Well the time has come to wrap this thread up as the machine is now finished and ready to go off to work for which it was originally planned for.
With that in mind I feel that I must now give credit to all those that have either helped or provided services, being paid or for free.
so here we go,
Assorted Bearings.........................................................................................................Ben at Applied Technology
Various new components...............................................................................................Cam Peitrie at CETE
Verti-Cutting Reel and Handle Bar Shield Badge plus a few chain half links.................George at BonMods Adelaide.
Zinc Plating of all Fasteners..........................................................................................Scott at M.K.Birrel Electroplaters
Stripping of Old Chrome................................................................................................Paul at Klemzig Platers
Final Plating of Handle Bar Assembly............................................................................Greg at "A Class Metal Finishers", Lonsdale
New Stainless Front Roller........................................................."Reel Solutions" QLD (replaces the zinc plated unit as shown in the photos)
Paint..............................................................................................................................Debbie at Ultra Color NSW
Donor Chain Case.........................................................................................................Steve Rose at Australian Saws and Blades Pooraka.
So for now I guess that this is it for topic.
Finally I have to thanks all the contributors that make stories like this enjoyable to do as a project, but in the long term this is all about helping others in their quest of pursuing that ultimate restoration of a mower because really it's just way too expensive to restore a car, so a mower is within the realms of most cash strapped folks on a budget, but gaining the same type of satisfaction in the end.
Cheers,
BB.
PS. I have decided that I will finalise this thread with an update on how the machine performs as a Verti-Cutter so that others that may want to go down this road can read some sort of road test and how this combination of machine and reel scrubs up.
