Hey folks. I got this lawnmower at a garage sale, the one with no engine that the blades are rotated by the wheels as you push it along. Anyways- the blades are dull and rusted, anyone have any pointers on how to sharpen them? Thanks.............
savageactor7 said:Yeah reel mowers are what they use at golf courses...the rotating blades are perfectly square when sharpened correctly and the flat stationary blade at the bottom is sharpened at an angle. The flat blade on the bottom once sharpened has to be ever so carefully moved forward just barely touching the rotating square blades. Its what they call bench work.
It's not hard once you know how...maybe you can google the proper procedure? Believe it or not grass cut with a reel mower is greener...dull blades on power movers rip grass off but it looks cut. If you were to looks at the cut tops carefully you'd see stringy strands that give it a frosty look instead of a clean cut of the reel mover...problem is reel mowers don't cut for jack when they're dull.
WoodMann said:Thanks guys- I did some Googling around and didn't find anything so I thought I'd ask. Guess I'll google some more, or take up golfing..............