After just finishing packing away from the Gloucester Steam Extravaganza, I thought you might like to see a picture of our Buddings Patent lawn mower re-build (not a copy) I say that as if a true copy it would then have been 19 inches wide, this one is 17 inches with a reason.
The history behind the mower , was that Guy Martin had a set of programs depicting inventions, for the program, a company which made the props for the gadget show, were asked to make a copy from the original drawings, but they had a problem when it came to making the cutting cylinder. A further person was brought into help, Brian Radam from the British lawn mower museum. The way out was to use a cutting cylinder from a 17 inch Suffolk.
After the show went out, there was a further 4 machines commissioned. The cutting cylinder was too light for the mower, so on ours Michael rebuilt a heavier cutting cylinder. Ours is the only one finished to resemble Ransomes licensed model of 1832 which sits in the Science Museum London
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