I'll ask the paint place to note everything down. This green is a lot lighter as compared with the last restoration. I'll also ask if they wrote that mix down at all as well. I think you were pretty impressed with that colour, even though it was quite glossy and lacked the desired hammertoe effect.
You've done well to come up with a solution for your bearing carrier!
If you don't mind me asking, how pricy would it be for the rubber rollers? I've got exposed aggregate driveway and steppers to deal with as well as a concrete pad immediately outside the garage, so it does have to go over concrete a fair bit, which is not ideal...
I'm up for a replacement front roller regardless as the last one has holes in it. I think I might have to get some stainless steel cut to the original size and use the plastic end caps. I really loved the look of the stainless steel rollers with bearings that were going around the ODK forum a few years back, but the trail seems to have gone cold.
I'm extremely happy with my local reel sharpening company. I put in the other two 17 inch reels to be done a few weeks ago. One of them has a broken blade that must have snapped off during use with a previous owner. Anyways, he's just offered to swap it out for another second hand reel at no extra cost. Got to be happy with that! I haven't restored these machines, I've just serviced the motor, replaced some bearings and sharpened the reel/bedknife so that I can get them both up and running in the next week or two.
I plan to use one on my yard for the next few months until my new 20 inch is complete and I've got a friend who is interested in the other. If he doesn't go for it, then I might have to put it on Gumtree. I had originally planned to use them for parts, but I couldn't bring myself to break them down when everything went as planned and I found replacement parts anyways. No point retiring a machine that seems to be a bit of a phoenix....
