To an extent. But once the top edge of the bednife is lost, you're going to get excessive contact and just toast that bednife. We typically run our reels with no contact on golf courses, still cutting paper.
They even have huge multi reel ride on mowers, you can still buy new. I'm not sure I would consider it commercial, the ones I have looked at seem designed to mow a large golf course.
Nah, there is no benefit either way. Grazing animals offer no benefit, beyond leaving some droppings. A non-reel mower vacuums the grass up before cutting, which gives the lawn a uniform height and look. It also mulches the grass into finer pieces, which fall back down and fertilizes the lawn. Reel mowers just scissor anything. None of them damage the 'growing' part of the grass which is below the ground.
@@firstname6208 Very true. And power mower decks create updraft lifting individual grass blade UP, so that it is uniformly cut at the same height. Which looks better. Sharp blades are easier on the grass, which decrease moisture loss through surface area of cut. BUT.... Neither of the mowers or grazing animals injure grass since it grows below ground, and it will rebound just fine. Though those hoofs, can get rough.
I have not cut my grass in 11 years. My lawn looks like a golf course. S H E E P NO gas needed. No sharpening. Eat the Lawn mower at the end of the year.
Kool mower your bedknife looks worn might want to replace the bedknife for a really sharp clean cut not sure what grit you’re using but try some 80 grit then finish up with 120 grit. 👍🏻 love seein old mowers still workin
@cameronbennett5258 Briggs and Stratton has not made a Flathead engine similar to that since the 80s. That's it the newest, a 1986 Briggs and Stratton 5 horsepower. They built models exactly like that with the magnetron starting in 1984. EZ spin before that. They have not changed the mower frame much just the engines. You can usually. Age them unless someone put a newer motor on an older frame pretty easy. If it was my guess that's a mid-eighties. Which is older than 30 years. 1985 was 40 years ago.
That Briggs looks closer to 50 years old based on the similarities to my kohler k series in my ford lawn tractor from 1968. I tried mowing with it but needs new drive pullies due to rust so now I just pull a trailer around with it.
I would have figured that was a break out the blade file and spend a couple hours chart picking it up but I never thought of using like a lapping compound
That's like saying only one blade on scissors does the cutting. It's 2 acute angles shearing the grass blades. (If what you said was true, you wouldn't need the reel... just push a sharp blade across the lawn, and the grass magically falls when it gets touched by the bed knife.)
@@Truck3r96 ... that's like saying the bed knife holds the blade of grass, while the reel blade cuts it... The two "edges", co-operate, if you like, to shear the grass blades. Anyway, not here to debate minor technicalities, just was pointing out "It takes Two To Tango", when it comes to cutting, as compared to a rotary mower, which uses a grass blade's own inertia to effect the cut... a rotary mower doesn't even need to be sharp, it just cuts by brute force. Have a good day, Bud.✌🏼🇨🇦
@@Truck3r96 Oh... a thought came to mind after I last posted.. not sure where you're from or what your agriculture mechanics are there but, think of a swather(look it up if you're not familiar), which uses a sickle type moving blade to cut, while a set of revolving wooden pieces force, or hold, the stalks in place while the blades cut... that would be more like what your describing as a single cutting edge combined with a holder, or pusher, to hold the stalks to be cut, against the cutting edge. The difference being, with a reel mower, the two edges need actual contact to effect the cut, while a swather needs only to help hold the blade of grass, or stem of wheat, close to the cutting edge.🙃
Your sharpening blades. While they are spinning in your direction at like 400rpm? Bro what?!?! I was all for vintage and was like yes, but after that bruh hell nah.
“Reel excited” 😂
Seriously though I’ve always wondered how that was done
You can also adjust the blade to bed knife adjustment for a better cut.
Shhhh. He's a helmet wearer. He doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
To an extent. But once the top edge of the bednife is lost, you're going to get excessive contact and just toast that bednife. We typically run our reels with no contact on golf courses, still cutting paper.
That’s way older than 30 years. LOL We didn’t even have those anymore in the 60s.
They still make them brand new lol but they’re high dollar
They even have huge multi reel ride on mowers, you can still buy new. I'm not sure I would consider it commercial, the ones I have looked at seem designed to mow a large golf course.
yeah that thing is early 70's at the absolute, absolute latest.
Rolux X20 - 20" Reel Mower. Go search that. Just because you didn't know doesn't mean it didn't exist.
@@rexjollesthey still existed in the 90’s
Golf courses still use reels. And thare is a proper reel grinder to sharpen them. He jest did a back lap.
My dad made me use a push mower every year I was so happy when the axel broke 👍then I went on to mow lawns professionally for almost 20 years MFW
Its good to know you have a reel mower as opposed to a fake one. :)
A little bit of love & care (maintenance) goes a long eay to the use of a machine for many decades! 👍🦅🇺🇸🤭😇🤓Doug
I always set mine with newspaper folded in half and adjusted it to cut one leave one
Grind the reel and swap the bedknife
Im a golf course mechanic for 55 years. Totally wrong way to sharpen.
So.. waiting for your video..
It's not broken and its sharp so I don't see whats wrong about it.
So you've been doing it totally wrong for 55 years?
Those mowers are much better for the lawn. More closely leaves the grass as grazers would
They are better for warm season grasses, I’d like to see u running a reel more thru some 6” Tall Fescue in April after it’s been fertilized.
Nah, there is no benefit either way. Grazing animals offer no benefit, beyond leaving some droppings. A non-reel mower vacuums the grass up before cutting, which gives the lawn a uniform height and look. It also mulches the grass into finer pieces, which fall back down and fertilizes the lawn. Reel mowers just scissor anything. None of them damage the 'growing' part of the grass which is below the ground.
Grazers literally RIP the grass, they don't scissor off the tips like a blade. Sheesh.
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@@firstname6208 Very true. And power mower decks create updraft lifting individual grass blade UP, so that it is uniformly cut at the same height. Which looks better. Sharp blades are easier on the grass, which decrease moisture loss through surface area of cut. BUT....
Neither of the mowers or grazing animals injure grass since it grows below ground, and it will rebound just fine. Though those hoofs, can get rough.
Turn backwards for backlapping mate
I dont think he would have a brush if he was going forward 😂
30 years old? So from 1994? No, that thing is from the early 70s if not older. Its now 50 years old minimum.
It is called grinding compound.
What is liquid sandpaper called.
Back lapping paste / valve lapping compound
Why are you teaching people to do shit the extreme wrong way?
Bro was front lapping lol
Very nice now you need to aerate the lawn😊
That looked like it needed a bar adjustment especially since after sharpening it still had spots that wouldn't cut.
How heavy is that thing ??? Looks like a mini tractor !!!
Not a rough terrain mower.
I have not cut my grass in 11 years. My lawn looks like a golf course.
S H E E P
NO gas needed.
No sharpening.
Eat the Lawn mower at the end of the year.
Best lawnmowers ever
Keep the old Briggs alive! So much better than all the Honda clones today!
Honda motors are absolutely the most reliable out there.
@@1255XL That is true. Honda engines are the best.
I don't get how just putting sandpaper on it sharpens it. What is rubbing the sand on the steel to sharpen it?
Ummm...... That's WAAAY older than 30 years. That style of engine is from the 1960's.
When you say 30 years old I'm going to assume that you BOUGHT it 30 years ago but it was already used and is probably more like 50-70 years old.
man i thought it was a 30 year old fake mower.
mistaking that "liquid sandpaper" for lotion would be the end of the world
What type of mower is that?
Reel mower.
Whean you are baclapping the reel should spin bacwards on the vid it looks like you were spinning it forwards
Just a warning the next video does NOT show you how the mower cuts, sadly
Good to see there is a chain guard. Wouldn't want there to be an unsafe condition near the whirring blade machine.
Just no. You have no business telling people how to do things the wrong way 🤦♂️
Kool mower your bedknife looks worn might want to replace the bedknife for a really sharp clean cut not sure what grit you’re using but try some 80 grit then finish up with 120 grit. 👍🏻 love seein old mowers still workin
Just tak it to your neighborhood mower tech. Spread the wealth.
Probably could have used the adjuster for the reel to get a good cut before you lapped it in!!
Ngl didn’t know Tesla front doors were automatic
Smh, I can't believe I've been using a fake mower this entire time
Or you could do it the right way instead of the half-assed way.
Salt your pasta water, it's real easy. Stop eating bland pasta.
I got some news for ya. That mower is way older than 30 years old. 😏
Use an actual sharpener for an even edge all the way across...
Ah yes. The stereotypical american lawnmower
Ok cool but what is the stuff called you pu on the blade
30yo… so 1994? Seems like a 70’s model?
Very nice
I feel like he sharpens it every day In a driffrent video
Just so you know, that's a lot older than 30 years.
Not sure about that, click his affiliate link on this video, you can buy this mower new today, just been updated a little. Almost 1300$
@cameronbennett5258 Briggs and Stratton has not made a Flathead engine similar to that since the 80s. That's it the newest, a 1986 Briggs and Stratton 5 horsepower. They built models exactly like that with the magnetron starting in 1984. EZ spin before that. They have not changed the mower frame much just the engines. You can usually.
Age them unless someone put a newer motor on an older frame pretty easy. If it was my guess that's a mid-eighties. Which is older than 30 years. 1985 was 40 years ago.
@@StephenClark-hk4mi thank you for the detailed response, I was not aware.
Only 30 years old? I would think it is a little older than that. I don't remember those in the 90s, or even the 80s or 70s
Yeah they stopped making this model in the 80's apparently
This shot cost 5 minimum wages in Argentina
“Part two” is a pretty shit move to pull
That Briggs looks closer to 50 years old based on the similarities to my kohler k series in my ford lawn tractor from 1968. I tried mowing with it but needs new drive pullies due to rust so now I just pull a trailer around with it.
I've never seen a reel mower with a gas engine.
That dollar store screwdriver you're using. I have the same 2...and they've been amazing as cheap screwdrivers for 15+ years
Why not just sharpen them by hand?
I would have figured that was a break out the blade file and spend a couple hours chart picking it up but I never thought of using like a lapping compound
The best lawnmower ever made
Bruh I saw the same one at Home Depot 💀
The hipster of lawn cutting
The mower is at least 70 years old!
30 years ago was 1994. I have a feeling that was made 60ish years ago.
And with a 5horse Briggs it will run forever if you take care of it. Like oil and air fikters
Broo that's sick, gotta bring back the classic ways of things, why not right?
That's when I used to do gardening too all my bosses had those lawn mowers
I’d love to see you repaint and restore that bad boy to make it look like it did when it was brand new.
I didn't know that's how blades are sharpened, hot damn! 😂
The chihuaha destroyer 2000
When the blade hit the paper and didn’t cut it made me feel funny
I luv old tools things were made well prior to the milinium
Thats cool, is that the only way to sharpen the blades?
Eee Briggs and Stratton
Only 30 years old 😂
I didn't like my stepdad but some things he was the best at sharping anything he could make a moer like that cut like a power moer
ummmm... 5 HP Briggs and Stratton... this IS a power mower, so I'm not sure what you're saying.
Nice old girl man
What did you use
Looks rough for only 30 years old. You sure your math is right on that one?
I’ll check to see if it has any dates on it. It could be older, I bought it recently on Facebook.
lets cook jesse 🤨
The reel isn't what cuts. The bed knife does
That's like saying only one blade on scissors does the cutting. It's 2 acute angles shearing the grass blades. (If what you said was true, you wouldn't need the reel... just push a sharp blade across the lawn, and the grass magically falls when it gets touched by the bed knife.)
@@BorealisNights the reel pushes blades of grass into the bedknife
@@Truck3r96 ... that's like saying the bed knife holds the blade of grass, while the reel blade cuts it... The two "edges", co-operate, if you like, to shear the grass blades. Anyway, not here to debate minor technicalities, just was pointing out "It takes Two To Tango", when it comes to cutting, as compared to a rotary mower, which uses a grass blade's own inertia to effect the cut... a rotary mower doesn't even need to be sharp, it just cuts by brute force. Have a good day, Bud.✌🏼🇨🇦
@@Truck3r96 Oh... a thought came to mind after I last posted.. not sure where you're from or what your agriculture mechanics are there but, think of a swather(look it up if you're not familiar), which uses a sickle type moving blade to cut, while a set of revolving wooden pieces force, or hold, the stalks in place while the blades cut... that would be more like what your describing as a single cutting edge combined with a holder, or pusher, to hold the stalks to be cut, against the cutting edge. The difference being, with a reel mower, the two edges need actual contact to effect the cut, while a swather needs only to help hold the blade of grass, or stem of wheat, close to the cutting edge.🙃
i want one
Ima stick to my rider.
What kind of mower is that, and do they still make it
Reel mower and yes. Search Rolux X20 - 20" Reel Mower
5hp ☠️
5hp😅
ah yes the finger remover 9000
All mowers are finger removers technically.
@@Warp3326 not wrong
What's the drill attachment to turn the blades?
I added a direct link to what I purchased in the video. It’s called a Backlapping kit. Which included that attachment.
👍🏻👍🏻
Fukin Death Machine. 😮
Your sharpening blades. While they are spinning in your direction at like 400rpm? Bro what?!?! I was all for vintage and was like yes, but after that bruh hell nah.
It's okay he just did it wrong. You are not supposed to sharpen them when they are spinning like that.