Cutting some grass and weeds with my Allen Oxford Auto Scythe. It jammed up a bit from time to time with the weeds but other than that performed really well.
Just how I remember dad’s when I was a boy. He would let me hold one handle and him on the other. Dad said if he can start it he can use it. So I was using all sorts of items on the farm I was really too young to operate because out of sheer determination I managed to start it. I think the Allan auto scythe could use a slower gear. If you missed a step or tripped it was on its own and away. Especially for an 8 year old kid.
That is a really nice allen scythe and runs and cuts really well. In grass like that mine would go ten meters and jam up. I want to put my blade off set and see what it is like to run like that. But first i need to make some more ledger plates.
It does run surprisingly well and usually starts first pull which is hard to believe. I have tuned in the fingers and try to keep the cutter bar sharp which helps but can be hard when cutting thru long grass with hidden sticks and stones. I would like to get a set of Allen grass guards that go over the axle to stop it picking up so much grass and wrapping around itself. I have thought myself on making up and offset cutter bar but have not yet got around to it. I have a picture of an Allen with an offset cutter bar. Thank you for the comment.
@@pegknife The 2 stroke Allen Scythe a friend of my parents had in the 60s had a crude Governor that worked by cutting out the ignition spark would you believe. So if you left the throttle too far open it wasted a lot of fuel. Unbelieveably crude way to govern an engines speed. I don't know if later 2 stroke models had a more sophisticated Governor that worked on the throttle. When I asked a `grown up' (I was only about 10) why increasing the throttle didn't increase the engine's speed he gave me a bs answer `it's the way the engine is tuned' because he didn't know 😂😂
Just how I remember dad’s when I was a boy. He would let me hold one handle and him on the other. Dad said if he can start it he can use it. So I was using all sorts of items on the farm I was really too young to operate because out of sheer determination I managed to start it. I think the Allan auto scythe could use a slower gear. If you missed a step or tripped it was on its own and away. Especially for an 8 year old kid.
That is a really nice allen scythe and runs and cuts really well. In grass like that mine would go ten meters and jam up. I want to put my blade off set and see what it is like to run like that. But first i need to make some more ledger plates.
It does run surprisingly well and usually starts first pull which is hard to believe. I have tuned in the fingers and try to keep the cutter bar sharp which helps but can be hard when cutting thru long grass with hidden sticks and stones. I would like to get a set of Allen grass guards that go over the axle to stop it picking up so much grass and wrapping around itself. I have thought myself on making up and offset cutter bar but have not yet got around to it. I have a picture of an Allen with an offset cutter bar. Thank you for the comment.
These were the vanguards of operation Barbarossa. 100,000 of these were the first ones in after the initial artillery bombardment.
Were they used as transport?
Sounds like the ignition system needs a little tlc!
Why is that? Is it the timing? I only set timing by eye but other than that runs well and starts well.
@@NathanWoodruff_OldMachinery Governor needs setting
@@pegknife The 2 stroke Allen Scythe a friend of my parents had in the 60s had a crude Governor that worked by cutting out the ignition spark would you believe. So if you left the throttle too far open it wasted a lot of fuel. Unbelieveably crude way to govern an engines speed. I don't know if later 2 stroke models had a more sophisticated Governor that worked on the throttle. When I asked a `grown up' (I was only about 10) why increasing the throttle didn't increase the engine's speed he gave me a bs answer `it's the way the engine is tuned' because he didn't know 😂😂
@@Martindyna All the 2-strokes had the same sprung governor on the flywheel.If the spring is weak/broken mal adjusted,they will continuously misfire
@@Martindyna We had one , Paid $40 , Built a wooden rack on top , Used it to get logs and fence posts out of the forest .
the mower works well
It certainly does.