The thing that surprised me about M Wards products was the variety of
quality. My Mechanics toolbox with a big bottom and big top - by 60's
standards not today's standards - that has survived 15+ moves and a huge
amount of use. All of the drawers still slide perfectly without any jamming
or strange behavior. It has performed perfectly. OTOH, The Craftsman 3
drawer toolbox I bought a year ago to fit between the upper and lower box is
less well built. One drawer in particular is a problem - if I don't close
it carefully it will cock over to one side and jam.
I need to call Sears and see what they'll do for me...
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From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:07 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: powercraft table saw
Other than those attractive features, how would you rate the machine?
--R
Curt Raymond wrote:
I have a Monkey Ward PowrKraft lawn tractor. 10hp Briggs in it is the
most powerful of its type (vertical shaft single cylinder) I've ever had.
The rear discharge on it (intended to be used with a long gone grass
catcher) is real nice on the farm where we're basically bushhogging all
the time.
Best part is the whole thing was basically free. I had to clean the carb
(just dump the bowl and free up the needle) and put the battery from my
Cub Cadet on it and its run good for 3 seasons.
That said everything else about it is crap. As designed the mower deck
hangs from a cable, it doesn't have a good tensioning method so you need
to run too small a belt so the deck is on all the time... The
transmission has gears if you hunt around long enough, the brakes are on
or off, mostly, the tires (originals) aren't even vaugely the same size
(good for mowing on a slope) and it requires 3 hands to start (there are
2 safety levers, you hold one with your right hand, one with your left
hand, step on the brake and turn the key with your right foot...)
-Curt
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:00:49 -0700
From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: powercraft table saw
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Does anyone know who made the Monkey Ward Powercraft table saws?
PowrKraft? My dad bought a lot of that. MW had a nice
store in Portland that always treated him pretty well,
and he loved that he could go and buy parts for a 20+ year
old tool at their service counter.
name of the manufacturer. I seem to recall the company was two
surnames.
Smith & Wesson? :-)
-- Jim
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