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Driller

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How much knowledge and skill is necessary to actually build a mower yourself? I know someone who is considering it, but I'm not sure it's a smart idea.
 

RobertBrown

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I guess it would depend on what kind of mower your going to build...

I don't know why you would want to. You are certainly not going to save money by building your own, regardless of size. There must be some other return on that kind of investment of time and labor, perhaps a hobby?
 

Hershey

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I have to agree. I'm guessing it's a hobby or something. Then again, I saw a news story last night about a couple who had converted a school bus into an RV. They were doing all kinds of things like that to survive the economy.
 

Tommy

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It's possible the reason early humans climbed out of the trees was to find parts needed for a
better mouse trap. I'm also sure some of the most enduring inventions didn't come from a PHD, BA
or any of the alphabet soup of degrees.

This topic brings a smile to my face as it reminds me of when one of my sons was young, he
would receive a gift of say a RC car, in a very short time he would take it apart to make something
else out of it, like a motor boat that he played with in the bath tub. while the gift giver would at times
be fit to be tide, I seen the benefit(until he used say my soldering iron to poke holes in plastic, or carve
a cool names on the things he made). anyway today that son works for a company that modifies military
helicopters to better serve the special forces, helping to keep them safe in a very unsafe environment,
while at the same time suppling his family a very good standard of living.


When you look at the statistic on mowing today you'l find very sobering numbers, maybe
this person your concerned about has a better idea, if you let us know why your concerned
better answers could be given.





Just because it's not been done, doesn't mean it can't be or shouldn't be.

Tommy
 
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