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Reminder to sharpen your lawnmower blade.

submitted by PotatoWhisperer2 to DIY 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 02:44:56 ago (+28/-0)     (DIY)

Shit's probably worse off than you think. Doing it is easy, no need to pay a place $80-$120 for the job. Most of you already know how it's done. For those who don't:

Pop it off(1), use a Dremel or flapper disk on your grinder. Dremel has a $10 plastic guide if you're not sure of angle. For the grinder, the quickest/easiest method, just follow the angle. Use a vice if you have one, or use a clamp or two on a bench or table.

You only need to get it sharper than a dull rock, so it makes good practice sharpening things if you don't already know how.

(1)If you're having issues with it spinning, use a breaker bar, crowbar, or stick to shove between the blade and the cutting deck near the spindle. It should be long enough to hit the ground when you have the mower propped up. To prop it up use something heavy on the handles or shove the handle under something nearer to the ground like a bumper or the edge of a trailer.

And while you're at it, check the spark plug and air filter.


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[ - ] Anus_Expander 4 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 07:02:01 ago (+5/-1)

Dremel sucks for this job. It will take hours. Use a goddamn angle grinder. You aint gotta take the blade off, just prop the mower up with a mop bucket.

[ - ] NoRefunds 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 09:40:31 ago (+3/-1)

You aint gotta take the blade off, just prop the mower up with a mop bucket.

OK if you have an angle grinder, hope you're not retarded and listen to this. If you are retarded, at least watch this once, especially the ending where they show what angle grinders can do to the human body when you don't take safety seriously.

https://youtu.be/oJRSkBSb5S8

[ - ] HeyJames 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 10:01:13 ago (+1/-0)

Amateurs should not be using angle grinders

[ - ] Steelerfish 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 10:10:41 ago (+0/-0)

Amateurs should not be using angle grinders
Unless they are filming it for our entertainment…..

FTFY

[ - ] Shitstartercarter 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 10:34:30 ago (+0/-0)

I try to always use a face shield when using a grinder plus I have a few of those fancy braking ones from Milwaukee. They are awesome. Sanded down a deck with one the other day. Things a beast.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 12:40:14 ago (+1/-0)

those fancy braking ones from Milwaukee. They are awesome.

Sounds nice. My cheapo takes forever to wind down.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 16:56:32 ago (+1/-0)

If only I were a contractor that uses grinders on a daily basis, all of my adult life..

[ - ] NoRefunds 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 17, 2024 09:15:39 ago (+0/-0)

The ending on that video are all professionals

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 12:38:43 ago (+0/-0)

Dremel takes 5 minutes, grinder takes 3 minutes.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 16:55:30 ago (+0/-0)

I think you have never seen a Dremel

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:02:56 ago (+0/-0)

I have 4 different types of Dremel.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:08:18 ago (+0/-0)

Get a cordless grinder, thanks me later

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:12:29 ago (+0/-0)

Did you pay any attention to the post?

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:24:55 ago (+0/-0)

Sadly, yes. A Dremel wheel will burn up on a lawnmower blade in 2 minutes. That is a fact. A hand file would be more effective. REAL niggaz use a grinder.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:26:15 ago (+0/-0)

No it doesn't. What fucking POS cheap-ass Dremel are you working with? I use mine to touch-up the blade all the time. And I use it for more than an hour at a time regularly.

[ - ] Anus_Expander -1 points 1.7 yearsJun 17, 2024 00:10:43 ago (+0/-1)

A Dremel wheel is tiny. A grinder wheel is large. That's all anyone needs to know.

[ - ] BulletStopper 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 14:44:45 ago (+2/-0)

Don't forget to balance the blade after sharpening so the mower will continue to run smooth.

You can use a blade balancer, it’s just a simple cone-shaped tool that has a spindle for the blade.

Or you can do it by hand:
Use a scewdriver to support the blade under its center, like a scale. The blade should balance
and remain level.

If the blade drops in either direction, it means that the blade is unbalanced.

The side that dipped down is heavier. Take a few strokes off that end to remove some metal, then retest.

[ - ] CHIRO 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 09:39:29 ago (+2/-0)

I haul the scag in once a year, normally in March, to get it totally tuned up. Multi-point inspection, oil change, battery test, blade sharpening, thorough wash, yada yada. As long as I keep the yard cleaned up from limbs and things, I don't even have to think about it for the whole mowing season. For me, it's worth it. Guys will be comparing what they do themselves until the end of the world. I pick my battles.

It's something people should know how to do, though. Conveniences aren't always available.

[ - ] Deplorablepoetry 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 09:01:25 ago (+2/-0)

Instructions unclear: BBQ fell of of balcony: BBQ landed on nigger: Now I don’t have a lawnmower or a BBQ

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:13:06 ago (+0/-0)

Better than dick stuck in lawnmower.

[ - ] observation1 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 13:15:14 ago (+1/-0)

I bought a "universal" to replace my blade and the fucker didn't fit. By the time I took it back to store for refund I should have sharpened my old one.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 11:08:07 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah, I need to do that but mine is a riding mower with two blades and I’m pretty sure I have take them off.

[ - ] HeyJames 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 10:00:41 ago (+1/-0)

If your gas powered mower has an electric starter make sure you disconnect the battery... taking out the spark plug will release compression on the engine and make the blade easier to turn.

[ - ] Looneyskiproony 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 06:55:49 ago (+1/-0)

Who charges 80 bucks to sharpen a blade ? I do them for 10 bucks . New ones are way less than 80. Obviously I'm under charging.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 12:39:11 ago (+0/-0)

Some mower shop on my way to the dog park has it on their sign.

[ - ] Thyhorrorcosmic103 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 04:37:57 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks for the reminder, dad.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 16:20:07 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 [op] 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 17:01:01 ago (+0/-0)

Hydraulic jack (that you should have for your car) and a couple of short 2x4s. Chock the back end, lift the front, get up in there.

[ - ] Thyhorrorcosmic103 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 17, 2024 06:00:27 ago (+0/-0)

drop the deck.

[ - ] letsgetit 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 12:41:50 ago (+0/-0)

You don't even have to take the blade off with this tool. Quick and painless about 5-10min. Only $20 and gets the job done.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJJLFMX

[ - ] Peleg 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 08:00:53 ago (+0/-0)

I, I, I'm not sure that I get it. Come over and sharpen mine for me, just so I can really know how it's done.


LOL

[ - ] Sal_180 0 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 05:24:29 ago (+3/-3)

These posts trying to pretend to be offering manly advice are pathetic. Literally everyone here knows how to do it. Get fucked retard

[ - ] Badgeroo 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 06:23:47 ago (+3/-1)

Fucking embarrassing. If I'm the kind of person to have grinders and crowbars, I know how to sharpen a fucking blade.

[ - ] GreenSaint 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 06:25:25 ago (+2/-0)

Everytime I hold a crowbar I just can’t stop thinking about hitting somebody in the face with it

[ - ] Looneyskiproony 2 points 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 06:56:34 ago (+2/-0)

Unusual vibe isn't it lol

[ - ] NoRefunds 1 point 1.7 yearsJun 16, 2024 09:42:00 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah, I always think of which way to swing it, if you do round end or hook end.

What would Gordon Freeman do?