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I'm amazed they don't tip over. They must all find their posi and somehow jam against each other.

G'day all.
Norm, That's a nice composition there - the deck of mowers
There is something cannibalistic about it.

Is that one single party light top-right?
I wonder how Sigmund Freud would interpret this?

Cheers
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Jack

Hi Jack, I guess I hadn't looked at it as an art form but I can see the potential in it..... I think? Obviously the people at the gallery are looking at it in some depth. As for the deck of mowers, it is actually a deck of mowers sitting on a deck that is sitting on a deck, that is the concrete deck that we poured over where the swimming pool was because everybody thought it was a bad idea for me to fill it in with grass clippings. There is now 35 x 200 liter plastic drums under there that are full of water for the garden. And yes you are very observant, that is a party light that has been there for about 35 years for when we had pool parties many years ago

Hi All,
Hmmm ,I have had the Victa trolley like Norm from time to time .

I have yet to see a Victa snow plough or a Victa mower rake.

Cheers
Max.

Boy would I love to get into that pile Max, gotta be some good wheels in there somewhere, looks like they were just grabbing the motors

Wow Maxwestern, a lot of repurposing to be had there apart from being an apartment complex for redbacks!
CyberJack, brilliant Photoshop, and very flattering.
NormK, I somehow knew you'd be salivating over all those wheels in the wall of mower decks

MF, do you wheely think I have an obsession with wheels

You're obviously a wheel nut Norm!!

Yes that's some nice artwork Jack with the Photoshop image,here are some more mower art pics, not my work though.

Some good wheels there Norm but only 5 bases in that lot are not rusted out.

I think someone could get a lot of repurposing out of the Victa wall Mowerfreak ,I guess it depends on their imagination.

Yes Max, that rust is the Victa killer (apart from the wheels, yes MF I know). Everyone I get back to work I clean on the inside all up around the left inside and then paint it with fish oil. Hopefully that will save them for a few more years. The other issue with the bases is the wear that happens where the front axle goes through the body, not a huge problem because I just weld that area up, but still an annoyance. I guess Victa had to build something into them to make them fail or people would have been able to leave them in their will to their children and grand children. As for the photoshopping the reflections on the floor make it so realistic, means you can't believe anything you see these days

Now NormK why you want to destroy his barricade. It is the only keeping the rust termites a bay. LOL

So do you have plenty cats hanging around you since use fish oil? Or does it just don't smell like fish? Boy I sure don't need any cats around here as the chickens are petty good mousers themselves.


And to Max I like want someone did with those Husqvarna bar blades. Looks like an American Indian headdress but I bet it is heavy to wear.

AVB, I have a Jack Russel and he keeps the cats away but he can't do much about the possums even though he tries hard enough at 2.00am when they run across the roof. It is the water birds that get my fish from the fish pond. As for the Indian headdress, somebody with a lot of time on their hands and an oversupply of expensive blades

The American Indian headdress used in the Tecumseh logo.

I guess the blades were well worn out before repurposing them.

Cheers
Max.

G'day all
A very entertaining topic for sure

I feel surrounded by artists and Mischievites now.
Also, a great meeting of the old and new re birthers.

I feel I should wear Max's Tecumseh headdress when I mow the lawn.

There is more to this topic for sure.

Cheers
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Jack

How all,
I think wearing the heavy headdress would be a insurance policy against scalping ,I'm not sure How your neck would go holding up
all that weight.

That Scooter story reminds me of all the petrol air blower Hoverboards I have seen the mythbusters made one, link click here.

Cheers
Max.

G'day Max and all

I wonder what lawnmower motor was used on Brisbane's 'Bonair Scooter'?
Nice link too Max!

Max, love the subtle inference there.
I also think that the Johnson 'Iron horse' name paid homage to Native Americans.
[Native Americans referred to locomotives as 'iron horses'.]

Just goin' out to buy a neck brace.

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Jack

Luke Skywalker favoured Pratt & Whitney.

Our 14 yo cat Smooky has taken it upon himself to repurpose a Rover catcher.

And a Rover catcher with a screen intact, now that is rare, can't imagine how many of those I have had to replace.

Looks like a cat catcher.

I have seen people collecting catchers for chicken nesting boxes.