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I need to fix my spin bike and to do that, I need a wrench (I think?) to take off this nut: What kind of wrench or tool do I need? All the wrenches I have are too large (and one too small) to fit. Sorry if this is the wrong thread.
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Nanigans posted:I need to fix my spin bike and to do that, I need a wrench (I think?) to take off this nut: Do you only have inch wrenches? It's probably metric. Try borrowing some metric wrenches from someone. If that doesn't work, an adjustable wrench AKA a Crescent wrench can adjust to any size nut.
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May 29, 2018 23:13
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Nanigans posted:I need to fix my spin bike and to do that, I need a wrench (I think?) to take off this nut: Its likely 15, 17 or 19mm metric. You will need a socket wrench and the appropriate socket to loosen that up as a regular wrench won't be able to get in there. Sometimes on bicycle cranks, they are reverse threaded on one side and regular threaded on the other to prevent the weight/rotation from loosening them.
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May 29, 2018 23:21
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Verman posted:Its likely 15, 17 or 19mm metric. You will need a socket wrench and the appropriate socket to loosen that up as a regular wrench won't be able to get in there. Sometimes on bicycle cranks, they are reverse threaded on one side and regular threaded on the other to prevent the weight/rotation from loosening them. The pedals are the ones that are reverse threaded. The crank bolt which this is the equivalent of, is always normally threaded
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May 30, 2018 00:04
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tangy yet delightful posted:Wait you have a single acre and with 2 x 46" mowers it takes 3 hours? I must be parsing something wrong here. 5 acres
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May 30, 2018 00:10
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mds2 posted:5 acres What's the point of 5 acres of lawn?
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May 30, 2018 04:10
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Speaking of lawnmower chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf6CsvAffHo&t=216s I don't know about your atv, but mine is 3ft wide. There's more than enough body in the middle of a used 100lb propane tank to make a chain hub like in the video. If you've got a snowplow for your ATV you could copy it for the chassis mount. I think the really only important question is how big a motor you'd need to drive the flail, and the size of your alternator.
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May 30, 2018 09:24
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BeastOfExmoor posted:What's the point of 5 acres of lawn? My mates property has a 10 acre "house yard", grass is kept short by some sheep and a mower. Helps with bushfires to have no scrub close by.
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May 30, 2018 09:25
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DreadLlama posted:Speaking of lawnmower chat: I think secondary engine might be a better idea
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May 30, 2018 10:40
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The power is definitely there but then you need a transmission. If you've got a motor with enough poles on it you could maybe do a direct drive. 
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May 30, 2018 12:41
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BeastOfExmoor posted:What's the point of 5 acres of lawn? Gives me something to mow.
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May 30, 2018 12:42
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After lots of comparison shopping I went for this boy: http://www.bosch-professional.com/middle-east/en/sliding-mitre-saw-gcm-800-sj-226567-0601b19000.html With an extra bosch optiline wood 2mm 60 teeth blade. I'll use the 48 tooth blade it comes with for cutting construction lumber.
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May 30, 2018 13:00
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BeastOfExmoor posted:What's the point of 5 acres of lawn? 5 Acres between you and your neighbor.
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May 30, 2018 14:29
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Jaded Burnout posted:After lots of comparison shopping I went for this boy: that's a good saw, and your paint grade trim will be fine with the 48
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May 30, 2018 15:01
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Tim Thomas posted:that's a good saw, and your paint grade trim will be fine with the 48 Different use case, this is unpainted Siberian larch cladding.
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May 30, 2018 15:21
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Well, we ended up with a 32" worldlawn floating deck walk behind with a 16hp Kawasaki engine and keyed ignition. I realize chinese tech is not going to be as good as the equivalent Toro or whatever, but those were significantly more expensive and seemed entirely geared at professionals, whereas this one seems to be trying to uncomfortably straddle the line between "people with sort of unusually hardcore lawns" and "prosumer". This is probably overkill for what we need to do, but I looked at a lot of cheaper and less hardcore options and just couldn't convince myself that we wouldn't kill them in a year or two. We don't actually have a ton to mow, but half of it is crazier than anything I've ever tried to mow before (in terms of steep, uneven, gouged land, etc), and I grew up in the woods with several acres to mow. I am not used to operating a mower that I am physically incapable of lifting fully off the ground, so this ought to be exciting. Cabbages and VHS fucked around with this message at 15:25 on May 30, 2018 |
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May 30, 2018 15:23
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xwing posted:5 Acres between you and your neighbor. No problem with lots of land, but 5 acres of lawn just seems like a huge headache unless you routinely host soccer practice or something. Plant some trees, native bushes, a vegetable garden, or something in a big chunk of it or whatever.
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May 30, 2018 20:40
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I just signed a purchase agreement on my first house, and am therefore in the market for my first lawn mower. I went to Home Depot the other day to check out my options in person, and was pretty surprised to find that over 3/4 of their inventory was electric mowers. I didn't even realize that this was a thing, much less the new norm. I guess I've been out of the mowing game for about a decade now. I did my best to survey the last few pages of this thread, and it seems like a lot of you guys and gals are going the way of electric mowers too: VERTiG0 posted:After 3 weeks of research and deliberation, I picked up one of those Kobalt 80v battery powered push mowers to replace my piece of poo poo gas mower. On sale, $150 off and no tax (big deal since that's 13% here). What a world of difference. Can do my whole lot twice on one of the two included 2Ah batteries. I have a Stihl FSA56 battery trimmer that I also like and was looking at the new Stihl mowers, but for the money and them being made by the same company, the Kobalt won out. My new place is in an urban area with a tiny lawn. I'm also not particularly mechanically inclined. I think I (sadly) already know the answer to this question, but is an electric mower really the way to go these days? Are there particular brands that have distinguished themselves in this category, or can I just pick one up on Amazon like I would a toaster?
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May 30, 2018 22:08
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Electric mowers have been the standard for longer than I've been alive. Flymo had quite a bit of mindshare for a while, their main selling points being a hovercraft effect which makes it easier to mow tight spaces as you can move it in any direction, and they compact quite well, supposedly. I've never used one.
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May 30, 2018 22:14
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Blakkout posted:I just signed a purchase agreement on my first house, and am therefore in the market for my first lawn mower. I went to Home Depot the other day to check out my options in person, and was pretty surprised to find that over 3/4 of their inventory was electric mowers. I didn't even realize that this was a thing, much less the new norm. I guess I've been out of the mowing game for about a decade now. I would suggest a manual push mower or an electric (either battery or corded) depending on how big your yard really is.
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May 30, 2018 22:54
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Jaded Burnout posted:Electric mowers have been the standard for longer than I've been alive. with a 2004 reg date I sort of question that
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May 31, 2018 01:24
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Tim Raines IRL posted:with a 2004 reg date I sort of question that He's from blighty and with their 10ft x20ft yards they mow em plugged up. No way he means actually good battery powered mowers.
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May 31, 2018 01:31
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I used to have to mow a large area with lovely gas mowers as a teenager so I really don't care for them. When I bought my first house I got a 200 dollar 19" corded black and decker and was happy with it. Used it for about 4 years before I started paying someone to do the yard for me. I maybe had 4500sq ft of grass to mow on a 70 x 110 lot. I easily got everywhere I needed with a 100 ft cord. It was worth it to not have to deal with a small gas engine. I realize newer mowers with good engines are light years better than the crap I had to deal with 20 years ago, but still, not having to deal with oil and gasoline was nice. I recommend going electric in some form for a small residential lot. Just from a noise and maintenance perspective I think they're better. I probably won't go battery as I don't find the cord to be that big of a deal, and my trimmer and blower are corded as well. The new battery tech is tempting though. edit: If anyone cares the EGO LM2101 is Consumer Report's highest rated electric battery push mower, with the Honda HRR216PKA taking top marks for the gas. skipdogg fucked around with this message at 02:09 on May 31, 2018 |
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May 31, 2018 02:05
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tangy yet delightful posted:He's from blighty and with their 10ft x20ft yards they mow em plugged up. No way he means actually good battery powered mowers. huh, interesting. I had no idea that was a normal thing ~30 years ago, but I grew up in the woods.
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May 31, 2018 02:29
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Pretty much all mowers have gotten infinitely better. Batteries are 10x better but they can be costly. Electrics are nice and light plus they are pretty quiet. Gas went mostly four stroke so no more mixing fuel and oil together. I have the honda four stroke gas mower because i have a large double lot (takes about 30+ minutes to do) and its been one of the more reliable small engines I've ever used. I was reluctant spending $400 on a mower but it starts first pull every time and never gives me issues. The twin blade mulches really well which is good because I'm not going to deal with bagging grass.
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May 31, 2018 03:50
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tangy yet delightful posted:He's from blighty and with their 10ft x20ft yards they mow em plugged up. No way he means actually good battery powered mowers. Tim Raines IRL posted:huh, interesting. I had no idea that was a normal thing ~30 years ago, but I grew up in the woods. Yes this. Wired electric was (and for the most part still is) the norm on these shores. I've seen exactly one gas-powered mower in the hands of a regular resident in my 30+ years of life and that's the guy who lives across the road from me and uses it to overkill the 6x10 patch of grass in front of his house. Maybe he has a big back garden.
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May 31, 2018 08:51
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I'm going to need to seal about 200 linear feet of fence (front and back) in the near future. Is it worth picking up a sprayer of some sort (or rent), or just suck it up and do it by hand (or pay someone to do it)
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May 31, 2018 14:45
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skipdogg posted:I'm going to need to seal about 200 linear feet of fence (front and back) in the near future. Is it worth picking up a sprayer of some sort (or rent), or just suck it up and do it by hand (or pay someone to do it) One of those big bug sprayer pump bottle things and a roller on a stick works fine for me.
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May 31, 2018 16:27
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skipdogg posted:I'm going to need to seal about 200 linear feet of fence (front and back) in the near future. Is it worth picking up a sprayer of some sort (or rent), or just suck it up and do it by hand (or pay someone to do it) Get a homeowner size airless, be done in 1-2 hours.
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May 31, 2018 17:56
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Can anyone recommend a good place to order replacement parts for a Ridgid r4511 Table Saw? I'd be ordering to Canada. I'm having an issue with a sticky power switch and I want to order a new unit. I took it apart and tried reseating the cables but no luck. I think the actual switch mechanism has become too loose. Originally it just took several switches to turn the saw on, which was annoying but usable. Now I'm having the same issue when turning it off, which is super unsafe so I need to get this resolved asap.
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May 31, 2018 21:49
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keep it down up there! posted:Can anyone recommend a good place to order replacement parts for a Ridgid r4511 Table Saw? I'd be ordering to Canada. https://www.ereplacementparts.com/ridgid-table-saw-parts-c-7929_8171.html
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Jun 1, 2018 03:44
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Thanks! Looks like just the switch is discontinued so I'd have to buy the entire assembly for $70. Thats a pain =/ But If it's my only choice, oh well!
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Jun 1, 2018 16:17
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Leave it on, get a new switch https://www.woodcraft.com/products/woodriver-accessory-power-switch
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Also a good idea. Thanks!
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Jun 1, 2018 17:50
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I need this incrediblely stupid machine. https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/tls/d/emcostar-6-1-multi/6603514498.html
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Jun 1, 2018 21:32
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coathat posted:I need this incrediblely stupid machine. https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/tls/d/emcostar-6-1-multi/6603514498.html 
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Jun 1, 2018 21:53
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I missed out on one of those a while back, it went for £45
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Jun 1, 2018 22:31
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They didn’t sell hardly any in America so I really wished I had the cash to burn since they’re so rare here.
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Jun 1, 2018 23:46
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Verman posted:Its likely 15, 17 or 19mm metric. You will need a socket wrench and the appropriate socket to loosen that up as a regular wrench won't be able to get in there. And once that nut is off the crank still won't come off because OPs gonna need a crank puller. Note the threads on the crank itself. That's what those are for - cranks are "pressed" on.
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I had no idea bikes needed that, so I decided to google what that is. https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/how-to-remove-and-install-a-crank#article-section-1
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