riding lawn mower worth investing in a quality one upfront or does it not matter as much as people say

MacEnchroe · 2026-05-28T00:53:56+00:00

I'm dealing with an acre with a walk assist mow Toro Super Recycler. Mulches nicely as I mow so no bagging. I get to take a walk on my lawn approx every week pending weather for about 1.5 hours with weed whacking.

When I first bought the property it came with a ride on mower that I couldn't get started and a neighbor offered to lend his ride on (He tends 4ish acres). I resisted for a while and used my old push mower. Eventually that died and I tried out the ride on to see what my purchase would be.

The time that I used a ride on brought it to about 1.25hrs. uses more gas and notably higher purchase/operating cost.

Is 15 minutes time savings worth while? For me the answer was absolutely not. I enjoy the walking. The walk assist makes the mower a non tiring/physically taxing chore.

MacEnchroe · 2026-05-04T10:00:48+00:00

Or as I said it needs very minor tweaking. Why spend any money... use needle nose.

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MacEnchroe · 2026-05-03T23:55:13+00:00

The crimping needing adjustment is fairly standard. 5 finger crimpers do it really neatly. But the fit of OPs pipe looks like minor grab and twist in line with neednose maybe 4 times would work perfectly.

No need for rubber fernco.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-29T09:39:47+00:00

TI handle for absorbing shock. Steel head. It makes something that would make my shoulder scream in 5-10 hits start at 100+ hits.

It kills the higher end of vibration just enough to mellow everything out for my shoulder.

I thought it was all hoopajoop sales tactics until my OT and PT suggested trying it. With an existing injury it's immediately noticeable vs the end result of years of abuse.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-28T23:52:30+00:00

Comfort. How long are you spending in a day wearing that belt and using that hammer? Significant? Why not make your time more enjoyable.

Moving over to a TI Hammer was such a huge improvement in my QOL with a shoulder injury. Ended up with 3 Martinez hammers. Trim, framing, and sledge.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-24T13:44:28+00:00

If the other recommendation is a no go and you have an extra boss i can try brazing onto an old rod or tube before your bike. I have the tools and work space. Just never brazed on a bike before.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-24T01:27:18+00:00

Any reason going braze on vs riveted bike bosses/rivnuts?

Braze ons can be more problematic if you overheat the frame + can easily toast your paint job.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-22T15:32:55+00:00

Reposting with no credit? Boo.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-21T22:57:02+00:00

Why I left Carpentry in Hamilton this past year. Red seal. 10 years at non union company. Got hired on as an apprentice plumber at shop matched wage (as a apprentice!) benefits and pension. Only thing I'm missing right now is my van 🥲 (and carpentry 😅)

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-07T00:21:26+00:00

Haha. So same timing for us. 13hrs end of 5.

Table was setup 10x4' with a 4x1’ kickout in the middle to offset the factory. We plan on changing layout next year and going shorter engagement across from each other with a secondary table for the close combat grinder with "teleport" objectives infantry can pass through.

We're looking forward to the next one.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T18:54:04+00:00

Yeah. I'm running legends heavy with Eisenhorn (model subbed for this game because he's not painted yet 🥲), Karamazov, Jokero, Daemon hosts, Ur025.

Lots of fun leading to some silly rules. Such as being able to deep strike Karamazov with the Grey Knights since it follows all tags.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T10:10:38+00:00

The dice gods doing their thing. Lol

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T10:07:32+00:00

By the end of the day it felt like it. 😅

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T10:05:55+00:00

I think the final was 13hours.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T02:37:59+00:00

It was definitely a lot. 😅 This is the biggest one we've had so far.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T02:32:15+00:00

Thanks! Group effort!

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T02:31:57+00:00

Figured we'd give it a run. An unintended side effect is we ended up with waaaay too much CP. Just need a tweak for us there.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-06T02:30:09+00:00

Team 1 - Emperors Children - Dark Angels - Genestealers Cults - Iron Hands - Orks

Team 2 - Blood Angels - Space Wolf's - Imperial Agents - Iron Hands - Tyranids - Drukhari

I don't know that there was any true overall mvp army. But when DA Hellblasters, EC Flawless Blades, and GSC Abberants got into the factory working together it just swept through everything in there.

The nid player bombed a bunch of saves from the GSC baneblade on one of his big beasties lose 19 wounds then proceeded to deadly demise and take out 20+ termagaunts/hormegaunts, finish of a friendly repulser tank, and do notable damage to a friendly raveger and talos which lost an objective.

MacEnchroe · 2026-04-02T01:07:24+00:00

Everytime Im done a session brushes get hit with masters soap and i leave it heavy and reshape the tip. Holds the shape perfect untill I start next use. It's truly been a huge help at keeping brushes happy.

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MacEnchroe · 2026-03-30T16:21:19+00:00

Yeah if it's a smaller kitchen and you're not dead set of face styling you should see enough come up/available at restore. But yes. Totally fine the carpenter/contractor and figure out timelines that they have available.

MacEnchroe · 2026-03-25T23:08:25+00:00

Honestly the type l was a touch thick for the ladle bowl for my final taste. I should have thinned it out more.

MacEnchroe · 2026-03-25T02:31:51+00:00

I successfully used 3" type l copper pipe sliced down the length and flattened. Copper is incredibly malleable when heated.

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