What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

The riding mower got jealous of the Ranger and threw a fit when I tried to change the blades on it. The first one came off ok, but the second one was froze so tight that I accidentally unscrewed the pulley. The shaft fell out with the blade. So I had to pull the mower deck and fiddle with the inner spacers so that it would go back in. I even had to tap it a little. (Why did it slide out so easy?). I did notice that the pulley brake had jarred out of place, so I fixed that. Got the deck back together and the new blades installed. Just gotta flex out part of the deck where the blades are touching and throw it all together.

Not too bad for a twenty year old mower.

Some days are good days when you just end up where you started

 

[sgtsandman]

Pretty sure I have 1” in 3/8”, might have some 1.25 or 1.5” long. I know I have some stubby button caps in 3/8” because I bought a pack just to use two on my farm tractor. I have the stainless rivet nuts too. Might put an order in for some more bolts soon too…

The mandrel fits and I found a drill bit.

The drawer slides fought me all day but they are installed in the box. They came with no hardware or instructions. So I had to figure it out myself. Being that I paid $0 for them, I'm not going to complain.