Hi Jack,I said before " this image shows how the friction drive engaged and disengaged but the other Victa drawing did not have this detail."
That previous statement is wrong ,the other drawing never made sense because on the alloy base it makes no use of the Edger slot,if you look closely at the first patent drawing that base is a steel base,it has a flat top where the engine bolts on.
So the first patent image has a totally different setup for the steel base and my image is for the alloy base.
On the alloy base the friction drive is closer to the edger blades and on the steel base the friction drive is closer to the engines crankshaft.I hope that clears up a few more myths about this edger.
I do not think the first Patent pic for the steel base is gear driven,it looks like it is a hard rubber drive wheel that lifts up so it disengages.
Cheers, Max.
Last edited by maxwestern; 14/03/17 10:12 AM.
