Good Morning
54° and grey out there this morning.
Yesterday was a nearly perfect day to be outside.
Started by moving a couple of bucket loads of cut logs that I dumped in a hedgerow to get them out of the way down to the log pile to be split.
Got the Lazer out and did all the trimming and the edges of the lane all the way to the street.
Then took the loader off the tractor and hooked up the Progressive mower, it seemed to run smoother after the time I put into it last week, but I’m sure it was just confirmation bias.
Got all the open areas mowed, then got back on the Lazer and mowed the RC runway.
Son got out the string trimmer and went around all the buildings and “stuff” like well casings, diesel and propane tanks and walks.
When I went to start my trusty Stihl blower, it yanked the pull starter out of my hand repeatedly. I first changed the spark plug, then looked at spark arrestor screen, then the gap between the flywheel and the ignition module. None of that worked. So I thought I’d pull the spark plug and look in the cylinder for some sort of build up raising the compression. When I turned the engine over to get the piston to the bottom of its stroke, I felt a rattle. Upon further investigation, I discovered that the blower fan was loose. I tightened it up with an impact gun and all is well again. Apparently, it relies on the fan as a flywheel to keep it from kicking back from compression.
After the sun set, I did put the 3D printer to work, made a speed handle for the milling machine vice, and continued the quest for the perfect chip bag clip….
Off to the RC club to hang out with the old guys this morning, then I’ll consider being productive later on.
