Magna-Matic opinion anyone? I would like to know!

[KB]

Please provide any feedback you have on the Magna-matic. I am thinking of buying the 9000 because I cannot sharpen with standard grinding wheel or angle grinder and looking for easier way. There is a lot of hype about the Magna-matic but I want to hear HONESTLY from you guys that have used. Is it as easy as it sounds? Worth the money? Etc. Please sound off! Thanks!

[plow kid]

you might want to try a ::cough:: search for magna-matic (http://www.lawnsite.com/search.php) ::cough:: it may help ~NaTe

[Mark]

Just as Nate said do a search but find out about the other brands also not just the matic. Try Blade Grinders... Marks Mowing Service ps..Wall Enterprises makes a great grinder RBG 218

[Strongmd]

I bought a magna-matic last summer. I LOVE IT. It was pricey, but I don't regret it one bit. It goes through grinding wheels faster than other units, but apparently, that is because the wheel is intentionally a little softer, it takes the heat away from the blade by wearing down, prevents over-heating the blade, and speeds up the whole process.

[CommercialCuts]

I use the FIREBALL grinder and the matic balancer the balancer is great but idont know about there grinder setups. The fireball grinder from brandelein machine is fantastic. There all kind of pricey but i think the fireball was the best for the money.

[tomoaktree]

It looks like there's not too many people here that have MagnaMatic. Seems like most use RGB of Fireball.

[Administrator]

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Interesting conclusion

[TLS]

I've said it before, Magna-Matic makes a real nice balancer. If their sharpeners are half as good as their balancers, then they'd be OK! I've never used their grinders, but for the price of the bigger one, it better sharpen it all by itself! :(

I personally chose a Brandlein Machine Fireball 300c. When its time to sharpen blades with this, you better be ready, because the Fireball sure is!!!:eek:

[Strongmd]

How much for the fireball? How quick can you do a blade that's well maintained?

[beck]

I bought one at the BBQ last year so it is still pretty new to me, since I had a month left in the season.
I have only limited use of the RBG grinders so a true comparison I cannot give.
I am impressed with its speed. After you buy you will spend alot of time getting your blades to the correct angle, but after that it is quick. They claim you can sharpen a blade in a minute, which is true, but having the blade balanced is usually a different story.
They say that the average person goes thru one grinding wheel a year.
I dont regret buying it.
Hope that helped some.

[Strongmd]

Beck, did you buy a fireball or a magnamatic?
Yes, it took me quite a while to get all my blades where I wanted them, but after that, regular sharpening is extremely quick.

[odin]

I have the RBG 341 and you wont ware its wheel out in just one season
We sharpen blades for 2 ztr's and two walkbehinds and 2 21 inch mowers and just got the rbg at the beginning of last season
The grinding wheel has wore very little .
We didnt get the diamond dresser we just use a wheel dresser.
And it to take's a while to get the angles right.

[beck]

strongmd
I got the mag 9000 and balancer.

[Strongmd]

I think I used 3-4 grinding wheels last year. We run 2 walkers, 2 walk-behinds, and 2 21" mowers. We change our blades every other day, sometimes daily.
The wheel wears down fairly fast, but it also grinds through a blade very fast.

[odin]

strongmd
We sharpen our blades to have a fresh set on every mowers for every day We sharpen them all on sunday for the upcomeing week so we sharpen 78 blades every sunday.And the ceramic wheel on the rbg dosnt ware down bad and will sharpen the blade in less than a minute once you get the hang of it.
But i think where the madna matic shines is in blade burn.
The rbg will burn the blade if you dont know what your doing.
Regardless of which brand the blade grinders are much better than just a bench grinder.

[Jerrys Lawn Service]

We bought our Fireball Jr blade grinder last year and to tell you the truth I don't know how I've done with out it for the past 10 years. I think the price was about 539 for the grinder and 150 for the stand. I think the part that put me over the edge was when the owner of the company called me back personaly to answer all of my questions, his name is Don Brandlein. As far as time per blade after you get into the swing of things it takes about one minute per blade! We just recieved in the mail today a Magna Matic blade balancer, looks great but I haven't tried it out yet.

Jerrys Lawn Service

[Strongmd]

It sounds like they're both great brands. I talked to the owner of magna-matic at great length too.