Excellent job. Great description !

Great work. Good design. Enjoyed watching.

Best one I have seen yet regarding the fiber glass connection. I'm going to try something similar. Greeting from Denmark

This is really interesting watching this come together. Pretty ingenious work there Stephen. Can't wait for part 4!

Stephen, this is a great project. Very well engineered plus nicely constructed. Remember, every idea you have “counts”. I am excited and impressed.

Fantastic! Love the progress….and not too wordy. Very ingenious…I’m gonna keep watching!

Hi Stephen. Absolutely bloody brilliant mate well done.From beginning can't wait to see part 4. There is nothing wrong with your welds.Well done on your fabrication skills. A job well done a true testament to your brains and hands.Well done.

Looking absolutely awesome

This is shaping up to be a fine piece of work.

Great build Stephan.

Tip young man , just wrap it with cling wrap and fibre glass won't stick to it . Nice and quick and easy.

The project is lookin good Stephen! Im itchin just watchin, but, still enjoyin every minute! (For several years, i was a source inspector in a fiberglass manufacturing facility. They built flow dampers for handling air and solids for several large corporations, and i got to travel doing inspections. Some in other countries, some, here in the U.S.) Fiberglass is an amazing medium to work with, and is WAY stronger than i imagined when i first started dealing with it. Can hardly wait for the next episode! And, yeah, those splinters ARE a PITA, i SURE dont miss those in my hands!

Hi Stephen, looking great, well done.

That is really slick Steve.

Pulling out all the tricks my friend! Interesting.

Great creative project. I have to do something similar to fit my new mower deck.

Very nice job, could reinforce with pvc if you need at some time…

Great job 👏 on making the attachment share my idea that worked was Air Conditioner out put hose which you can buy 6" hose at Home depot, the hose flexes like accordion, I took off my LG portable unit was same size to my craftsman pull behind leaf trailer with 5hp briggs.

Nice man

Thanks

That is cool

well done! A bread knife works great for shaping foam

Hi Stephen - I have to admit I was wondering why you did not use your band saw - but I guess the lightbulb finally went on ! :-) Always love your work and your ingenuity. I look forward to Part 4. As always - regards and stay safe. Dennis

Stephen, I haven't done a lot of fibreglassing but from watching other videos and my little experience if you put a bit of resin on first and continue to lay the glass over it the air bubbles will leach out better and the matt will have resin all the way through. Of course, straight after that put a bit more resin over the matt to cover it. Hope that helps. Terry from Australia. PS Just realised this was a year ago.

I've never seen a vac fan set up like that. Typically the air comes in from the (open) side and out the side you are using as an inlet. I'm really curious to see how this is gonna work. I really like how you fabbed the fiberglass adapters.

Great idea....I will make something similar. I will use Epoxy resin instead of polyester resin and many layer of 6 on. fiberglass cloth. I'm use with epoxy !!!! Thanks a lot.

I agree, more reinforcement and another bolt on the front. The bouncing could be real hard on it with the leverage and all. You may find you will need an arm to help hold the hose. But then again your already using it and things may show up. lol

how much mm pipe would be better for better flow? much appriciate for your great work. thanks Stephen

Not saying you had the wrong idea about cutting out the chunks of form but to do the final clean up you might use some acetone, which will dissolve most foam. You could also epoxy a steel plate under or on top of the fiberglass where your two bolts hold the chute to the mower deck, otherwise the fiberglass will crack from the stress.

olá Stephen, comprei um destes aqui no Brasil, mas este acessório aqui está custando o mesmo preço do tratador, além da dificuldade em achar, seu vídeo está sendo muito útil para mim. Parabéns pelo empenho em divulgar sua idéia!

If you ever do any fiber glassing again look into west systems its some of the best out there it is used a lot in the marine industry!!

Pour you some Acetone in there and the foam will melt and not hurt the fiberglass

Did vibration crack around the attachment bolts? I'd think of sandwiching the glass and bolts with a alumina wide plate hurricane shield gusset in case you hit the funnel.

you could stick pins it to hold it til you get to that point

Hi Stephen, Doug here from sunny South Africa. Can you tell me what that flexi pipe is called over there as i am busy with a grass catcher trailer and cant seem to find it here yet, but perhaps the right name for it would help. Thanks! awesome project so far!!

it would be nice to put a thin strip of metal on that crave for stones

I hate to be one for bad news, Those 2 bolts your using to hold that on, will eventually open up and the unit willbe ruined, A suggestion would be to resin in a steel top plate into the shell, with the 2 hoes for the bolts,

I think you should have made the whole thing out of clear plastic so you can tell if the leaves are blowing through.

I think making the bottom shoot out of steel would hold up better.

Do your finish layer with cloth, not fiber. And it'll be smoother and need less sanding

Stephen, you might want to make a flat metal bar with 2 bolt holes to re-enforce the fibreglass, across the mouth of the grass cutter. You have all the weight just on the bolt hole area. With the vibration something will "let go". Just advice. :-)