Matt Meiser
05-27-2013, 10:08 PM
I've bought a couple of the gearbox attachments for my Stihl trimmer. Stihl doesn't supply anything to plug the hole where the driveshaft goes into the attachment and since its greased I think that's a recipe for trouble in my garage. I couldn't find anything that I thought would work well after a little searching last night, so I made these up today on my dad's lathe. Nothing really spectacular but still kind of exciting to do a first project. The shafts are 1", but he had some 1-1/8" stock so I turned down, faced the ends, drilled and tapped a blind 1/4-20 holes for the eyes. I realized after I was done that I could probably hang the attachments from them (I have a bunch of the Rubbermaid Fast Track stuff installed) but the tines on the tiller will make a mess of the the drywall.
I'm supposed to be moving this lathe to my shop but haven't figured out where it's going. Got me thinking a little harder now!
I'm supposed to be moving this lathe to my shop but haven't figured out where it's going. Got me thinking a little harder now!