EcoRenovator - View Single Post

Ryland · 07-31-13, 08:16 AM

The blades should not touch, so when they are clean and dry they should glide past each other with about a 1/10,000" between them or less, so if they get rusty they start to bind up and it gets harder to push.
the lapping compound is easy and it makes sure the gap is even on all of the blades all the way across, I skip the crank and just use a cordless drill with a rubber band on the trigger to run it backwards.

Fiskers sells some really nice new reel mowers, if I was planing to buy one new I'd get one of theirs, they can handle taller grass and they use really good steel in their blades so they stay sharp longer.

07-31-13, 08:16 AM	#4
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	The blades should not touch, so when they are clean and dry they should glide past each other with about a 1/10,000" between them or less, so if they get rusty they start to bind up and it gets harder to push. the lapping compound is easy and it makes sure the gap is even on all of the blades all the way across, I skip the crank and just use a cordless drill with a rubber band on the trigger to run it backwards. Fiskers sells some really nice new reel mowers, if I was planing to buy one new I'd get one of theirs, they can handle taller grass and they use really good steel in their blades so they stay sharp longer.