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    Oliver "power filer"?

    neat old machine. there were band filers too ... like a band saw but with 'files' as the blade. doall made one. i needed to make some small parts with refined internal surfaces and shapes and some filed to size parts so i cobbled together a small filing machine. sits in a corner now ...
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    Tools for straightening trailer frame

    60 years ago i made camper frames in seattle ... hundreds. i like your thoroughness and i'm with lajohn, ... if the measurement from the ball / hitch ctr to the axle / spring mounts is the same or very close left and right, the problem lies elsewhere. perhaps check that the spring mounts have...
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    Troy Built Horse Question...

    i see matthies has responded. yes, look for some adjustment first. small adjustments make a big difference. i think other belts will work. plenty of troybilt tiller sites to check too. keep every moving part lubed ... i've had good luck using dry lube on the slides and joints. there can...
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    Yesterday's shop project...

    hadn't thought about this in decades! dug it outta the back back room. very pretty tool! the box was shipped by sb to raytheon in oxnard, ca. no date. the threads on the lead screw measure 10" .... so too short. maybe a 9" lathe or something custom for raytheon. among too many other...
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    Yesterday's shop project...

    hi wore out, nice job. i have a 'champion' 16" lathe from the 1920's that i rebuilt. i might have a brand new, in the crate, south bend cross slide with lg dial, handle and lead screw for that lathe. i picked it up from a local salvage guy for a project never completed and will probably...
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    ryobi 'tractor'

    very tempting to automate .... and imagine a sulky! ... and trailer. the 'thumb drive' on the handle makes it easy to operate from the side. some fast hopping on sharp turns though.
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    ryobi 'tractor'

    haven't posted in a while and hope the photos work. off topic so i'll include a photo of my dear old workhorse ford backhoe. i've been experimenting with my ryobi 40v mower. i fastened an old spring tooth harrow behind and attacked the yard and driveway weeds. it did ok ... and would...
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    Electric walk behind mower

    not a push but i've had my ryobi 40v self-propelled 21" for a year and really like it. very nuanced control. i believe they have now come out with an all-wheel-drive ... which i can see as possibly handy on anything but dead flat lawns. i do about a half acre weekly. it usually has enough...
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    Ford 4000 1960 s?

    looks like my ford 4000 backhoe but the cowl / lights are a bit different. had mine for 50 years and i used it yesterday after a long hiatus. usually starts on the first revs but had to charge it this time. yes it seems to be referred to as 'industrial'. years ago the dealers seemed to...
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    2023.01.17 "Extra" Pic

    nice spot and collection. it appears he's used the same system of lighting that i used in an open but very dark, high, 'shed' next to my shop. i strung utility light lines from the ceiling and used double sockets for each socket with led's. brilliant light and cheap. i did the same thing...
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    Quote

    it's a really important and contradictory issue. perhaps it's only tractor related in that it's tractors that significantly ended human and animal labor that shortened lives ... and still does in many places. i hesitate but will include the similar ironic admonition over the gate to auschwitz...
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    2022.11.02 "Extra" Pic X2

    i often mention to folks that i remember horse drawn milk wagons. cream on top too. becker farm. i grew up 25 miles west of nyc in caldwell, n.j.. late 40s ... and grampa would pick up the manure in the street for the garden. also ...
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    What are these used for?

    those are wallpaper trestles. like old adjustable ironing boards, handy for lots of things.
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    Sealing seams in steel hydraulic tank

    not answering your question re sealant which should be ok too ... all the above can work. even the flux core works. go slow and add a quick spot on the edge of the pin hole, let cool, clean, spot again til the area is complete. if the hole is small enough you can often plug it in one shot...
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    Its not a tractor,,but,,,a nice old IH pickup

    fun and thx. a nice restoration too. i still have a '52 l-160 that i used way back. it's rusty but quite solid. i'd replaced the bed and added a pto dump hoist. went through 2 junk yard engines and now it sits awaiting my imagined attentions. probably not gonna happen but i get inspired...
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