strimmer repaired

My petrol strimmer died when the gearbox at the head literally fell to bits, the person I had been given it by had not taken good care of it, the gearbox had never been greased. anyway it ran reasonably for a couple of years but earlier this year the bearings in the gearbox finally failed spitting ball bearings everywhere.
I tried to find a replacement head, but this no name brand strimmer was awkward, the shaft was bigger than most, and those that had the right shaft size, had the wrong number of teeth on the splines. anyway it has sat neglected in the shed with the gear head off, the old bearing shells were stopping the gears being dissasembled, it looked hopeless, - until yesterday that is, yesterday I applied heat to the casing and finally managed to get the shell out, this led to getting the gears out, and the inner shells were cut off with a dremel drill and a cut off disc, then to get new bearings, once again this cheap strimmer caused a problem, the nearest sizes were either too big, or too small. modellers lathe to the rescue, 2 new brass bearings were turned up, these can be remade as necessary when they wear out, finally I have my strimmer back, ready to face the weeds on the paths at my plots.
Grendel

All tested and working nicely - even started up on the fuel left in the tank - 3 pumps, two pulls on choke, choke off and away it went.
I am happy now, I can do my paths.
Grendel

A nice bit of shed tinkering can be just as satisfying as growing your own veg !