I hear you, Bruce...I must have grown up with that same idea. I loved to find a horizontal shaft motor. I used to fix lawn mowers and anything with a small engine on it. I can get all the mowers I want now but I don't have the drive to do all that repair work any more. I will on my stuff or for a friend, though . The scrap metal drive yields lots of good material and tools!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day