On 27 Oct, 19:40, gardenlen wrote:
they cut like scissors maybe that will help?

if one is a real cylinder mowing fan that is has the best of lawns,
even and all but level, then doing the work or paying to have it done
for you (best option), and then learning how to ge the msot and best
out of the machine and blades is all going to be worth it, if matched
against the price of buying a new machine which still needs the same
expertise to use it.

A rough and ready test the op could and should use is to see if it
really does cut like scissors. Just slip a piece of newspaper between
a cutting edge of the cylinder and the bottom blade and turn the
cylinder slowly by hand (mind your fingers) and the paper should be
cut cleanly if everything is as it should be. You will of course have
disconnected the spark plug before you do this. Len's right, look at
the price of new cylinder mowers or reconditioned old ones, it's
probably still a very good bargain even after you've paid for
servicing the cylinder and bottom blade.

Rod