Need Advice: Broken Mower Deck
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black dog
Free America
correction....... its a Hot Glue Gun that uses molten steel as a adhesive.
LightRoasted
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I would. Seeing some of your toys and that garage of yours and your knowledge shared here. You are definitely a self reliant fellow well versed in dealing with any issues presented.
I would. Seeing some of your toys and that garage of yours and your knowledge shared here. You are definitely a self reliant fellow well versed in dealing with any issues presented.
I've been known to improvise a bit when it comes to trail fixes...like this busted front radius arm that I welded back together with a Bud Light can, and my very poplar front suspension design (swidt?)
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Has a solid ring to it..sounds impressive even..totally legit. ;-)
The beer can is duct taped to an 1-1/8" combination wrench that is inside that rectangular tubing to "splice" it together...the cable from the front winch is pulling it together. Took us a few beers to figger out how to make the combination wrench splice stay put...;-)
I've put that picture out on numerous 4x4 forums over the years and told them it was a "beer can weld". Got lotsa "wows" and no few "Bullcrap..how you do that?" posts in response. I told them that I was an explosives engineer (I was once) that I gathered up all the ingredients to make a trail version of Thermite, filled the beer can with it, pulled the two pieces of busted arm together and lit it with a cigarette. Voila!!
Many believed. I hope I'm not somehow responsible for anyone getting burned over the years... ;-p "hey..you kids..don't you try this..."
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GWguy
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They did that on Big Bang Theory once trying to heat a lugnut. Burned down the van they were trying to fix.
Engineers. So smart yet so dumb.
black dog
Free America
Next time change it up to, I packed the beer can up with steel wool and and then poured in a jar of pickle juice and shortly we had a Exothermic Chemical Reaction and it welded itself together. Hell even Hoosiers could understand that.
Was that a 10 oz. bud light?
That's a trade secret.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
A Russian Fighter Plane that Putin gave Trump for colluding with him..
black dog
Free America
No... That's a Mig....
awpitt
Main Streeter
Thank you all for the advice and inputs. Despite what one individual said, I am an "industrious kind of man" and most often fix things no problem; however, I do seek out information known that there are a lot of skill sets represented by the Forum members. So I can look at all options and go with the best suited one for the situation. The mower is fixed and all's good. I appreciate your taking the time to respond. It was helpful. Thanks.
LightRoasted
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Uh, yeah, sure. If you were truly and industrious kind of man, you would have looked at the problem, formulated a solution, and fixed that broken deck support right quickly. And then, if the fix was of a Popular Mechanics style, you would have posted pictures of your studious industriousness to share your super fix to help others who might have a similar issue. You ever see Gilligan on here asking for help like this? Nope. Because he is an prideful independent industrious fellow, that's why.
Uh, yeah, sure. If you were truly and industrious kind of man, you would have looked at the problem, formulated a solution, and fixed that broken deck support right quickly. And then, if the fix was of a Popular Mechanics style, you would have posted pictures of your studious industriousness to share your super fix to help others who might have a similar issue. You ever see Gilligan on here asking for help like this? Nope. Because he is an prideful independent industrious fellow, that's why.
Hank
my war
stfu
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DannyMotorcycle
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I would have said that reply was unnecessary, rude, and possibly ignorant, but brevity is the soul of wit LOL
oh and prideful was probably a poor choice of word.
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