I picked up another Turner, it's a 4bm or a 4bim. What really got my interest was the edger attachment fitted to it, at first glance I thought what sort of home made contraption is that and they ruined the deck fitting it. After closer inspection at home I think if this was a home made item it was done by someone with considerable mechanical expertise with access to machinery and excellent materials as the attachment functions as it should and has no signs of corrosion. It must have taken a considerable amount of time to plan, design and manufacture and it is extremely well made and solid, even the mounting bracket on the underside of the deck curves perfectly to align with the deck hole cut out and the two engine mount bolts it is attached to . Im now thinking that this may have actually been made as an accessory that could be installed on rotary mowers of that era ? A rubber wheel sits just above the blade disk and when engaged with the lever on the bar the wheel is in contact with the blade disk and spins via a shaft or cable, there is a grease nipple fitted to the lower body for lubrication. This requires a flatter blade disk to be installed as the 4bm series had a new design disk which the attachment could not be used with. I believe this mower has a 4m disk fitted. The other interesting thing about the mower is the deck colour, I think they were bronze and pictures of 4bm and 4bim I have seen are a bronze /gold sort of colour. I don't think this unit has had anything done with the finish and it is a very dark bronze colour. I would gave thought that colours fade as they get old.
