Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower kzfaq.infoUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.

I did the same thing w junk mowers when I was 14 or 15, cut front of deck out and bolted a garden rake to the opening in front. Used another handle in front cut off to push tall grass to both sides. Hired out to neighbors for stuff they didn't want their lawns mowers exposed to.

Your mower blade has a hole in the center, through which the shaft passes. If the blade hits something heavy, the shaft gets bent. The key to a brush hog's ability to cut large trunks is 1) much slower RPM's, 2) much heavier blades, and 3) the blades' ability to swivel because they are not attached to directly to the shaft -- they are attached to the stump guard disk, which enables the blades to swing when they hit heavy trunks, without damaging the mower.

I was thinking this thing was maybe going to go after some small saplings but instead it was just used on some weeds that could have been cut with the mower that it was started with. That was a lot of work to sucker me into watching and commenting.

Congratulations. You turned a lawnmower into a lawnmower!

Dangerous as all get out but I LOVE IT! With great power comes great responsibility. I wish I had one of these a few years ago when I had a field up against my back yard - the only thing was a DR brush mower but that didn't seem to be the best option so I just mowed it with a normal gas mower a little at a time. Nice build!

I thought I was gonna see some saplings cut down. Why not just cut the front out of a regular mower if you're cutting weeds? Otherwise, good job.

This brush hog is a MONSTER; Need to see more action!

Great build. Nice small baby bush hog for those small jobs... Going bigger, use a heavy spindle quill and a belt to protect the crankshaft, though you might be surprised how much big stuff this one can handle..

I've got a Billy Goat brush mower, it is great but I like what you've done. You do need a belt to separate the blade from the driveshaft.

The second you hit anything of any significant resistance the shaft will bend. Good for tall grass. There is also a swinging blade that would work great on this.

Oh yes that’s definitely a diy project because everyone has a machine shop in the back yard

Keep the origiinal swivel blades-that way if you hit something really hard-you have some "give" to protect the motor crankshaft. Another thought is to add a belt drive from the motor to the blade spindle-the belt absorbs shock if you use the one peice fixed blade.

I guess I'll have to wait until I get my cnc plasma cutter back from the shop before I make mine.

I like what you are doing there. All this metal work is awesome and you tools are awesome.

U know...U could have just chopped the original deck open at the front and sides, keeping the flailing blades and save yourself a bunch of time...or...better yet, just get yourself an old Schnappa riding mower and call it a day....Great craftsmanship btw...Cheers...

I have a battery operated hedge trimmer on a pole. Works great in my Pa woods.

C for a grade, but A+ for effort!

After watching it run, I would add a guard coming up from the deck in front of the engine, take the front wheels and reposition them inside the front supports to remove catching brush between them and the deck, other than that impressive.!

Nice job. I collect vintage lawnmowers thank you for sharing.

Well, I do have to say more time, thought and effort went into this and will have to build my own when what I have dies. I honestly took the old Honda self propelled push mower I have and cut the front off the deck

Being from America and spending my youth working at a lawnmower repair shop I can truly say the machines you have down there are wimpy compared to ours. The small mowers we have are more like the brush mower you made and we go up in size

Loved watching the fabrication. Super video. tHanks for uploading!

I copied your design but I used form ply for the deck and an old car tyre for the skirt. But I replaced the front wheels with skids and increased the distance between the rear wheels. It works great but I am going to find a bigger motor for it as it bogs down on some areas with larger saplings. Thanks for the upload and inspiration.

Maybe consider adding a kill switch on your handle to make it a little safer for you to operate. Nice work, cool machine.

That's a purty neat lil outfit there. . . Job well done👍🏼!!! I would think it would be more easier to maneuver if the rear wheels would turn on a caster motion! Lil Miss 🌴Hawaiian Hula Girl🌴 is doing an excellent cellent job of supervising🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for sharing👌🏼

I love the way that you made it and it will cut great for lots of stuff . Just wondering if for bigger stuff, putting bigger diameter wheels on the front and a swivel wheel on the back . Would love to see how this idea, works . 🤗👍💫

I’ve grew up and play with push mower and even had one beat up push mower only for the bushes but I had to have lots of fly wheel “keys” as back up whenever I hit rock or stumps it damaged the key. That’s reasons why the store sells bush whacker mowers have belts to turn blades so the it will slip as blade hit rocks or stumps to save the key in flywheel .

nice shop - nice equipment to work with - nice job !!!

ahh the ole ankle chopper 3000... I love it!

That is one wicked mower. Thank you for sharing this video.

All you need is a $20 lawnmower and $20000 plasma cutter 🤣

It's easy to be creative with such dream tools. The laser cutter was impressive. Perhaps I can afford it in my next life.

Cool.. I just cut the front off a regular mower & gave it a thumb throttle, jets & header pipe.

Nice Foose wielder shield

Looks great 👍

Great build!!! Showing off all that cool equipment. I wish you were my neighbor...lol

Very, very, very good idea!!!

Was thinking you going to make blades like razor ; then blades inside finishes the rest because this way you only make an opening that will be hard on the inside blades

Beautiful work, and it shows off a shop most of us can’t afford. But cut out the front of the housing on the original mower and stick on taller wheels, and you have pretty much the same thing - with the same weaknesses. If you’re serious about real brush, lose the one-piece solid blade on the crankshaft and make a “bush hog” setup with a pair of hub mounted blades that can absorb impact and pivot back when necessary. We’ve mowed tall grass and light brush with a riding mower, keeping the deck at max height. But its blades are separated from the 22 hp engine by a long and none-too-tight belt.

Great job man

Cool build!!!

Really great machine!

Not sure of the thickness of saplings it can cut down...but on my Sthil commercial weed eater, i got a saw blade for it...cuts the small saplings..but I got tired of changing that head out to my other head..so just bought a used weed eater and kept the saw blade on it..for I didn't need to use it very often...mostly to keep the forests and black berry bushes back on each side of the driveways.....works fine for this older gal...but good luck...

Put thinner front wheels with a bigger circumference and it will be kickass

In many videos, I can see the weld penetrate because the video is from the back side. There is a brief orange glow in the shape of a small dot, which I think may indicate a solid weld.

The equipment you have is impressive, way more than ANY , EVEN OBSESSED handyman would have . Also the mower turned out nicely, looks like the uss enterprise. But nice job

If the grass could see, that beast would scare them into oblivion but I doubt it is any more effective than its donor unit. In fact those wide wheels would likely cause undesired matting.

What an awesome idea, that worked better than anything you could buy.

Great looking mower. Well put together. Just don't hit any concrete or iron. It will take the crankshaft out.

I might've opted for high wheels, especially in the front. Awesome design and fab!

very good, what you think about getting the rear wheels to swivel or pivot, great fabrication

Can you make one with counter-spinning blades? How would it work if there was intentional looseness in the system (the blades can move faster or slower, transferring energy to each other depending on how they meet resistance)?

That thing is gnarly. I'd like to see it chop some heavier stuff.

Goood man . # respect!!! Please make videos with your tools” driling machine, work bench. Romania 🇷🇴 salutes you

Very cool. Needs " go faster flame decals" though !

Nice build.

Nailed it👍🏻🇺🇸

WOW! What a great joy it must be to work in a roomy clean shop with all brand new late model equipment including CNC cutting table instead of bandaged up 20th century manual, worn out, loose machinery and hand tools and materials.

I love it. It was a great build. And printing "first start" right next to the heat damaged muffler was a hoot.

great job. looks homedepot

The whole point of a bush hog is that the blades are able to rotate on their mounting points so that you can hit big trees and stumps without the blades coming to a stop and damaging things. If you had done that one thing it would have been much more capable. And with your skills im sure you could easily make it happen.

I built something like that out of one of my mowers just cut the front of the deck close to the front wheels and folded the deck back to the deck shielded the motor and the blade cuts everything in its path we call it the monster works great I like your deal too good job god bless

Cool invention loved your video great job , entertaining 👍

Interesting and effective design.

You need larger diameter wheels with narrower tires in the front. Look at "High Wheel String Trimmer".

Nicely done

Trying to get my mate to make one for me. I will go for an old 2 stroke engine, just because I love them, like my old Victa 18 special Toe Cutter (only have 2 videos on it so far) I wonder how the 3 wheel design feels in the ruff stuff? I love the big wheels you put on it! Think I would go for 4 wheels. Please make some more lawnmower builds. Subbed.

I would love to have one of them..lol

Hey there! Thanks for posting. What do you use the extra large holes on your work table for? I have seen dog holes on work tables and have them on my own, but never that large.

Liking the name of your channel!

Repeat after me children. A grinder and paint makes me look like the welder I ain’t.

Noice. Lower your guide blades so they're almost touching the cutter bar. More efficient. Make your front wheels skinnier and bring them in closer to the cutter. Less effort in heavier brush.

Very creative work, but the only music I need is the sound of tools at work. That’s the best music to my ears.

Never saw a residential mower like your donor with the 4 small blades.

Good engineering skills. I want one. Have subscribed.

Great idea and execution. The push handle seems a tad short though.

I really like the large coke sign in the background

Im your 1000th sub

Start with an older Toro GTS (THIS STANDS FOR GURANTEED TO START ) 3 speed mower. Leave the right front wheel but expose 2 inches of the deck all the way around to 10 o'clock. Reinstall the left front wheel at 9 o'clock. / I have made 20 or more of these in the last 10 years. And I nickname this the death machine. / I have had to install some mesh from a screen door On the top of the mower to keep the debris from getting down inside the top of the mower. on one of my trips driving home. The top of my mower looks like an Indian smoke signal. / But before installing the screen on top of the mower, I accidentally melted one of my coil wires.

To be fair I saw at the end that the blade was cutting a bit of the weeds on the front by maybe an inch between the fourks. I maybe would have put the blade forward by another 2 inch to really cut more what is entering the front teeth then having to push forward against those branches and week. Just a suggestion.

Impressive metal working shop! 😮

Cool project.

Good job 👏👍

That kicks ass ! ! ! Love it ! How is that handle holding up ?

Nice work. Great design with tri cycle What about a saw blade to saw down saplings? I like the idea with angle grinder . I like the

Good idea I wish I had your shop and tools

Love the channel name 🍻🍻🍻

I push mow weeds like that all the time. Let’s see it in some thick stuff!

Very cool but make the rear wheel swivel.

Your machine shop must be very kind at letting you build personal projects. I guess you do it on your own time and promise to replace any equipment you mess up. Most shops around here would have a hissy fit, unless it was a project for the boss. Nice build by the way. 🐀🐾

Cool Project 👍

I love it. I would like to see it cut taller grass though.

Belle transformation

My only suggestion: Fab up some "brush hog" style pivoting blades and a reasonably heavy center arbor (you cant go too heavy with a direct drive blade and a pull starter)

I wish I could by one in Italy,great job

Impressed would that design work with a larger deck size I have two 30 Inch Scag Walkbehind mowers

Hi first time viewer and new subscriber Did you make that welding table? if do hiw about some info on that, if you have not already thanks

this looks super usefull for owergrown lawns

If you go through all the trouble why not get a larger blade and make the deck another 12 inches or more larger?