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Sharpening Lawn Mower Blades.
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. |
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I would say that this is too expensive £40.00 + 4 hours labour! at what rate
£20.00 per hour? richard "Peter Coddington" wrote in message ... I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. |
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"Peter Coddington" wrote in message ... I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade needs replacing |
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"pied piper" wrote in message ... "Peter Coddington" wrote in message ... I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade needs replacing Thanks for your views. I had the bottom blade replaced about 3 years ago.Kept up to adjustments for the last 20 years (a 1984 model) Maybe time for a regrind? |
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"Peter Coddington" wrote in message ... "pied piper" wrote in message ... "Peter Coddington" wrote in message ... I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade needs replacing Thanks for your views. I had the bottom blade replaced about 3 years ago.Kept up to adjustments for the last 20 years (a 1984 model) Maybe time for a regrind? sounds like it try to get a few quotes or even chat with your local greenkeeper a lot of golf courses have their own grinders might be cheaper for u |
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Peter Coddington wrote:
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do it as they'l ask an arm and a leg. Richard. |
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"Richard Brooks" wrote in message ... Peter Coddington wrote: I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do it as they'l ask an arm and a leg. Richard. its impossible to do a cylinder unit with a whetstone |
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pied piper wrote:
"Richard Brooks" wrote in message ... Peter Coddington wrote: I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have the cylinder blades sharpened. As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4 hours labour. Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire) Peter. Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do it as they'l ask an arm and a leg. Richard. its impossible to do a cylinder unit with a whetstone It depends on the shape. You wouldn't want to do it with a full chisel sharpening type block but I must admit that the old scythe blocks are hard to find. http://www.danswhetstone.com/products.htm Richard. |
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