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[Closed] What to do with an old petrol strimmer motor

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 Gunz
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My petrol strimmer has terminally fallen apart but the motor is perfectly serviceable.
What can I use it for that would provide an interesting project for the kids and I?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:03 am
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big rc plane


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:04 am
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Buy a terrier, add too much oil to the fuel mix and go smoke out some rats?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:13 am
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Skateboard


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:14 am
 DrP
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Skateboard +1.
Or hovercraft...

DrP


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:15 am
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Go cart


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:15 am
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blender, obviously.

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Posted : 07/09/2012 10:16 am
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TuckerUK - Member
Go cart

This +[b]?[/b]


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:26 am
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A new strimmer of your own design?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:27 am
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DIY Reaper drone?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:30 am
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not a lot you can do with it. Send it to me 😉


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 10:31 am
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Sybian?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 11:52 am
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Robot Wars.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 12:01 pm
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it's a little know fact that if your throw a running strimmer motor into a washing machine on a 1,200 rpm spin cycle a time-space vortex will open and allow you to teleport to Dumfries, or Grimsby on Tuesdays.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 12:05 pm
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Sex toy?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 12:07 pm
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TheFunkyMonkey - Member

Skateboard


DrP - Member

Skateboard +1.
Or hovercraft...

Hoverboard


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 12:16 pm
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Nitro.

Then rollerskates.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 2:14 pm
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IC gears, for when electric gears just won't do?


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 2:39 pm
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Killer robot.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 2:43 pm
 DrP
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DrRS**** - Member
Sex toy?

🙄 Tut - Re-read the above posts and Google anything you don't quite recognise....
..but not at work.

DrP


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 2:58 pm
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Roller skates? One powered? That or an MGP scooter.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 5:12 pm
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Custom American Flyer cart with go cart wheels and a steering wheel.


 
Posted : 07/09/2012 5:19 pm
 Gunz
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Thank you all.
It's going on the back of my cruising skateboard, standby concussion and a broken ankle.


 
Posted : 08/09/2012 11:19 pm
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I have a gubbed petrol lawnmower in my garage.. Biding its time till my sons old enough to pilot something petrol driven!


 
Posted : 09/09/2012 12:21 am
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I always wanted to build a hovercraft! Not sure a strimmer motor would have the oomph, though.

(BTW - lols @ DrP above!)


 
Posted : 09/09/2012 7:25 am
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Outboard for a canoe - if you can salvage the drive shaft too.


 
Posted : 09/09/2012 9:22 am
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wysiwyg - Member

Sybian?

😆


 
Posted : 09/09/2012 10:50 am

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