Hi B_S,
Totally get that and to make matters even worse it's going to be a Verti-Cutter and not a regular mower, thus it'll make tons more mess.
I'm seriously toying with the idea of changing the cutter sprocket to the Electric 45 variant which is smaller than the petrol issued unit. This way I won't require such a long chain and it will spin the cutter much faster which will be better in the opperation of the machine. The only draw back is that I'll have to slip the landroll clutch as it will want to travel forward much quicker and that something we really won't want on this type of format.
In actual fact a Groomer / Verti-Cutter will require far slower movement so as not to load the machine up as these 45's were never designed to be put under that type of strain, thus the slower one travels the less load is place on to the reel. I guess clutch corks are pretty cheap in the grander scheme of things and it doesn't take long to reline one. The other thing to take into consideration is that this machine will only be used probably 4 to 5 times per season opposed to the cutting machine that gets used every 2 days or so.
All in all I'm well versed in knowing that this machine will infact be a used machine and not an ornament sitting gathering dust in the shed.
After this machine is completed I'm going to tear down the 20 inch Series 1 mower at the end of this years cutting season and do much the same to it as has been done to this 17 inch Series 1 machine that's featured in this thread. The plus side will be that the 20 inch won't require no where near the amount of work and sourcing of bits and pieces as it's in superb working order and will be solely a cosmetic upgrade.
Hell I'm the original user of a 45 in this street and have introduced cylinder cut mowers including restorations on 3 neighbours machines in my street and as such my machines are not keeping up appearances so I guess I'm letting the side down from where I see it.
As they always say Mechanics drive the biggest Poo heaps don't they ?
Cheers,
BB.
