Hello Carl, Little tip here. The string in the head will spin counter clock wise. So if you don't want to get any of the clippings in the beds, or what ever you are trimming around, walk backwards so the machines base will be on your right hand side, and the head will be on the left. This will make the string throw the clippings onto the lawn. So once you are ready to mow the lawn, the lawn mower will collect the clippings as you mow. HTH. Roger C Bachelder 3rd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_____ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of carl Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:39 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] weed eaters speacking of them what is the safe way to use one i'm in the uk and doan't realey kno the stance to take or anything like that ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Monitor To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] weed eaters HI, I have a old weed eater that some one gave me not sure what kind it is but it's a cheep one. What I would like to find out is the flywheel on a weed eater heavy enough to run the motor with out the shaft on it?? Like most smaller lawn mowers have to have the blade on it to run does a weed eater have to have the shaft with the string on it?? THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]