[TheForge] Oh great minds of theforge, gather around (slightly off topic YAK)

Mon May 12 15:19:01 2003

Hate to point this out, cause it is dull, but there is not much to the 
center section of one of those shafts.  If he hasnt destroyed the cable 
inside, it is notihing more than a tube with appropriate bushings.  Cut 
the ends off and  weld them to a new center section and you have a high 
end weedeater back in service.

Charles

Dave Brown wrote:

> A friend, who is a professional landscaper, just ran over the shaft of 
> his big weed wacker and he says it's too expensive to fix so he's 
> getting a new one.
>
> I hear opportunity knocking, I think. ... Small gasoline engine (2 
> cycle), but a big one for a weed wacker.  Runs great and dependably.
>
> There must be something worth while that I can do with it ... right?
>
> But what?  Ideas escape me at the moment.  But I figure that with the 
> number of inventive (read that as: scroungers and developers) minds on 
> this list I'm sure that there'll be a flood of ideas.  Right?
>
> So, lets have 'em.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dave Brown
>
> "Experienced, but with frequent lapses into
> clueless beginner"
>
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