Christopher.Kouttron

I obtained the blower from a nearby Mower Shop for free, due to the problem that the engine on it had seized and it was deemed useless. As soon as I briught the machine home, I immediately went to attempt any repairs. Unfortunately the engine seized because the cylinder push rod had broke through the engine casing right behind the carburetor. With this damage to the engines structure, I realized that it would never work again. Knowing this I took off the engine and the blower housing. Since the impeller would not come off of the engine, I resorted to cutting the impeller off of the engine. With an oxy-acetylene torch in hand it was only a matter of fifteen minutes to cut the engine block in half and free the impeller. With the knowledge and skill of using a lathe, I machined a round block of aluminum into the stepped impeller holder. After five hours of machining, the part slipped into the impeller and onto the engines bore. With this done it was a matter of finding a replacement engine. A few weeks later, the Mower Shop was throwing out a seized eight horsepower Tecumseh engine block. Unfortunately the block had been stripped of its carburetor and fuel tank. I picked it up and I was able to take apart the engine and free the stuck cylinder. In the matter of a weekend, I had the engine up and running like brand new, with the carburetor and fuel tank from the other seized engine. With the custom machined impeller bracket, I was able to attach the impeller housing to its new engine. The only real guess work I had to do was to match up the base of the engine with that of the blower. To make up the space needed to lift the engine to the appropriate height, was an old engine skid-plate. I bolted this to the engine, drilled and marked some holes, and I was able to build a walk behind blower. For a measly fifteen dollars for gas and acetylene, I was able to build a thousand dollar blower.
            As you can see this thing really does work. No matter what debris is on your property, this blower can move any mass of dirt, rock, sand, gravel and snow from nearly every medium in a clean and quick manner. Since this build was completed just two months ago, I cannot wait to test it on my customers’ yards in the fall. This machine not only helps me get work done faster, but it also produces a much nicer noise than conventional backpack blowers do. This is due to the four-stroke alcohol burning engine, rather than a two-stroke gasoline engine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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