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I have started to get the Ransom’s mower as it is to go to an event later this year, I have just used a fence post for now and for the handles bit of oak, I have seen many old mowers rotting into the ground like this one had been, I was always amazed how the rollers often survived even mine were still un-split but riddled with worm and rusted on, they split knocking them off the shaft and knocking the rust off the shaft was nearly 1/8 inch down so turned it down to get rid of most of the rust and found bit of pipe slid over worked well.
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Andy,
Many thanks, I had forgot oak eats metal as often seen bad stains where nails have been used, friend has off cuts from building thats why I used oak, he also has Accoya and Saple, I have lost all my ash trees one by one, I think there are seedlings still coming up that were a nuisance, There is still Ash round this way they had masse’s of seeds this last year, don’t think thats a good sign, one old Rover car I had used Ash felloe’s and Oak spokes rear wheels needed new Felloe’s as rims were shot, but rest was still original so all the drive and braking on 120 year old wood. on one of our runs a car sheared all of its new spooks because of kiln dried, the old Overland I had was the only original RHD to special order still surviving with the smaller engine 4 cylinder and 4 litre still on its original Hickory wood thats allot of torque driving, Wheel repairs when you turn wood on a milling machine. If really dry then allowed to get damp it will break the metal felloe band, it takes 6 months to dry then tighten and treat, if not looked after its going to cost.Attachments:
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