Friday evening my old tiller was starving for fuel, so I took the carb off to give it a good cleaning. Had all the loose parts off and safely containered, since I'm so bad at losing things, and I picked up the blow gun and shot a blast of air into the fuel inlet. Like a fool, I'd forgotten about the needle seat, and it shot out like a rocket and hit three different pieces of metal in the shop before it landed, God knows where. My wife and I looked for it for an hour and a half and gave up. Sat morning early I went out to gather up the pieces to take with me to the engine shop in town, and I dropped the needle valve. I was crawling around looking for that dang thing, and lo & behold, there was the needle seat that we couldn't find the night before. Still couldn't find the needle, but when I sat down to ponder my misfortune, I noticed something shiny on my boot lace. It was the needle - the little wire that goes under the float tab had hooked on the lace and was right there with me all the time. There's proof that the Lord looks out for fools and little children. I'm just glad there were no witnesses.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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