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This is my collection of O&R powered Comet brand tools. Chainsaw, Circular saw, Water Pump and Drill. the second picture is the manufacturer's sales picture

Another hobby of mine is collecting these cool little O&R gas powered tools and engines. Most were manufactured here in the USA but there are plenty of others that were made in the UK and other countries. Here's a Bridges Mini-Mota Drill that I had shipped in from the UK. You move the chuck to different spots on the gearbox to change the rpm. Not sure why anything would need to be drilled at 6300 rpm, but it's there if you want to.

The actuators are rated for different power so they get more expensive as the power goes up. I bought this one used and it was obviously a strong one but I don't know what the rating was on it.

When finished, it had sides for the bed and I used it for hauling dirt and large rocks.

This was built and sold a while ago but just came across these build pics. For some reason, I have no pics of it finished. The frame, drive shaft, and shifter were stretched 2ft. It used an electric actuator to tilt the bed. I tested the tilting power by adding weight to the front edge and went up to 300 lbs and it handled that no problem. The steering was horrible until changing the Akerman angles on the spindles to compensate for the wheel base. Even then, it still took a K turn to spin it around.

WOW, Very nice! Apparently the little quality control inspector is keeping a close eye on you.

Great post! This is exactly the kind of backyard engineering I like to see. Thanks for sharing!

Oooo, that's not good! That could've easily become a catastrophe. Are the fans all from the same manufacturer? I better check mine tomorrow

I made this muffler from an empty propane tank and pipes from a rotted out old muffler. The old muffler's exterior can was rusted through so I used some of the pipes from it. Drilled the holes into the propane tank, Lined the walls with some fireproof fiber mat and held that in place with some wire fence that has 1/2" square holes. It was a pain to get it right by working through the little hole but not too bad. Welded in the used pipes and came out with a pretty quiet little muffler. It's not pretty but it's more quiet than the Nelson mufflers are and 1000% better than those pepper pot mufflers. This was kind of an experiment so maybe the next one I will use new materials and was thinking of doing 2 chambers.

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I stretched an Ariens GT 2 ft and put an electric actuator tilt bed on it. Steering was just not right. Then I found this chart and changing those angles on the arms made a big difference.

Use this chart to determine the arm angles for building small vehicles. The correct angle of the arms will certainly help the vehicle steer correctly.

That's a pretty good idea! Thanks for sharing it

Here's another project that seems useful. Use your stick welder for spot welding with this welder gun. Please PM me your email address if you would like the PDF file.

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It's been to 5 or 6 shows this year and my grand kids like to drive it around. They aren't as excited about stuff like that as I was hoping but they do enjoy it, just not that often. The little boy across the street loves it and is always coming over to take it for a ride.

You're right, that is something that's always neglected so thanks for the reminder. I might just cheat and go pick up some Bearing Buddys like Karl is talking about. There's a set on my boat trailer but not the utility trailer.

Wish I did have some build pics. I usually just start building on a whim with no real plan or expectations so many projects never make it to completion. Plus I work so messy, unorganized and on many things at the same time, the camera would probably end up lost or broken if it was anywhere near the shop. This thing actually started out as something else but turned into this when I happen to put the snow blade up near the tires while looking for some fender ideas. By the time it was figured out, it was almost done.

It's a little light in the front but not much more than a tractor is. I have an old GT battery tucked in there between the front tires for weight and will be switched to a good one when I find a nice electric start K181. Filling the front tires is another thing on the long "to do" list. It'll run wheelies in 3rd if you gun it! Maybe I should put little wheels on the frame under the engine and just run wheelies down the road.

Just trying to get the ball rolling on here so here's some pics of a 2 seat custom tractor used to cruise around the engine shows. Made of spare Wheel Horse parts and uses a pull start Kohler M8 for power.

Here's what's left of the first couple I ever made just using a razor blade and glue. Believe I was about 14 or 15 years old. It turned into a whole new ball game once my girlfriend bought me a battery powered Dremel tool for Christmas. I'd really like to get back to doing these again and it's probably been over 10 or 12 years.

Thanks again for the compliments! Here's another video. Started this engine but never finished. The plan was to add a cam shaft with push rods, lifters and have the valve rockers move too. Bit off more than I could chew and the cam shaft just kept breaking so I gave up. Cheated a little on this one since the block is made from a piece of pine instead of toothpicks.

There's a guy on Ebay that sells this build manual. I corresponded with him to resell authorized paper manuals at the local shows but so far, not one sold. I even made the pistons and drilled them plus cut the length of brass for the rod so you don't have to buy the whole lengths of brass rods. Let me know if anyone is interested in building one.

Good idea, I need to do something like that too, "When I get around to it" of coarse.

No kits or plans, just build as you go.