Angle grinder if you can support it and be safe to do soI would like to sharpen my bush hog blades without taking them off the mower. What tool is recommended to do this? A hand grinder of some type that I could get at Harbor Freight? Just want to give them some kind of an edge. Thanks.
When I sharpened my woods mower blades, I would raise up the mower, and block it good. Then crawl under the deck, using a 4 inch hand grinder sharpen both blades. Get the coarsest wheel possible to take off metal fast, The less time under the mower the better. It's very uncomfortable. StanI would like to sharpen my bush hog blades without taking them off the mower. What tool is recommended to do this? A hand grinder of some type that I could get at Harbor Freight? Just want to give them some kind of an edge. Thanks.
I routinely sharpen rough cut mower blades with a 4.5" angle grinder without removing the blades from the cutter. Simply reach under from behind, and never get beneath mower. Usually takes less than 15 minutes for 2 blades.I would like to sharpen my bush hog blades without taking them off the mower. What tool is recommended to do this? A hand grinder of some type that I could get at Harbor Freight? Just want to give them some kind of an edge. Thanks.
I welded an eye on mine and raise it up with my loader bucket until it starts leaning the opposite direction away from me..I would like to sharpen my bush hog blades without taking them off the mower. What tool is recommended to do this? A hand grinder of some type that I could get at Harbor Freight? Just want to give them some kind of an edge. Thanks.
It is actually a waste of time to sharpen a mower blade,, the end 2 inches do most of the cutting, and when that part wears out and rounds off the blade will push the crop away as it spins,,If you have a wide mower this will make it leave a missed strip between the blades.I would like to sharpen my bush hog blades without taking them off the mower. What tool is recommended to do this? A hand grinder of some type that I could get at Harbor Freight? Just want to give them some kind of an edge. Thanks.
It is actually a waste of time to sharpen a mower blade,, the end 2 inches do most of the cutting, and when that part wears out and rounds off the blade will push the crop away as it spins,,If you have a wide mower this will make it leave a missed strip between the blades.
This is why they have warning labels on bottled water "Not to swallow the cap"It is actually a waste of time to sharpen a mower blade,, the end 2 inches do most of the cutting, and when that part wears out and rounds off the blade will push the crop away as it spins,,If you have a wide mower this will make it leave a missed strip between the blades.
That makes me wonder if you elongate the mounting hole with a torch or drill bit to get more life out of a blade as the end wears off? I overlap enough when mowing I wouldn't ever need to do it though with a 6' mower.It is actually a waste of time to sharpen a mower blade,, the end 2 inches do most of the cutting, and when that part wears out and rounds off the blade will push the crop away as it spins,,If you have a wide mower this will make it leave a missed strip between the blades.
One should never go under a loader bucket when up in the air. I've seen more then one person end up in the hospital from doing thatI welded an eye on mine and raise it up with my loader bucket until it starts leaning the opposite direction away from me..
Rather than change blades, you should change fieldsIn variably every time I sharpen or change blades the first thing that happens is I hit an unseen piece of concrete.
That’s ok , if you hit it at the right angle it help sharpen them.In variably every time I sharpen or change blades the first thing that happens is I hit an unseen piece of concrete.
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