youll need a hacksaw,some kind of stand or hand held grinder such as a small 3 inch,dremel or equivelent.most important get one of those full face sheilds to protect yourself.i personnaly wear glasses wich have safty lenses but even then a small piece of metal can bounce off of glasses somwhere and how and get in or around my eye.none of these engines or this hobby is worth an eye or parts of the human body.theres a couple sights but they deal in homys and ryobis and your shiny is different but you ccan check them out.(carr precision),theres one at geosities(teaching a weed wacker to fly).not sure of anymore off hand maybe a few of the other guys from this forum can help.