Fluffy’s Curmudgeon Corner

Friday Shave 

This custom Fluffy Industries brush continues to impress. The Robeson Razor actually does fit my face. The soap is a solid skippy class act. All of the pieces combine to a enjoyable shave. Hope you all have a good weekend. 
Fluffy

Nice shave Ken. Trismegistus is great and my favorite Terre d'Hermes Dupe

Productive day today. The fuel tank retrofit is completed. Had to harness all of my jerry rigging skill. Who knew that a McCulloch 80A fuel tank would work on a Stihl. All you need to do is cut some plates from a no parking sign. Make a rubber pad out of a old mud flap. And cut up an old serpentine belt from a Tundra, super simple.   Now my 37 year old Stihl FS65 trimmer is ready cut grass like a straightn razor with a shogun edge. It's nice to have a piece of quality equipment back in the game. Instead of the ones that are being cranked out now. What I call craplastic disposable malibu barbie toy power tools. If I come up with some appropriate sized copper might try and make a cooler metal tank. 


Tonight's shave.
Wade & Butcher Celebrated
SV Opuntia
SV Badger
4711 AS

I have one of those craplistic power tools, broken and taking up space in the basement. I don't know why I kept it.

Often in my youth I witnessed first hand my Father, Grandfather and even Great Grandfather. Use/reuse repurpose things that most anyone else would have thrown away. These are the little things that are passed down. Growing up on the farm like my dad did. Raised by parents that survived the depression. They automatically kept things that might be of use. 
The donor weedeater the tank came off of has literally been in my shed for years. Same with the serpentine belt. My dad has glass skippy peanut butter jars full of nuts screws and all sorts of hardware. From appliances and other stuff. That once they were wore out. He stripped them for the fasteners. God knows how much money he saved by being this way. Now I keep the tradition alive. Once I got the thing back together and running. I had my young Dr. Frakenstein moment. "It's Alive!--It's Alive"  Makes me all warm and fuzzy. 
Could I have went and spent a couple of hundred bucks on a new Stihl without all the hastle? Yea.... but mines way better.

Don’t mind me... just zooming in on the picture to make sure the magnet is centered on the brush...

Thanks John. Good thing I don't post selfies I guess. Zooming in on one of those would not be pretty. 

Don’t mind me... just zooming in on the picture to make sure the magnet is centered on the brush...

Someones gotta keep him in check John

Productive day today. The fuel tank retrofit is completed. Had to harness all of my jerry rigging skill. Who knew that a McCulloch 80A fuel tank would work on a Stihl. All you need to do is cut some plates from a no parking sign. Make a rubber pad out of a old mud flap. And cut up an old serpentine belt from a Tundra, super simple.   Now my 37 year old Stihl FS65 trimmer is ready cut grass like a straightn razor with a shogun edge. It's nice to have a piece of quality equipment back in the game. Instead of the ones that are being cranked out now. What I call craplastic disposable malibu barbie toy power tools. If I come up with some appropriate sized copper might try and make a cooler metal tank. 


Tonight's shave.
Wade & Butcher Celebrated
SV Opuntia
SV Badger
4711 AS

Often in my youth I witnessed first hand my Father, Grandfather and even Great Grandfather. Use/reuse repurpose things that most anyone else would have thrown away. These are the little things that are passed down. Growing up on the farm like my dad did. Raised by parents that survived the depression. They automatically kept things that might be of use. 
The donor weedeater the tank came off of has literally been in my shed for years. Same with the serpentine belt. My dad has glass skippy peanut butter jars full of nuts screws and all sorts of hardware. From appliances and other stuff. That once they were wore out. He stripped them for the fasteners. God knows how much money he saved by being this way. Now I keep the tradition alive. Once I got the thing back together and running. I had my young Dr. Frakenstein moment. "It's Alive!--It's Alive"  Makes me all warm and fuzzy. 
Could I have went and spent a couple of hundred bucks on a new Stihl without all the hastle? Yea.... but mines way better.

GREAT job Ken. I too am a hoarder of nuts, bolts and whatever else thinga majiggy's until they are repurposed into something else.

What happened to the original Stihl fuel tank? That’s not usually a part that wears out. Misadventure perhaps?  

I also had parents that grew up in the depression and I’ve inherited the frugal/hoarder gene. There are few things more satisfying than fixing something useful. That’s why modern vehicles with their “beyond here be dragons “ engine shrouds are so frustrating. Strangely I dreamed last night of one of my early cars, a robins egg blue 1964 Rambler American. Flathead 6, 3 on the tree. I could actually stand in the engine bay with a foot on either side of the A-frame to work on the carburetor or distributor. Sweet. No idea why that old friend visited me last night.