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Old 06-21-11, 10:15 AM   #6
Weed Dog
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Originally Posted by Xringer View Post
I've been thinking about a tiny DIY push mower. Sorta like an electric weed wacker
that had wheels to control the height of the cut.

Maybe a good cordless string slinger with some little bicycle training wheels.?.
I've been thinking the same way. The more I tinker with electric motors and look at how electric string trimmers are built, the more I think, "Marry a string trimmer to a walk-behind and..."

I now have a Flymo hovering mower, powered by a tiny two-cycle Tecumseh engine, and it's made me think I could substitute an electric motor, maybe even swap out the metal blade for a string trimmer-like arrangement...a home-made hovering electric mower.

Sure to generate more rubbernecking from the neighbors...
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