AC unit or something and the effect seems to be a much smoother operation entirely. I then modified the head to take 0.095 square line (I used a utility knife and embiggened the hole).


Long story short I can bury this thing in tall wet brush that a lawnmower couldn't handle and it doesn't even bog down.

No pics because it's literally as simple as that. Battery>switch>cap>motor>
^---- <cap <----------

Also the battery life seems to have doubled

Is it really that easy?

 

[oldschoolcraft]

Eight Simple Tool Hacks that Big Landscaping Doesnt Want You To Know!

 

[Jswain]

....

 

[WildBill]

Now use a braided steel cable from inside a throttle or bike shift/brake cable for line. Just don't hit your shin with it.

 

[PCustoms]

Pfft, I built a carburetor that ran 100miles to the gallon once.

 

[oldschoolcraft]

Pfft, I built a carburetor that ran 100miles to the gallon once.

Did you need to use ethanol-free high octane?

 

[lbhsbz]

embiggened

My new favorite word...lol

 

[Spareparts]

Metal cable in a weed eater, 1975, Irving Texas. The city had weedeaters, put the cables on them, no wasted time replacing the string
worked good until the worker comp claims started popping up. Metal pieces embedded in legs, torsos, and eye injuries. Only lasted a couple months. All the PPE they had to wear made that job unbearable, went back to string.

 

[RTM]

Pfft, I built a carburetor that ran 100miles to the gallon once.

So you are that guy my brother claims was killed by big oil to keep him quiet!!

 

[PCustoms]

So you are that guy my brother claims was killed by big oil to keep him quiet!!

Shhhh....I've been in whitness protection.

Better create a new username now....

 

[bigredcornhead]

My new favorite word...lol

Sorry this made me LOL...hahahah love it

 

[dcg9381]

Is it really that easy?

Electrify it like you stole it!

 

[PCustoms]

I bet if you use this to weedwack Tesla's grave, you don't even need the battery

 

[paulsomlo]

I once tried to make a time machine out of old television parts and a cardboard box from a fridge.

 

[Ing3018]

"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man."

 

[Mandres]

My new favorite word...lol

It's perfectly cromulent!

 

[pizza]

No pics

boo

 

[rust in the eye]

These battery devices are DC, no?
Starting capacitor??
Embiggened? Is our OP in politics?

 

[strutaeng]

I bet you can strap that bad boy to a truck and boost the MPG to like 45.

 

[JradM]

Embiggened? Is our OP in politics?