Talk About Anything Thread V1

Crazy_Carls monte carlo is the same exactly like my old dynamark .

Looks like I may have 2 possible entries for next year's build-off! Anyone complete 2 builds before?

has anyone ever tried it? is that even allowed ? Did you get another machine ? .

You can enter as many as you want bud.

I like the Dynamark look. I think it's mean looking. @Redzz02 has done some pretty cool stuff with dynamarks. My buddy up in New York bought one for $20, had an 18hp oppy and Peerless 2300 trans. Frame was cracked though, think he scrapped it.

Second entry possibly.  I pick it up Sunday.  It's pretty rough on the paint and the engine does not run.  But for $35 bucks, it looked like a fun project.  I'll probably build it for the Daughter who enjoys riding the mowers as well.  Time to upgrade her.

late 70's early 80's Craftsman 10/36 a lot like the Dynamark above and any of it's Murray Ohio counterparts.

Glad to see you found time to pick 'er up soon mighty!

Sooo, if this is for the daughter, does that mean you're gonna keep the gasser theme going on the Sasquatch?

I also think these smaller lawn tractors from this era are pretty cool looking.  I like the hoods on all of them.

I also had a Dynamark that I bought for bought for cheap, fixed up, and sold.





These hoods that flare at the front are aggressive looking.  I think a green painted one would look cool on my JD LT160.

AllisKidD21 wrote:

Glad to see you found time to pick 'er up soon mighty!

Sooo, if this is for the daughter, does that mean you're gonna keep the gasser theme going on the Sasquatch?

For now...

Crazy_Carl wrote:

I also think these smaller lawn tractors from this era are pretty cool looking.  I like the hoods on all of them.

I also had a Dynamark that I bought for bought for cheap, fixed up, and sold.





These hoods that flare at the front are aggressive looking.  I think a green painted one would look cool on my JD LT160.

Those are some narrow running boards.

Good catch. Those fenders are really narrow too. Way narrower that my Bradford, Biggasmower's dynamark or your craftsman. These are interesting little pan frames.

looks good . have fun putting a bigger engine in it , theres not much room under the hood for twins or oppys

Seems like they saved every cent they could on that frame lol.

biggasmowers wrote:

looks good . have fun putting a bigger engine in it , theres not much room under the hood for twins or oppys

Lol, tell that to Doc and his Weasel.

lol, slightly crammed that one in

mightyraze wrote:

Hmm.... if the engine is super bad, I wonder if I can find a good price single cylinder? If not, wonder if an oppy turned 90* would work? Hmm.... oh the possibilities!

Could just trim out the hood.

mightyraze wrote:

mightyraze wrote:

Hmm.... if the engine is super bad, I wonder if I can find a good price single cylinder?  If not, wonder if an oppy turned 90* would work?  Hmm.... oh the possibilities!

I vote oppy.
That hood would be easy to trim to clear the oppy... then dual exhaust out both sides.

Oppy for sure!

Some more stuff they were throwing out at the trade school. This seems to be a tool grinder. Wheel goes around 5k ripums, and is pretty fine. Works pretty nice




Weird thing about it is it has this dovetail.


Drill doctor thingy. Gotta set it up on the bench grinder or something.


I'm lucky enough to get the literature with it. Dated 1951! Wow!


Baldor tool grinder indexer thingy of the same era. Gonna set it up on the bench grinder first probably. Got the literature with it too.


Probably 40s sewing machine variator pedal. Got the sewing machine motor too lol. Gonna see if it works, and if it does I'll put a regular plug on the output and use it for light duty stuff , like maybe that tool grinder or the bench grinder.

cool ! looks older than dirt

well i am most likely getting this same model of mower . talked to the owner and he willing to get rid of it but is going to figure out what its worth to him, but it does run just was parked because they were going to use it to haul stuff around the farm but never used it for that . it has an i/c gold 12.5 hp engine and 6 speed spicer tranny. i "borrowed" this image of the model from google so this isn't the mower but the same model and engine

RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

Weird thing about it is it has this dovetail.

Nice score there.

I wonder if it could have been some sort of lathe attachment?

Could be, but I don't think lathes have a dovetail like that. I can see on the edge of the dovetail where set screws have held it. Asked my machine tool teacher about it and he hadn't the slightest idea what it was for.

On a somewhat related note, can I make a wheel dresser with carbide inserts? Have like 10 carbide inserts i got from school too.

I posted asking about it in Sprocket's Garage on facebook, turns out it's part of a planer knife sharpener. Guess I was right about it being for sharpening stuff lol.

Pic of similar planer knife sharpener

Got a new project for $35.  Little rough, but looks to be a fun project.  Lots of open air space to do things in the frame.




Edit: Added a couple more pix.

Nice patina on that one! What trans does it have?

It appears to be red primer, not patina. :-/ I edited the previous post of mine with the trans.

Oh, thats too bad. Cool trans, wonder what it looks like on the inside. Weird how it has a bunch of bolts on the underside like that.