I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

Fleemo wrote:
I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

Maybe to keep it sharp. Once it's dull you'd spend hours with that
thing. Just get yourself a bench grinder or a friend with a bench
grinder. 3/4hp or more works just great. Count the strokes you grind on
1 end then flip it and do the same number on the other end. I grind the
lower, outer, cutting edges on both ends first and then the inside,
upper mulching edges second. It doesn't have to be pretty and it doesn't
need to be knife sharp. Balance it on a nail or you can buy a balancer
for about $10.

--
Art

On Mar 2, 7:28*pm, Art wrote:
Fleemo wrote:
I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

Maybe to keep it sharp. Once it's dull you'd spend hours with that
thing. Just get yourself a bench grinder or a friend with a bench
grinder. 3/4hp or more works just great. Count the strokes you grind on
1 end then flip it and do the same number on the other end. I grind the
lower, outer, cutting edges on both ends first and then the inside,
upper mulching edges second. It doesn't have to be pretty and it doesn't
need to be knife sharp. Balance it on a nail or you can buy a balancer
for about $10.

--
Art


I agree that trying to hand sharpen is going to be a pain and you'll
quickly give up using that thing. For about $45 you can get a hand
held grinder, which is what I use and it also comes in handy for other
uses. I find it better than a bench grinder, because with a bg it can
be hard to get at all the blade areas, especially with a mulching
blade. Also, I got one of the little plastic balancing cones at Lowes
(might have been HD), for just a few bucks.

"Fleemo" wrote in message
...
I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating. The weblink is
for an electric mower. If you catch the blade early enough, the tool may be
adequate. Otherwise, a bench grinder is the best and quickest solution for
sharpening a blade.

They do make blade sharpening tools for drills. They are cumbersome to use
as you move the tool against the blade in a vice vs moving the blade against
a bench grinding wheel.
--
Dave

CDOs are how we got here.
A modified version, new taxes in the future, is how Congress will get us
out?

"Fleemo" wrote in message
...
I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating. The weblink is
for an electric mower. If you catch the blade early enough, the tool may be
adequate. Otherwise, a bench grinder is the best and quickest solution for
sharpening a blade.

They do make blade sharpening tools for drills. They are cumbersome to use
as you move the tool against the blade in a vice vs moving the blade against
a bench grinding wheel.
--
Dave

CDOs are how we got here.
A modified version, new taxes in the future, is how Congress will get us
out?

On Mar 3, 7:21*am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:
"Fleemo" wrote in message

...

I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating. *The weblink is
Thanks for the replies.

Just get yourself a bench grinder or a friend with a bench grinder. 3/4hp or more works just great.

I found one on Craig's list for $20, but it's only 1/3hp. Is that
likely to be a hunk o' junk?

For about $45 you can get a hand held grinder, which is what I use and it also comes in handy for other uses.

Is that the same as an angle grinder, like the one shown he
http://tinyurl.com/ac4olr

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating.

Yes indeed, my mower is electric, which I absolutely love for my small
suburban lawn. No dealing with gas, oil or tuneups!

-F

On Mar 2, 2:48*pm, Fleemo wrote:
I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

Don't know what your mower blades look like but my Lawnboy has a
regular blade plus other, shorter ones on top that keep the grass
blowing around when the exit chute is blocked so that the blade can
mulch. I just touch up the blade with my Dremel tool with a small
grinder on it.

"Fleemo" wrote in message
...
On Mar 3, 7:21 am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:
"Fleemo" wrote in message

...

I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating. The weblink is
Thanks for the replies.

Just get yourself a bench grinder or a friend with a bench grinder. 3/4hp
or more works just great.

I found one on Craig's list for $20, but it's only 1/3hp. Is that
likely to be a hunk o' junk?

For about $45 you can get a hand held grinder, which is what I use and it
also comes in handy for other uses.

Is that the same as an angle grinder, like the one shown he
http://tinyurl.com/ac4olr

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating.

Yes indeed, my mower is electric, which I absolutely love for my small
suburban lawn. No dealing with gas, oil or tuneups!

-F

-------------------

Just curious why you butchered my reply and added parts of replies from
others to it, then expected me to answer questions posed against previous
replies injected from others?
--
Dave

CDOs are how we got here.
A modified version, new taxes in the future, is how Congress will get us
out?

Just curious why you butchered my reply and added parts of replies from
others to it, then expected me to answer questions posed against previous
replies injected from others?

Dave (and others), sorry, didn't mean to offend. Including the first
portion of your post was accidental. Somehow I didn't see it in the
reply window before I hit "Send." As for including others' replies, I
simply responded to multiple posts in one post so as not to inundate
the forum. My apologies if that was a faux pas.

On Mar 3, 2:04*pm, Fleemo wrote:
On Mar 3, 7:21*am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote: "Fleemo" wrote in message

...

I'd like to keep my mulching mower blade sharp over the mowing season,
though as I understand it, the extra ridges make it more difficult to
sharpen. (Last season I took one to a mower shop and it came back
duller than it went in.) Would one of those hand-held sharpeners like
the one pictured at the link below be effective on a mulching blade?
http://tinyurl.com/aku75q

For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a
dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating. *The weblink is

Thanks for the replies.

Just get yourself a bench grinder or a friend with a bench grinder. 3/4hp or more works just great.

I found one on Craig's list for $20, but it's only 1/3hp. *Is that
likely to be a hunk o' junk?

For about $45 you can get a hand held grinder, which is what I use and it also comes in handy for other uses.

Is that the same as an angle grinder, like the one shown hehttp://tinyurl.com/ac4olr

Yep, that's what I use. I just do it outside, holding the blade with
my boot on top of an upside down 5 gallon bucket. Of course if
you're not used to using a grinder, a vice would be safer. I think
the hand held grinders let you get to all the areas of blades. I've
had problems being able to position some mulching type blades that
have multiple cutting areas at different angles. To try to get the
right part of the blade, with the correct angle, at the wheel surface
you can wind up with the rest of the blade hitting parts of the bench
grinder so that you can;t do it. It depends on the bench grinder, the
particular blade, etc.





For an electric mower with less power, you're more likely to notice a dulling blade than the gas powered mower while operating.

Yes indeed, my mower is electric, which I absolutely love for my small
suburban lawn. *No dealing with gas, oil or tuneups!

-F

"Fleemo" wrote in message
...
Just curious why you butchered my reply and added parts of replies from
others to it, then expected me to answer questions posed against previous
replies injected from others?

Dave (and others), sorry, didn't mean to offend. Including the first
portion of your post was accidental. Somehow I didn't see it in the
reply window before I hit "Send." As for including others' replies, I
simply responded to multiple posts in one post so as not to inundate
the forum. My apologies if that was a faux pas.

If it was simply some partial deletion, I'd understand. But, you injected,
whether paste or intentional typing, other parts of others replies. Each
reply should be to the individual you wish to address, and quoting the
previous reply as reference for your response. News servers don't always
carry the full gamit of a given post and all subsequent responses etc. from
all individuals. So there's no way of knowing if those you address can see
your multi-addressed response to multiple individuals. Some readers
"blacklist" some responses by newsgroup poster name, that never show on
their news reader as a result. For instance, if I was blacklisted, my posts
would not load visibly, but yours would. Similar for you as well if you
were blacklisted. Apology unneeded, just understand what may be happening
as compared to your expectations.

The commonly accepted mass addressed reply may be to your original post for
a thank you for all responses.
--
Dave

CDOs are how we got here.
A modified version, new taxes in the future, is how Congress will get us
out?

I would recommend to use muching blade from www.sharperbade.com. It continuously sharpens itself. In addition, it has the added benefits of edging lawn and weeding dense areas and ltall weeds. With the SharperBlade Trimmer Blade, users finish their job faster because they never have to stop to fix broken “fishing line,” reload empty spool heads, or replace broken parts .
Thanks

I would recommend to use muching blade from www.sharperblade.com. It continuously sharpens itself. In addition, it has the added benefits of edging lawn and weeding dense areas and ltall weeds. With the SharperBlade Trimmer Blade, users finish their job faster because they never have to stop to fix broken “fishing line,” reload empty spool heads, or replace broken parts .
Thanks

"georgesamuel12" wrote in
message ...

I am dissatisfied with the hassles of traditional string trimmers. If
anybody knowing about electric trimmers and have any information
regarding to it please communicate with me. I have gone through
sharperblade.com site but I am not sure whether I am abreast with
correct information.




--
georgesamuel12

What exactly are you dissatisfied about?
What information do you seek?
--
Dave

Another fallacy, the home.
Its primary purpose WAS to provide shelter, and allow the dweller to proceed
a life within it by their own choices. The first a need, the second a
right.
Somewhere along the way, its become primary purpose as a financial security
instead.

On Mar 10, 7:18*am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:
"georgesamuel12" wrote in
.uk...



I am dissatisfied with the hassles of traditional string trimmers. If
anybody knowing about electric trimmers and have any information
regarding to it please communicate with me. I have gone through
sharperblade.com site but I am not sure whether I am abreast with
correct information.

--
georgesamuel12

What exactly are you dissatisfied about?
What information do you seek?

And I would add, what does he mean by "traditional" string trimmers?




--
Dave

Another fallacy, the home.
Its primary purpose WAS to provide shelter, and allow the dweller to proceed
a life within it by their own choices. *The first a need, the second a
right.
Somewhere along the way, its become primary purpose as a financial security
instead.