Blade sharpeners

[We kick grass]

Hey this site is great thanks for everyones input on our other questions now posted we appreciate it. We have been looking into blade sharpeners for our mowers. The cheapest one we have found is the Lesco brand bench mount anyone tried this model? One of our supplies made the remark to us well I think guys are just using a file or a normal bench grinder well for us that doesn't give us the job we are looking for. Then they said for what a blade costs who cares about the angle of the blade and how much metal you take off. I said well we do!!! I read an article about a company named Luke Brothers out of Tampa anyone know them? Anyway these guys go through 150 sharp blades a day now I bet these guys care about how much metal is coming off and at what angle. What are your thoughts and ideas on this subject?

[stslawncare]

amount of metal taken off matters a lot, just as angle does. i believe there are some adds or some for sale in the lawnsite store???? not sure though. also do a search for "blade Sharpeners" and u will get tons of advice along with pros and cons on each brand, also all the different brands and lawnsite.com users opinions. i would give my thoughts on a brand but i dont have one :(

[walker-talker]

I have the Lesco RBG and its not bad, but not the best. I bought it used for $240. When you raise the grinder, it raises at an angle. So if you are sharpening right and left blades, you will have to adjust the wheel each time. If you are just sharpening right handed blades, it does the trick. Do a search and you will find many different opinions. Good luck!

MATT

[plow kid]

A quick 20 second search showed a thread with 11 replies from yesterday
blade sharpeners (http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14933&highlight=blade+sharpeners)

I am a person that crams the search feature!~NaTe

[1MajorTom]

Nate, please now.

Quit posting that picture of that darn dog. Do you realize that you are just as much guilty for doing what you keep telling everyone else? You keep posting the same thing over and over also. ;)

[landman]

RBG blade grinders are the way to go. Most likely your mower shop carries them or can get them. If not AM Lenord sell them in thier catalog. probably cheaper than lesco if its a RBG they put thier name on it and charge a few bucks more.

[We kick grass]

Thanks for the back up Jodi. That picture is kind of funny I laughed but I haven't seen it before. Hey how long has this site been on here ? I take it by the number of hits it has posted a while. You cannot tell me that just about every question on the planet hasn't shown up here before. I mean we are not trying to find a cure for cancer we mow grass people and we are darn proud of it right!!! So if a poor guy asks the same question a few times so what!!! If you are on here you obviously don't have much else to do anyway. The search engine is handy though I learned that today if I learned anything. What a crowd!!!!! You guys are great!!!!!Thanks

[plow kid]

<B>HEY Jodi!!</B>

[We kick grass]

I'm with you plowkid kill the kitty!!!! Do it !!!!!!! Nice gun:):angry:

[stslawncare]

of course a few times is ok heck ive done that, but some topics have just been done and done and done just like the energizer bunny, seems like a million times

[mdb landscaping]

reposts are going to happen. people join and have to learn how to use the site. when i joined, it took me awhile, but i adapted to the mood and the use of the site. if you dont like reposts, just dont answer to them. he just joined and has questions to be answered.

[walker-talker]

We Kick Grass,

This is a great site! Do you enjoy it? I hope that you do. You should show a little more respect to some people. I am referring to Jodi, she is a moderator and help makes this site possible for people like you and I, so please show some respect.

Thank you and welcome to this site! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. There is a lot of expierence here to learn from.

MATT

[olabob]

Buy a grinder

[We kick grass]

What is a moderator on here? And I didn't know that was her cat. Wow what happened to a sense of humor around here. :D

[plow kid]

Humor went out with 5 cent bread and the JFK administration <img src=http://members.aol.com/ncls484/smilies/neener.gif>

Jodi / 1MajorTom is a moderator, it says so under her name. I am a senior member because I have alot of posts, you are a newbie.
BTW that is not her cat. nor mine. I own a siamease worth lots of money, not a inbred calico
~NaTe


I am testing all my repost pics
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[walker-talker]

Maybe I misread the post when you typed:

"If you are on here you obviously don't have much else to do anyway"

It sounded like this was targeted towards Jodi. I was just standing up for her. If I did misread it, I apologize.

MATT

[Administrator]

For sharpening a blade check out http://www.magna-matic.com

If you want to simply grind on a blade.....

[David Haggerty]

Grinders are too slow and get the metal too hot.
This takes metal off so quickly, it doesn't get hot.
The edge stays silver.

I have (3) 14" aluminum oxide discs mounted on the mandrel.
It has a surface speed of 137 mph. Or 2,639 feet per minute.
It doesn't build up with metal as fast as a grinder.

It does give a corduroy surface to the edge, and a serated edge on the blade.
I used to dress these up with a grinder. But I discovered
It don't matter!

For those big tempered blades where the leading edge has gotten work hardened from use, this works great.
It's cut my sharpening time to 1/4 of what it was.
I had been using a 9" Milwaukee angle grinder with a vise mounted low for easy use.

I'd like to patent this process and get rich from it.
But Harbor freight sells the chop saw for $100 and 3 blades for another $12 delivered to your door.