Tested the repowered blower from https://www.hobby-machinist.com/thr...you-make-in-your-shop-today.67833/post-685396 and it worked ok, but thinner, not really dry branches would bend between the impeller and housing instead of getting chipped, so I think I need to reduce the width of the spacer I made a bit.
Also, I finally dug into rebuilding the hydro controllers for a walkbehind mower I have, that I'm making a brush attachment to use it during the winter for snow removal. They need rebuilding as both of them won't stay "neutral", I can adjust them to be natural, then use the machine for a couple minutes, and it will creep forward/backwords and/or turn left or right randomly. Naturally, these setups have no kind of drain, it's just unplug something and get some of the oil out, then unplug the rest and clean up the mess and oil oozes out from everywhere... I've got one of them torn apart and bagged/labelled (it's how I keep track of what bits get put where when I take things with lots of small parts apart).
Also, I finally dug into rebuilding the hydro controllers for a walkbehind mower I have, that I'm making a brush attachment to use it during the winter for snow removal. They need rebuilding as both of them won't stay "neutral", I can adjust them to be natural, then use the machine for a couple minutes, and it will creep forward/backwords and/or turn left or right randomly. Naturally, these setups have no kind of drain, it's just unplug something and get some of the oil out, then unplug the rest and clean up the mess and oil oozes out from everywhere... I've got one of them torn apart and bagged/labelled (it's how I keep track of what bits get put where when I take things with lots of small parts apart).
