Mate!!!! I'm so glad that you do things the way you want to!!! Yes, ask opinions on it but that's doesn't mean you have to agree with those opinions!!! YOU DO YOU AND YOUR MOWERS YOUR WAY!!! There is no right or wrong way to restore, rebuild, refurbish or conserve any mower!!!
Everyone is different and that's OK!!! I'm very non-conformist, I do things my way! If something comes together the way I want, then I've done it! I don't need to meet anyone else's opinion or standards, only my own!!!
This isn't just going to be a hobby for me I realise now. But that's because I love it! If I can earn a living doing stuff with mowes then that's just a bonus!!!!