Bob
The idea is to not mess up the lawn PLUS controlling the depth of the cut.
When the slicer is on the wheel the main weight of the barrow is directly
over the slicer thus making it easir to slice the lawn at a controled depth
reducing the possibility of jamming at a lower depth.
The whole idea is not to mess up the lawn and by taking some flower pots
from one end and changing them over at the other end will look like you are
working hard in the garden and shaming the neigbors in front of yjeir wifes.
Cheers
Art
I might add I used a tractor system when I did mine which also inserted the
wire but you just don't mess with an English lawn or you will lose the
impression of perfection
and where wifes are known to use treezers for the final touch.
Reminds me of a story where a yank admired a particular lawn
at some notable tourist site.
He asked the ground keeper how he could duplicate it when he got home,
Certainly the groundskeeper replied but firt you must start the lawn several
centeries ago!
"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:51:14 +0000, "Ian White, G3SEK"
wrote:

wrote:
get a mechanised pizza cutter to make the wire slots and place it on
the wheel of a wheel barrow

Art, you're a genius!

SM2CEW's website describes a radial plough which attaches to the back of
a tractor, and can lay a full-sized Top Band radial in 2 minutes. I had
been lamenting the lack of a Volvo tractor (or the space to lay such
long radials) but a blade attached to a wheelbarrow might just do it...
or even to the lawn mower.

I just checked one of my catalogs from a restaurant supply store
(Bridge Kitchenware in New York City), and I notice they sell pizza
cutters with wheels as big as 5 inches in diameter. If you used hose
clamps to attach the handle of a pizza cutter to the end of a broom
handle, I bet that would make a dandy lawn slit cutter for laying
radials.

Bob
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