I have had my small lathe for over 40 years, I couldn't do this sort of work without it, always having to make up bushes, turn things down. I often think I would like a bigger one but I don't think I can justify the expense with the type of work I am doing and the years I have left doing what I am doing. Bit of a catch22 MF, I doubt you will find any BSF threads on any mowers, the odd one may turn up on some old English cylinder mower, much better chance on old Brit bikes but don't go out and buy one so you can use that die.
I would love a mill but at my age I can't justify getting one now, I don't have enough of that sort of work, but would be a great toy to play with. As for the saw, I'm not really sure what it was that fixed it, just a combination of things not working properly
That is one of the things about 2 cycles. They might as simple looking as can be but everything got be working together to be right. Often times here it is multiple problems mainly due to lack of maintenance or the fact they have been sitting for years without use. Most of the handheld usually comes with when they won't start then I find multitude of problems.
With four cycles it not that way. A lot easier to pin point problems but they can be a pain in the rear at times.
So glad that I trained myself on 2 cycle by getting a whole load broken ones from another shop with lots of time and reading I manage to fix over half of them. But boy taking all day to fix one was not profitable but i now got it with experience and troubleshooting skills down to under an hour on most of them. Some are just not fixable any more due OEM changes to short blocks vs a PNC kit as it cost as much as a new unit to repair them.
I did the same thing AVB, started with a $10 1980's line trimmer with points and float carby (took days to get it going), then a 31cc ryobi (quicker), then a talon (would have been quicker if not for a fake new NGK I didn't know about), then a series of newer and older ryobis and homelites, have got most for free, paid up to $15 for good ones. Can usually can get it done under 1 hour.
Have been fixing some MTD/Yard Machines 31cc brushcutters this week - 1 with bull handle, the other J handle - rip apart carby, new carb kit, new lines, rip gear head apart, clean and regrease, regrease flex cable, and other little things and they are going. 1 free, the other $10 at the tip.
Only got burnt 2 times with the 2 stroke handhelds - a $15 mcculloch tm251 (Weedeater featherlite) which ended up having insufficient compression (had 20 odd ml of oil squirted down the plug hole to make it seem alright)
and a homelite mighty lite leaf blower (had a slipped pull cord spring with only 1 ft of retractable rope - I was standing out in the open looking at it at the recycling centre and out of no where there was this god almighty lightning bolt very close by followed by deafening thunder - ran undercover and bought it as it looked good and I didn't feel like putting it back). Straight fueled only paid $5 so no great loss.
That being said, the mac ended up giving its coil and throttle lever to my mates one, and the homelites carby and filter housing went onto another mates one (his had the rotochoke without air filter which is just asking for dirt ingestion).
Yes I wondered why no one picked it up earlier.... cheers speedy
That is because I allow for misspelling a lot considering the users I deal with on various forums. I didn't even catch the misspelling as I normally use the quick reply feature.
Besides considering my age I am no longer interested in Wenches. Now 40 yrs ago it was different.
