1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

unclelee

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• May 16, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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This is my 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger that I have been fixing up. It is the first model for Lawnboy edger's.
She was a basket case when I got it, but it seems better now.

 

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• May 16, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Hi Lee,

Nice work. I envy your restoration ability. The safety shield looks in a different position from the before picture?

Regards

Jeff

 

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• May 16, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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jp1961 said:

Hi Lee,

Nice work. I envy your restoration ability. The safety shield looks in a different position from the before picture?

Regards

Jeff

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In the before picture the edger was missing the wooden roller that the ET-1 originally came with. Someone had installed the third front wheel like was found on later modles. I put it back to the way it came. The gaurd rotates to adjust blade heights
Lee

 

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• May 16, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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I sure enjoy seeing your finished work. Don't you just wish they made yard equipment like this today?

 

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• May 16, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Thanks 2smoked. In a way I wish they still made equipment like they used to...but then again if they did, these machines would be common and we wouldn't appreciate them the way we do. And we probably wouldn't spend the time and money to fix them back up.
Lee

 

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• Jun 2, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Made a little slide show of the build

https://flipagram.com/f/18tC0o7tgLL

 

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• Jun 3, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Very nice Lee,

Wow the carb bowl and gas tank had a bit of gunk in it,,,lol. Did you replace the lower crankcase bronze bushing, or use the original?

Regards

Jeff

 

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• Jun 3, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Bushings are original. The engine got new rings, upper and lower seals and reeds. And of course a carb rebuild and new ignition. The original fuel tank was replaced with one from a buttercup.
Lee

 

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• Jul 19, 2017 / 1960 Lawnboy ET-1 edger

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Hey, I can see my photobucket pics again!!