This has the 149cc Kohler engine that is manufactured in China. Even thou you serviced the mower with fresh gasoline, there is probably some residual fuel in the carburetor. Chances are the carburetor will need to be removed to clean out the residual fuel. Ask the dealer if a warranty applies since the mower is less than one year old. If you want to try a quick fix, drain the old fuel by removing the drain plug on the carburetor float bowl. See what happens.

Do it in two steps; First add the yeast/oil/sugar to the bowl plus all of the warm water and about 1/4 of the flour and mix to a pancake batter like consistency, about 1 min. Stop the machine and add all the remaining flour along with all the salt and start mixing again. Whole grain flour can get awfully sticky compared to regular bread flour so you may need to reduce the water a bit or add a bit more flour than you normally would right from the beginning. It's always better to get it right from the beginning because adding water or flour once the dough begins to form a ball just causes it to slide around in the bowl and not get proper kneading. You can't just take a regular bread flour recipe and substitute whole wheat flour without readjusting the flour amount or the water amount somewhat. I've made bread dough in both the similar Kenwood and my Bosch and the Bosch is far easier and more thorough but even it will have dough sliding round or sticking if you don't get the proportions correct from the start.

Pat, so sorry about your project, I know you must be down, I can't offer any advice but to chalk it up to experience I think you should follow Slow's advice and try again using wire mesh or chicken wire. , At least you still have the vase so you can try again. I would really like to try that somtiime, bought the portland cement and some sand.. just can't get up the nerve yet. I've just been using the really smooth ready made mix and I have enough to make one more. then i will try what you are doing. Please let us know what you decide, and know I have, and probably most of this list, been there, and that's how we learn. Good LUck

********** Old thread by now I know, but still useful and thought I'd share my own findings: Similar issue with sticky paint on doors. In my case I determined it is from the oil in skin which gets absorbed into the paint over a long period of repeated handling. Typically around door knobs and edge of doors when closing with your hand. I found that the paint in less handled areas of the door is not sticky. Also found that no amount of cleaning will remove the stickiness, as the oil permeates the whole layer of paint. It feels extra sticky right after cleaning because the fine layer of particles (dirt, dust etc) is removed, exposing just the fresh oiled sticky paint along with the moisture temporarily left behind. Just painting over is not a good idea. Remove old paint first and clean wood as best you can. In really bad cases, even the wood in spots can be affected by the oil. Long term solution is prevention - frequent cleaning with a very mild soap solution. Nothing that will break down paint. So this might not be the same cause with others' situation but just my conclusion. For example if you cook a lot with oil it can leave a fine oily coat on nearby walls etc and get absorbed that way. From AI: "Cooking with oil makes painted walls sticky because tiny, greasy aerosols and smoke from cooking adhere to the porous paint surface, then polymerize into a sticky residue that traps dirt and dust. This buildup, often occurring with high-humidity cooking, can also be compounded by surfactant leaching from new latex paint, where moisture causes the paint's own binding agents to rise and create a sticky film." PS: Surprised how difficult it is to find this possible cause on the web, including our local paint stores that don't seem to know about this.