CNew 404 #1 Posted June 20, 2020 Ok, here’s the little project I’ve been working on for the last couple weeks. I’ve been wanting to make a small lawn mower/trimmer with an O&R and I had a nice 133 military engine that needed to find a home. Thanks to Terry@Just O&R, he was able to hook me up with the perfect vintage mower - it was exactly what I was hoping for. This one is a 14” Sensation, perfect size and design style for the O&R. It’s not 100% done yet but I couldn’t put off getting some photos posted. I’m still working on the actual trimmer concept and plan to go with more of a weed eater head set up instead of a mower blade. I plan to use the starter cup off a vintage Pioneer chainsaw and drill three holes so I can pass through some pre-cut Trimmer lines with end-stops. I’ll figure out a good way to secure the cup to the spindle shaft. I also added a stop button to the back plate similar to a few other O&R tools I have. I’m also finalizing a short throttle cable, doesn’t really need one but thought it might be nice. After a lot of hunting I ended up finding a cast aluminum boat chair pedestal that made the perfect adapter plate to mount the engine to the mower. I also had to swap out the normal Type 133 mount with one that has a couple more inches in height. This was needed to get the right clearance for the gas tank. Just a note, the early style Drillgine gas tanks don’t mount to the newer style engines and I had to make a couple slight mods to the casting on the case to get all the clearances to fit right. Here is the before and after... 6 Wallfish, Fishnuts2, JUST O&R and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #2 Posted June 20, 2020 That's awesome! Looks like it belongs on there. 20 years from now some O&R collector is going to be looking and searching for another one. Good thing the hunt is half the fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #3 Posted June 20, 2020 Thanks! Yeah, the O&R looks right at home on there- this was a fun little project. Hoping my son will cherish these things some day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #4 Posted June 21, 2020 looks great. it looks like it belong there. wallfish is rite one day someone will be looking for one. It will be very hard to fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #5 Posted June 21, 2020 was looking at some old pic and that mower was up on the shelf with the o&r's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #6 Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, JUST O&R said: was looking at some old pic and that mower was up on the shelf with the o&r's Cool, thanks for adding the photo, this conversion to an O&R was meant to be Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #7 Posted June 21, 2020 Bet he wants it back now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #8 Posted June 21, 2020 Thats a fantastic job, well done ! Got me thinking now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUST O&R 237 #9 Posted June 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Wallfish said: Bet he wants it back now Ive already got the return shipping label on the way 1 Wallfish reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webhead 95 #10 Posted June 21, 2020 Coolest thing that I've seen done with these engines to this point...the enthusiasm with O&R's is at it's peak and doesn't look like it will stop climbing for a while. 2 1 JUST O&R, factory and CNew reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #11 Posted June 21, 2020 The O&R looks much better on that mower than that big 3HP engine , is that a spindle you've found that fits the O&R? David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CNew 404 #12 Posted June 21, 2020 59 minutes ago, factory said: is that a spindle you've found that fits the O&R? Yes, I can’t remember what O&R engine it came off of but I think I can make it work for this mower-Trimmer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #13 Posted June 21, 2020 I was hoping it had fell off another more common/modern engine, so we could find some more, never mind. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
