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Rebuilding the water pump on my Farmall and when it came to the fan hub, I was very surprised how they manufactured this. Looking at the picture, A is a threaded half pully for adjusting the belt tension. B is the other half and is press fit on shaft D. Until I blasted it clean I was under the...

Had a friend with a big skid steer with a stump bucket remove a 40" red maple stump. This was the right call because it was so big and so deep. But it weighs over two tons because he could not lift it with his unit. So we decided to drag it with my tractor with him pushing it. Well, had the...

I am restoring my old Farmall H and I can’t decide on how to paint it. When I finish the engine should I paint it when I can get in all the nooks and crannies and then cover it while I work on other parts, or do I wait until it is all assembled and do it all at once? Should I prime the parts as...

Well, today it begins! I'm going to restore this Farmall H that I bought at the ripe old age of 15 (ok, one month shy of 16) back in 1973. Bounced around between my Dad and brother but it's finally back home after 50 years. I want to restore it back to original factory specs if possible. Serial...

Starting to restore my H and I want to restore it as close to original as possible. It looks like they had two types of generator charging systems. One had an external voltage regulator and the other was the third brush generator that the operator set on low or high from the electrical box in...

14’ of C2x1x3/16 channel and 10’ of 2x2x1/4 angle. 65lbs. Total came to $90. Measure 3 times and cut once for sure! Most I ever paid for steel in my lifetime

I have a Gamo Hornet pellet gun that is wonderful for rodent control. The scope it came with no longer will hold its zero. These types of pellet guns are known scope killers due to the double recoil that they produce. I put on some regular sights but I sure miss having the scope. Anybody have...

Rebuilt my grandson’s Dodge magnum 360 engine (2003). New heads and cam along with new lifters. We have a problem with a couple of lifters that won’t charge with oil on one bank. Replaced the lifters and it did not cure the issue. Precharged the second set with oil and they would pump oil for a...

Fellow member BigG was curious about how I made my wheel weights that I had posted an image on another thread. Rather than hijack the thread I said I would post it here. I did this several years ago and I could only find a few pictures. So you will have to excuse me for a few confusing pictures...

Spotted this nest this morning and I have never seen one quite like it. From my limited research it could be the beginning of a typical paper wasp nest. Anybody know anything about this?

Noticed that the left side lid on my grapple was not closing. My first thought was I had bent the cylinder, but after further review it was the pivot pin anchor that had broken. After some thought I figured this could be repaired and then improved so there would not be a repeat. First thing is...

Title says it all. If there was no chance of somebody getting hurt, I vote for letting it happen.

Going to install a red dot sight on my Sig P226. But it comes with some challenges, mostly with the milled pocket for lightening the slide weight (pic 2, vertical arrow) just happens to be right where one of the screws for the sight has to go. So my plan is to make an insert out of aluminum to...

Noticed there are a lot of music lovers on our site. Some of you, like me, like to play guitars I'm sure. So I thought I'd start a thread for us to show off our 'axes'. So here is my bass guitar collection. From L to R, a Fender Jazz bass that I built from scratch, Carvin four string, and...

Saw a guy this morning doing some brush hogging with his Kubota. At first I thought it was strange because we have a few inches of snow on the ground but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. The brush should cut easier being dry and cold and the snow has the weeds tamped down for...

Made a threading tool out of a large tap to thread a hex nut. My internal threading tooling is pretty lame so after going through my drawers I came up with the idea for this tool. I just ground off all the teeth except the first one and then mounted it on a QC boring bar holder. Did a passable...

I built these weights not long after I bought my tractor. Thought I'd post a thread on how I made them after fellow member Newlyme asked about them. First step was the mounting 'spud' that the weights would attach to. I had these water jetted out of some 1-3/4" plate I had laying around. I had...

I noticed that my stump grinder loses a fair amount of power as the oil gets hotter. I'm seeing oil temperatures between 130-140 degrees F. I'm using AW 46 and was wondering if went to 68 (or higher?) if that would help. When the oil is cold, say sixty degrees, the pressure gauge will show 50...

The pictures show what I'm try to cut. I was looking at a flail ditch mower but I'm not sure my tractor has the HP at the PTO (23) to power a 48" one. Looked at some brush hogs, but I'm not confident that will do a good enough job on the small trees. Opinions? The biggest diameter brush would...

I thought I'd start a separate thread for modifying the hydraulic cylinder for my wood grapple build. I hope it will help somebody in the future who may want to take on such a thing. Also, this is one of those cylinders where the end cap is held in place by one of those rings that you have to...