that reminds me, I came across a Stihl chop saw that's missing a bunch of the parts needed to be a functioning machine (perfect for converting and making a couple bucks on the spare parts), for the price of tuning up a guys 40cc poulan saw, that and ended up with 4 Ryobi weedie's from him too... If I remember right those chop saws are around 100cc. Also ran across a lawnboy mower engine, already have some larger HDC and Tillotson carbs off of old saws sitting around that should work good on that guy

I understand the being short on time thing, I just moved starting January first and am just getting settled in to the point where I can do stuff, went flying for the first time this year a week ago. Shortly after I moved I fried my computer and my bank account hasn't recuperated since the move yet so I haven't had any money to do anything fun, just enough for food and gas, luckily I just got a commuter car to save me on gas... I'm hoping my modified "easy stick" will fit in the Justy . Sometimes it seems like EVERYTHING I own is a project... it can be fun but frustrating at the same time, I have a complete new drive train to install in my truck (well just axles, lift, transfer case and tires), but to do that I have to swap the front diff out of my explorer to match the rear so I can regear what's in the explorer now to put in my truck... I REALLY need to get a lawnmower working as I actually have lawn now... the problem with having a good engineering mind is you have all sorts of good ideas and never seem to have the time and money to complete them all

I'm finally getting a half decent stockpile of Echo engines, got a second 21cc echo the other day, other than that I have a couple of the 16cc and a 13cc, might have one of the 23.6's at my mom's... and there's the 19.X stihl and the rest of my engines are poulan, homie, mac, and ryobi

I machined bronze or oilite for the first time the other day, man that stuff is ABRASIVE! I had to sharpen my HSS tool several times to make the 2 car door bushings I was working on... hey, the bushing was free from the trimmer shaft that was otherwise scrap... that and I have the lathe, it might as well be put to use . I stripped down all of the shafts I had around and now have a handful of nice bushings, the ones from the featherlites are perfect for the shank of a 3/8" bolt which came in very handy when I fixed the worn out lower hinge of the Lincoln.

I remember back when there would be half a page of active topics to read when I got home from work, now there's one or two, thought I'd get something going