lawn mower

  • A machine for cutting the grass on a lawn
  • garden tool for mowing grass on lawns
  • A lawn mower is a machine that uses a revolving blade or blades to cut a lawn at an even length.
  • Any form of machine, having rotating blades, used to cut grass; A person who mows lawns using a lawnmower

    tyres

  • A tire (in American English) or tyre (in British English) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance by providing a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground.
  • A rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed around a wheel to form a flexible contact with the road
  • (tyre) tire: hoop that covers a wheel; “automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air”
  • A strengthening band of metal fitted around the rim of a wheel
  • (tyre) Sur: a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

lawn mower tyres

Mower @ water test, no paint! July, 2003

Mower @ water test, no paint! July, 2003
Plain Jane before dollin’ ‘er up!
That’s A Mower, Eh?, prior to her first Kinetic Sculpture Race, styrofoam not yet sealed with brick colored house paint. Formerly a local church’s Honda 3813 riding lawn mower. Named ‘That’s A Mower, Eh?’ for the 1950’s song ‘That’s Amore’, that we altered/murdered for the pageantry requirement song at the da VInci Days festival at Corvallis Oregon. lyrics must include name of sculpture, hometown, da vinci, Corvallis and a lucky race official’s name. Subsequent songs have been: ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo; for the Kinetic Choo Choo, ‘ Don’t Fence Me In’ (Don’t Bounce Me In) for Bounce For Glory, ‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic’ AND ‘We Will Rock (Bounce) You’ for 2007, & ‘Cool Clear Water’ for 2008 .

small tire

small tire
From a riding lawn mower, this tire seemed the perfect choice to get started.