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This is a courtesy post since people kindly offered advice and I was asked to provide updates. The mowing season now over, the urgency has gone for a while. Also, I'm reluctant to buy a perfectly good cordless drill and butcher it to make something that is predicted not to work. I'm also dubious...

Aldi have recently discontinued their machine. The problem is that the existing cutters resemble strimmers and it's difficult to maintain an even cut. I watched my neighbour using one and I wasn't impressed. My 'gadget' operates like a hover mower. I have given the blades an angle of incidence...

That looks like a charger, Richard, thanks. The one I bought wouldn't turn the motor, possibly because they deliver in a trickle? After Googling for a week, on and off, I failed to source a 19v power unit. Looks like they don't exist. I set out to make it with stuff I already have, apart from...

I built a lightweight lawn mower to make it easier for me to continue mowing at 84 years. I don't have a multimeter but the motor came from a hand-held cleaner so I expect it to be around 19/24v. I can't find a power unit online, anywhere. Sellers use 'power cord' 'adapter' and 'charger' to mean...