Certainly love the Pacific Blue look with Silver fittings and Red Reel that just pops. These are colours that strike against each other and don't make the machine look dull at all.
From looking at this photo I don't know where you came up with the Black accents scheme from as it wouldn't be doing the overall look of the machine any favours.
In actual fact I always loved the colour scheme used on the Model 45 Lawn King which is pretty much represented on the machine in that photo.
Cheers, BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
Paint job looks good, plus side of the black is that rust doesn't show as much as silver if it creeps through so your handle bars and reel won't stand out but as BB said it can shadow the reel inside the deflector area where it's already dark and look like it's an empty space. Stealth is definately the right word as long as you can see that blade in there when it's spinning and no one puts their hands in there thinking their eyes are playing tricks on them, I had to turn the brightness up on my screen to see the blade, blue is way better than Kermit green though.
Just to clarify - that photo is where the inspiration to go blue/black came from. It isn't my unit, yet. Also the clutch body will go blue too.
I have all the fittings, like the height adjuster, bearing housings, cutter adjustment screws, clutch adjusters, clutch fork assembly etc etc are all currently in their natural state and the unit will be built that way. I can always change it as its not like the unit will be needed for months.
Real roller has a fresh addition of a product called "Plasti Dip", which is a liquid rubber applied to the surface via spray can. Sourced from RMS Components (Qld based) as they had them for $10 and a delivery fee of $12 was cheaper than anywhere else.
2 reason I'm giving it a go. First, I don't have a lot of hard surfaces to roll over and second that surface is exposed aggregate, so generally quite smooth after 25 years of locating the sharp edges with my feet..
I was on a Bunnings BBQ all day yesterday so I didn't get nearly enough done as I'd hoped this weekend, but at least all parts have 2 coats of their final colour scheme and will have a good week of hardening. Had an issue with crackling on the rails of the main deck, so that set me back a little with giving a gentle sand and coating again but it seemed to be OK after that.
If you look at the gap in the fence behind the roller, you'll see the bain of my life!! A neighbour that doesn't put effort into any part of their yard and the resultant crabgrass that shows up each year. I'll hit it with pre-em at some point I guess..
I guess that's why I wouldn't have my grass butting up against a fence like that. I'd always have some sort of garden bed between as a barrier and thus you can intervene any stuff coming from next door before it plays havoc with your lawn.
Cheers, BB.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
Agree with you BB - we had gardens before the pool went in but removing that much play area (for the kids at the time) it made more sense to remove the gardens. We've got a passionfruit working its way across the fence which actually makes that little strip worse as it shades the lawn and it will turn to dirt. I've got to remember to trim the vine higher so there's less shade and I'll look into a mowing strip at some point. The sprinkler heads need to be re-done before the next growing season so it will be a good opportunity to get both done properly.
Every time I post it seems to add more things to my jobs list!
I agree that all fence lines should have a break from your lawn if you don't want it getting the neighbours crap then it's just easy to rip out the rubbish growing under or through the fence or hit it with round up. It also gives you a bit of room to manoeuvre the Scotty and not be running it hard up the fence, and I still think a lawn looks better with a boarder of some sort weather it be a garden bed, pavers, concrete etc. it's very hard to get a nice finish around a fence line as you spend more time cutting the fence with the whipper snipper than grass, and it looks untidy if the neighbour doesn't do their edges and the grass grows through the gaps a foot above the lawn.
Almost ready to put to bed for the Winter. I had the chance to start re-building the groomer unit over the weekend and I'm pretty happy with the result. The old reel is in place to make it easier to tighten nuts and bolts without risking the groomer blades removing skin and worse.
It was most pleasing when the engine started first pull, after remembering to put the oil back in of course. It's making me seriously think I should use this as the every-day mower and restore Big Red into the groomer. This engine purred nicely, and the other is definitely louder, almost 'rougher'.. Tearing the second unit down will likely provide me with answers.
Hoping to be 100% complete next weekend so more photos to come. The old reel will be cleaned, straightened and painted to be ready for later in the year.
Had a spare few minutes over the weekend to do some more finishing on the groomer..
I've added a rubber seal to the chain case and I think it goes to the overall colour scheme. You'll never believe where I got it from though - its a door seal off an old disused building power distribution board. Held in place with trusty contact cement and it looks like it was meant to be there.
One glaring error was made during the re-build and its only presented itself when I took the overhead shot - quite embarrassing really. Have a look at the bolt used to secure the chain tensioner. Such a noob error!! Anyway, was easily fixed up and apart from the grass deflector and catcher, it has been put away for the Winter...
The catcher is being renovated as part of my #2 machine project as I don't need 2 of them if both machines are the same colour.
