Too Darn Hot!!

[equusmaximus]

     People love to complain about the weather, and I'm definitely no exception!  While the temperature this evening was just perfect, the temperature throughout the day was unbearably hot!  Naturally, this is the reason that Murphey would arrange for a customer to bring in a large Zero-Turn mower; Too big to bring into the shade and cool of the

Comments

[kevinbunny]

Well... I could see that clutch design as a *safety* measure... using the bolt as a shearing pin, you know? The engine gets locked up solid on something, and rather than cause potential catastrophic failure (which might injure the owner), it shears the bolt, the clutch spins, and the whole shebang comes to a dead halt.

It's STILL a stupid design, mind you.

As for the beastie.. The blue is an outdated look, but it does provide some good definition for the parts, especially from a disance. You can *tell* it's a bunch of small engines, rather than one oddly-shaped one. I might be tempted to go 'hot rod' and see about some chrome here and there, but it's more industrial than that.

[equusmaximus]

That would be ideal if it were a safety-feature. Many devices use shear-pins in clutch mechanisms, but they're designed to let the clutch "free wheel" rather than drive the implement. In this case, it was a very bad design which resulted in the destruction of the clutch itself!

This clutch was never meant to spin, at least not on the outside housing, which is what the bolt in question was holding onto. Letting the clutch-body spin like that would not only not stop the machine, but the potential of shrapnel flying out makes it even worse. Bad, bad design. No cookie. ;)

As for the Beastie, I'm still thinking of the gloss Red & Black scheme. The engines would have the current B&S pattern: Black cylinder/crankcase housing, and red air-shrouds, black again on the recoil-starters. It's just the main body I can't decide which would look better.

[corelog]

I hope everything goes well for you in the parade and the demos!