What to do with an old mower?
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Ancient Atco cylinder mower sitting in my garage taking up space...
Bought on a whim years ago because it was old and classic. Runs but I don't use it as it's too small for the garden.
Think it's realistically too small and weedy for mower racing.
I assume for kids buggies etc a modern Honda or cart engine is more useful than an ancient mower engine?
Any suggestions?
Bought on a whim years ago because it was old and classic. Runs but I don't use it as it's too small for the garden.
Think it's realistically too small and weedy for mower racing.
I assume for kids buggies etc a modern Honda or cart engine is more useful than an ancient mower engine?
Any suggestions?
NDT said:
The Crack Fox said:
A pity. Why not strip it down, show your kids how an engine works, and let them rebuild it (under your guidance) ?
that's a great idea.
My brother spent his formative years taking apart lawnmower/cultivator engines and towing himself round the back garden on pram wheels!Turn it into a generator.
If you really want to teach your offspring interesting stuff then make the spindle and windings yourself and play around with the configuration to get the correct voltage / current.
I'd aim for a 12V AC output then slap an old TV transformer on the end to get up to 240V.
I expect you may die and / or have you kids taken off you these days, but this is the sort of thing I regularly did in my bedroom as a kid.
Not to mention my experiments with fire, glow plug engines, old mercury rectifiers, valve TVs, radios, hot wire polystyrene sculpture, HT ignition coils and much more.
Not dead yet.
Still doing dangerous stuff as and when required.
If you really want to teach your offspring interesting stuff then make the spindle and windings yourself and play around with the configuration to get the correct voltage / current.
I'd aim for a 12V AC output then slap an old TV transformer on the end to get up to 240V.
I expect you may die and / or have you kids taken off you these days, but this is the sort of thing I regularly did in my bedroom as a kid.
Not to mention my experiments with fire, glow plug engines, old mercury rectifiers, valve TVs, radios, hot wire polystyrene sculpture, HT ignition coils and much more.
Not dead yet.
Still doing dangerous stuff as and when required.
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