Bought that sharpener after watching your video. Wow. Love it. My lawn looks great. I had always used the flap disk on an angle grinder, but controlling that angle with this tool is a game changer.
i bought the “All American “ about 5 years ago… Love it, quality is outstanding… i try to support American companies when i can… for Honda blades there is an attachment available.. makes blade sharpening a snap…👍
I really enjoyed narrating as the video ran. Keep your blades sharp: Brilliant! Handheld grinder: Not so Brilliant! Mower with a hinged deck: Brilliant! Telephone pole chunk: Brilliant! "I'll set it up right here to shoot everything right out the door": Brilliant! Flap disc: Brilliant! When all the sparks and filings started flying into your paints and cleaning supplies, I wished I had your phone number, LOL.
I was highly impressed, I think that is the best blade sharpener I have seen for a lawn mower blade. I have seen some expensive sharpeners that didn't do that good of a job in that short amount of time. I thought that you were very informative about the blade and the sharpener. Good information for someone new at sharpening and old like me. I am old, and I never heard about or seen something that will guide a grinder for sharpening.
Easy on that "old" comment. According to statistics that I'm making up as I type, 70 is the new 25. 😆 You're right, what a simple and effective design for sharpening blades.
@@TKCL I received mine earlier this week, and just set it up today. It is everything you said in the video. Thanks for the great video, you helped solve my mower blade sharpening problems. This tool works perfect for me.
Very well done video! I almost never watch ones that are that long for a product demo-glad I did. Purchased through your link to the second one(much faster shipping time). Subscribed. Keep up the good work!
Loved the video. Just bought one. Two things could have been added to the video.. 1. Clean all the stuck grass residue off your blade, this impacts balance. 2. After sharpening I have always checked for a curf on the back of the blade. There usually is a curf. It can be knocked off with one swipe of a flat file. Thanks for the video.
I've sharpened mine with an angle grinder by eye since angel grinders were invented. Do the same check on the grass... Just like in the video, a nice clean cut every time. I don't think that the grass can tell a different if one side is 28 degrees and the other is 30. Always cleanly cut. My biggest concern over sharpening is to always keep the blade in balance, so I always balance them as well. I just spin them on a round screwdriver shaft leveled off in my vise. Mark one end with a sharpie and slip the blade on the shaft and give er several spins. If that sharpie mark ends up in or near the same position then you need to make one more grinding pass over the end that is lower to the ground after it stops spinning. Continue doing that until that mark ends up in a different position after each spin and you have a perfectly balanced blade that won't ruin your bearings on a rider or your engine on a push mower. 😊
Looks like the All American Sharpner without the hefty price tag. Thanks for the link. I just got done hand sharpening my blades. I will use this when it's time to resharpen.
@@TKCLAll American created this system. They cost a lot more, but they are made in the USA, and the 5005, with its multiple angle settings are in the mark, unlike the knockoffs. Honestly, you could have gone with the 5002, which had two settings to allow you to sharpen most blades and mulching blades. All American had many videos.
@@TKCL Yah, sorry calling bullsh!t on this. If you heard of it, then you've seen it and then intentionally picked this knockoff because it's more likely to get affiliate kickbacks.
Several issues. First buy American, second aas has instructions you can read "in English". Third, if you can't hold your hand on the blade it's too hot. Keep swapping ends allowing the blade to cool each time. Fourth, there are cheap flap wheels too. Buy high quality flap wheels approx $10-$12 and you can remove more material quicker with less heat. Fifth, get a quality balancer from Oregon. Also the blade must be completely CLEAN, the filth on the blade may throw off balance not just the amount of metal removed. Lastly, if it is out of balance remove metal from the end of the blade (furthest from the center). Why take more metal from the blade edge reducing blade life?
Thank you for your video. I have been using the same angle device for grinding my lawn mower blades with a angle grinder using a flipper wheel for over a year now. It makes bringing the blade so easy and I grind off so much less now. Here's what I know about a good sharp blade because my mower is an EGO electric. When I put on a just touched up sharpened blade. I also take a flat file and remove the Burr that is generated on the underside of the blade. This makes one sharp blade. I can cut the grass in the front of my house and it uses less than half of a battery to do that. If I don't sharpen the blade after cutting that and use the blade for the next cut, the amount of energy used is almost double because the blade is not sharp. I find electric devices are better gauges of energy usage than just dumping more gasoline in a gasoline tank. The device to find the angle and hold it at that angle every time makes it so easy and makes your blade last longer and makes grass cutting look way better. That's my experience. Cheers and have a great day!
Using a grinder takes a lot of metal off your blades! Notice the sparks? I’ve been using a 40-grit flapper wheel on my drill while clamping the blade in a vise. It’s easy to keep the proper angle, doesn’t take off too much metal and doesn’t heat up the blade. My blades are always perfectly balanced.
Great video! Thank you. The only thing I do differently is I rotate my blades so they wear evenly. I move them one position to the left and the far left one goes to the far right. Good Job!
@@TKCL Can you imagine if our Fathers had access to people sharing stuff around the farms many years ago. Their heads would have exploded. All they had was the yellow pages.
Excellent information and presentation! I bought a new place that has lots of rocks that I am gradually removing. Rocks pose a challenge to maintaining mower blades which I have always done by eyeballing with a RA grinder. I'll drop a few bucks on that guide; looks like the cat's meow. THANKS!!!
I have sharpened blades everyway there is I think. Then I got this jig easiest way yet. I had to find correct wheel for grinder now like 5 mins a blade even mulch blades and they are perfect.
So much rain here in East Texas, won't be able to mow for a while. Seems like a good time to sharpen the X blades on my Ferris zero turn. Love mowing. Great video as always!
So what model Ferris are you running and have you noticed any extra fuel consumption using the X blades? I'm thinking of changing from the stock blades on my ISX800 to something similar.
@@skippy-ic2bo I also have an ISX800 61" w/BS 27hp efi engine. I have not checked the change in fuel usage. But I also have not noticed anything extreme. I have no regrets other than having twice the blades to sharpen.
@@TKCL had alot of customers happyish! told them to wear gloves when they put them back on! had alot say there lawns looked like they cut the grass with scissors!
Hi Inoticed your telephone pole has a slight wobble. You can fix that by hollowing out the bottom of the pole like you would see on a wine bottle. About to to 3 inches from the edge of the pole. For some reason that concave area on the bottom keeps the wood from wobbling. Blacksmiths use to do this to the logs they mounted their avils on. Loved the video ❤
I am so bad, I have a 14 year old Honda mower and I have never sharpened the blades! Granted I am only mowing 0.3 acres but I am in Florida so I mow weekly for 9 months of the year. Not worried about it now though, the deck has rotted pretty bad and this season will be the last season before it is retired.
You had a good idea mounting the device on the telephone pole to keep the off fall out of your shop, BUT you should have turned it a quarter turn counter clockwise to send it out into the yard. you were still sending it into the shop. Sorry for noticing:)
I still don’t bother sharpening my blades, but what you’re getting for under 50 bucks here, no matter what it is that’s a pretty great deal for just that much metal and engineering alone. If I did sharpen my blades, I’d seriously consider that
That blade isn't completely flat, it has an arc most likely to make it stronger, that's likely what is throwing off the angle gauge. Great video and I think this convinced me to get one of these, as I just bought an acre next to my parents, and they have 20 (mostly wooded) but between us, we have plenty of grass to mow. This should be very handy. Thanks!
Great demonstration, but I think you caused Amazon to sell out of those. 😥 The recommended angle is 30º, and it looks like you kept it right there, even though the gauge read 45º. Of course the real angle is what matters, but I'll bet if you shim your grinder out to the left a little ways your real angle will line up better with the gauge.
Well, I fixed it! SOOOOOoooo much better, I no longer have to back n forth over thicker grass because it wasn't getting cut right, I am now "One Pass Cathie" 🤣🤣
Looks like the angle marking on that device is actually showing your at just about 45°. That will keep it angled enough to be sharp enough to cut grass without being as such a low angle that it will dull easily. The only suggestion I would have is quit cutting towards the edge. Cut away from the edge. That way you're not causing a wire Edge or a burr on the other side of the blade, a slight roll to that edge is not a problem. I would also suggest, if it were me and I have done this in the past. The reason I don't cut grass is because I'm rather reactive to the grass clippings. And I have to wear a respirator if I do so I get severe nosebleeds if I do not. I worked sheet metal for 40 plus years. What I would do is I would take all of the paint off of any part of the blade that had an edge to it. And I would Heat at least the much of the area of The Cutting Edge to a at least a good orange color and then flash heat treated so that it would Harden it. Buy flashing it into some water and watching the blade as it turned blue and then sticking it back into the water so that it wasn't too hard. It will hold that edge considerably longer. I have been able to heat treat metal and cut steel with it and hold an edge for quite some time. These blades are made of sheet metal. Which is a very tough steel but it isn't necessarily very hard. You can Harden The Cutting Edge. Along with the area behind The Cutting Edge and it will hold an edge much longer that way. I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't hold an edge for a week at least on a mower that you're cutting everyday with maybe even longer.
Do you see you are grinding so the sparks are going toward chemicals? If any of them are flammable and they have a leak, there could be an issue. When I grind, I go outside and/or never grind so the sparks go toward flammable materials e.g. paper, cardboard, cloth, etc.,let alone chemicals.
I have a Stihl 20" battery mower,and have been lazy,not sharpening the first 3 years of mowing. Funny thing is the grass tips don't look ragged after a cut.
You ever seen pickup trucks or trailers full of hedge clippings and branches, going to the dump? Do this before you sharpen your blade either at the end of the season or before mowing in the spring. If you have a garden make a pile of all your hedge, shrub, and small tree clippings throughout the mowing season, right next to your garden, or just do that behind your garage or in the corner of your yard. When your done mowing in the fall, Your mulching blade will safely cut all those clippings up to 3/4 inch thick without damaging the blade. Sure it will dull it slightly, but your going to sharpen it again before the next mowing season. I mulch the whole 4x4 foot tall pile in several smaller piles and rake the chips into the garden or leave them lay in the corner of the yard. They will return to the soil and you'll be ready to do it again next year. Oh and lay a tarp next to the vegetation your trimming and simply rake the clippings onto the tarp and grab two corners and drag it back to your pile to dump. It's all about saving time, money and labor folks and this process will definitely do that! Work smarter not harder! 😮😂
Great mower. Little jealous. Seeing the length of the mowed grass I suggest you get yourself some mulching blades. They will shred the grass to smaller pieces which will fall between the grass and feed your lawn better than this hay on top. Your blunt blades look far better than my JD blades when I go sharpen them, I think it is because your lawn is nicer than my meadow, in which the mower finds pieces of stone that it cuts in half too. Therefore with my blades the tool is sort of useless, I have to grind the chips and dents out and that is better done with the flapdisc flat on the blade, not with the tip only. For the angle of the blades I can only say, the smaller the angle, the sooner they will be blunt because a sharp edge will sooner wear off than the manufacturer angle. But eyeballing it works for me. Your balancing tool looks handy.......but is rubbish, especially when you have an expensive mower like your zero turn. Buy yourself a decent one, like Oregon sells, they are more expensive but really balance, and with the arm you can check if the blade is bent. That way you really get the vibrations out and save on your three spindles. Good aiming of the sparks. 😂
In my view and experience, fixating on getting the exact angle on the blade is oversold. It's not that important. What is important is sharpening lawnmower blades often. Tp make that practical, I like to have a separate collection of tools so that everything needed to do the job is together and in one place. That's really the most important thing for me. Mostly I use a file to sharpen my blades If the blade is significantly dinged up, I'll use my bench grinder to fix the damage, and then finish up with a file. Harbor freight has files with handles that are just fine for $3.50. I have one of those files with my other tools for blasde sharpening. My sharpening toolkit also includes the tools needed to remove and install the blade on the mower. I also keep a sandbag handy to hold the mower down to provide easy access to the blade. And I've accumulated three mower blades, so that I can remove a blade and replace it with a freshly sharpened blade in a minimum of time. I can then sharpen the accumulated blades when it's convenient for me to do so. I use my metalworking vice to hold the blade while filing it. These are my methods for efficiently having a sharp blade on my mower. The LEAST important of these items is to fixate on having a precisely angled cutting blade. These are my methods and biases. Of course, everyone is entitled to their own.
I agree. In particular, it's like a dramatic increase in the horsepower of your mower! n Especially in early season mowing, which can involve cutting heavy growths of grass, a sharp blade makes a significant difference With a sharp blade, my mower never bogs down. The rest of the year, I turn the motor speed down. Just not needed with a sharp blade.
Most of this presumes that there is a perfect angle for mower blade cutting edge and that slicing a blade of grass is such an exacting process that the perfect angle is necessary. I don’t believe it. I seem to have no problems with sharpening blades by hand and “eyeballing” them.
I was watching you run your finger around that blade. You just sharpened I got a little worried. I've always cut my fingers on nothing less than a piece of paper😂
This guy has calluses on his hands from physical work. Someone who is older,or a less physical job or life, like me now, has thinner skin and probably cuts much easier.
That edge is way over the 35 degrees they recommend. Your previous angle was off. Also the tip of the blue should be in the middle of the grinder. That's what the threads on the angle grinder are used to adjust it in or out.
Now that I think of it, those blades had been previously sharpened by hand. That's would explain the difference and more if a need for me to have this device.
Maintaining the temper of the metal is so important. The ROM of My bench grinder is too fast and ruins the temper. What is the RPM of your Dewalt grinder? Have you lowered the RPM to get such fabulous results?
For heavy grass, we use the roughest grit practical, and we also emplace "teeth" into the blade, using a file, to create more coarseness. This is similar to the concept of Ginzu knife blades, and military combat blades. Such blades are self-sharpening. Also we do some simple hardening using a torch. These blades will last for weeks before re-sharpening is required. Any contractor who grinds his blades daily is an idiot.
Way more complicated and expensive than it needs to needs to be. All you need is the grinder with a good 1/4” wheel, a wide tip sharpie and a bit of patience. And if you really want to add the finishing touch, a cut off wheel and a good wide bastard file, though not necessary.
2nd time watching, i did not get the information for ordering from amazon. Thanks, this will add longevity to my baldes.
Bought that sharpener after watching your video. Wow. Love it. My lawn looks great. I had always used the flap disk on an angle grinder, but controlling that angle with this tool is a game changer.
Glad you enjoyed it, it's a solid piece for a great price.
Hi, Andrew! Every property owner needs to watch this video. Excellent demonstration.
Wow, thanks!
i bought the “All American “ about 5 years ago… Love it, quality is outstanding… i try to support American companies when i can… for Honda blades there is an attachment available.. makes blade sharpening a snap…👍
After 30+ years sharping mower blades commercially with circular grindstones, I found blades sharpened with a hand grinder have a longer usefull life.
I really enjoyed narrating as the video ran.
Keep your blades sharp: Brilliant!
Handheld grinder: Not so Brilliant!
Mower with a hinged deck: Brilliant!
Telephone pole chunk: Brilliant!
"I'll set it up right here to shoot everything right out the door": Brilliant!
Flap disc: Brilliant!
When all the sparks and filings started flying into your paints and cleaning supplies, I wished I had your phone number, LOL.
LOL! Yeah, I was looking for gas cans.
I was highly impressed, I think that is the best blade sharpener I have seen for a lawn mower blade. I have seen some expensive sharpeners that didn't do that good of a job in that short amount of time. I thought that you were very informative about the blade and the sharpener. Good information for someone new at sharpening and old like me. I am old, and I never heard about or seen something that will guide a grinder for sharpening.
Glad you enjoyed it
Easy on that "old" comment. According to statistics that I'm making up as I type, 70 is the new 25. 😆 You're right, what a simple and effective design for sharpening blades.
That's a very handy accessory, Andrew. I like you normally free hand grind my blades. That thing makes it foolproof! Cool!
It sure does, I thought it was going to be a gimmick honestly.
@TKCL It's definitely not a gimmick, it turns out. Thanks for sharing!
This is the best video demonstration and product that I have seen on UA-cam. It is slick.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@TKCL I received mine earlier this week, and just set it up today. It is everything you said in the video. Thanks for the great video, you helped solve my mower blade sharpening problems. This tool works perfect for me.
Very well done video! I almost never watch ones that are that long for a product demo-glad I did. Purchased through your link to the second one(much faster shipping time). Subscribed. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate you, it works great to be so affordable.
What a beast of a mower. Nice video.
I absolutely love that mower, so well made and the lift up deck is amazing.
Loved the video. Just bought one. Two things could have been added to the video.. 1. Clean all the stuck grass residue off your blade, this impacts balance. 2. After sharpening I have always checked for a curf on the back of the blade. There usually is a curf. It can be knocked off with one swipe of a flat file. Thanks for the video.
Valid points
I bought this same unit, I really like it
I've sharpened mine with an angle grinder by eye since angel grinders were invented. Do the same check on the grass... Just like in the video, a nice clean cut every time. I don't think that the grass can tell a different if one side is 28 degrees and the other is 30. Always cleanly cut. My biggest concern over sharpening is to always keep the blade in balance, so I always balance them as well. I just spin them on a round screwdriver shaft leveled off in my vise. Mark one end with a sharpie and slip the blade on the shaft and give er several spins. If that sharpie mark ends up in or near the same position then you need to make one more grinding pass over the end that is lower to the ground after it stops spinning. Continue doing that until that mark ends up in a different position after each spin and you have a perfectly balanced blade that won't ruin your bearings on a rider or your engine on a push mower. 😊
Looks like the All American Sharpner without the hefty price tag. Thanks for the link. I just got done hand sharpening my blades. I will use this when it's time to resharpen.
I've heard of that one, but never seen or used it.
It is an illegal knockoff. All American sharpener is fighting China knockoffs.
@@TKCLAll American created this system. They cost a lot more, but they are made in the USA, and the 5005, with its multiple angle settings are in the mark, unlike the knockoffs. Honestly, you could have gone with the 5002, which had two settings to allow you to sharpen most blades and mulching blades. All American had many videos.
@@TKCL Yah, sorry calling bullsh!t on this. If you heard of it, then you've seen it and then intentionally picked this knockoff because it's more likely to get affiliate kickbacks.
Several issues. First buy American, second aas has instructions you can read "in English". Third, if you can't hold your hand on the blade it's too hot. Keep swapping ends allowing the blade to cool each time. Fourth, there are cheap flap wheels too. Buy high quality flap wheels approx $10-$12 and you can remove more material quicker with less heat. Fifth, get a quality balancer from Oregon. Also the blade must be completely CLEAN, the filth on the blade may throw off balance not just the amount of metal removed. Lastly, if it is out of balance remove metal from the end of the blade (furthest from the center). Why take more metal from the blade edge reducing blade life?
Thank you for your video. I have been using the same angle device for grinding my lawn mower blades with a angle grinder using a flipper wheel for over a year now.
It makes bringing the blade so easy and I grind off so much less now.
Here's what I know about a good sharp blade because my mower is an EGO electric.
When I put on a just touched up sharpened blade. I also take a flat file and remove the Burr that is generated on the underside of the blade. This makes one sharp blade. I can cut the grass in the front of my house and it uses less than half of a battery to do that. If I don't sharpen the blade after cutting that and use the blade for the next cut, the amount of energy used is almost double because the blade is not sharp. I find electric devices are better gauges of energy usage than just dumping more gasoline in a gasoline tank.
The device to find the angle and hold it at that angle every time makes it so easy and makes your blade last longer and makes grass cutting look way better. That's my experience. Cheers and have a great day!
Thank you for watching
Such great tips. Great addition to the tool chest.
Thank you for watching
Using a grinder takes a lot of metal off your blades! Notice the sparks? I’ve been using a 40-grit flapper wheel on my drill while clamping the blade in a vise. It’s easy to keep the proper angle, doesn’t take off too much metal and doesn’t heat up the blade. My blades are always perfectly balanced.
Great video! Thank you. The only thing I do differently is I rotate my blades so they wear evenly. I move them one position to the left and the far left one goes to the far right. Good Job!
I also rotate my blades, I covered this in an older video. Thanks for watching
I always enjoy watching your videos. Very informative.
Glad you like them!
@@TKCL Can you imagine if our Fathers had access to people sharing stuff around the farms many years ago. Their heads would have exploded. All they had was the yellow pages.
Great video! I use a "jungle jack" to get under my exmark 60" rider and 48" walk behind.
Excellent information and presentation! I bought a new place that has lots of rocks that I am gradually removing. Rocks pose a challenge to maintaining mower blades which I have always done by eyeballing with a RA grinder. I'll drop a few bucks on that guide; looks like the cat's meow. THANKS!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
After watching your video, I have ordered one of these sharpeners on eBay.
I have sharpened blades everyway there is I think. Then I got this jig easiest way yet. I had to find correct wheel for grinder now like 5 mins a blade even mulch blades and they are perfect.
So much rain here in East Texas, won't be able to mow for a while. Seems like a good time to sharpen the X blades on my Ferris zero turn. Love mowing. Great video as always!
So what model Ferris are you running and have you noticed any extra fuel consumption using the X blades?
I'm thinking of changing from the stock blades on my ISX800 to something similar.
@@skippy-ic2bo I also have an ISX800 61" w/BS 27hp efi engine. I have not checked the change in fuel usage. But I also have not noticed anything extreme. I have no regrets other than having twice the blades to sharpen.
I got the All American Sharpener for christmas a couple years back. This one looks just like it but ALOT cheaper. Great tool!
I can't believe how robust this is for the price. I was expecting thin metal.
@@TKCL good to know there are still some good deals to be had out there!
Followed your provided links, purchased the Ractop blue tool $49.99, balancer, and flap disk, total of $88.2 with tax
I hope it works as well for you as it does for me.
i always enjoyed sharpening blades! i could sharpen them to the point i had to wear thick glove! razer sharp!
I like sharpening them now that it's easy to get under my mower deck 🤣
@@TKCL had alot of customers happyish! told them to wear gloves when they put them back on! had alot say there lawns looked like they cut the grass with scissors!
They're not supposed to be too sharp. Brand new blades are never sharp.
John Deere manual says the leading edge should be 1/64 inch flat.
Dang. Now I want to sharpen my blades and mow. Neat tool for the grinder.
I love mowing
Glad to see this. I'm waiting for one to arrive that cost 65 bucks.made by sporgain i think. Love that mower.
oh nice, that model has bearings on the pivots. butt ugly blue for $3 less. LOL
I use winch on carport roof to lift front. Have a 6" post across 6 rafters to handle the load.
So much for shooting the sparks out into the yard !!!
Yeah, it happens.
This video was very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Good aim with those sparks!
Eek! I wanted to run for a bandaid.... Just in case! Great video. Thanks.
I will have to get this for my tractor brush hog!
I forgot to ask... to do think this unit can hold the larger brush hog blades?
That's a good question, I need to check that out before recommending it for those large of blades.
@@TKCL did you ever see if the larger blades can be sharpened? I need to sharpen my brush hog very soon!
Love your videos Andrew always learning something. Thankyou 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
Thank you for watching
Hi Inoticed your telephone pole has a slight wobble. You can fix that by hollowing out the bottom of the pole like you would see on a wine bottle. About to to 3 inches from the edge of the pole. For some reason that concave area on the bottom keeps the wood from wobbling. Blacksmiths use to do this to the logs they mounted their avils on. Loved the video ❤
Thanks
I am so bad, I have a 14 year old Honda mower and I have never sharpened the blades! Granted I am only mowing 0.3 acres but I am in Florida so I mow weekly for 9 months of the year. Not worried about it now though, the deck has rotted pretty bad and this season will be the last season before it is retired.
Wow that's crazy! 😅
@@TKCL still cuts good! Lmao
Thru years of trial and error, 30.5 degrees is the cats meow on these blades 😎👍
Any suggestions for the cylinder or the snaked turned cutter?
This will make my life a bit easier!
You had a good idea mounting the device on the telephone pole to keep the off fall out of your shop, BUT you should have turned it a quarter turn counter clockwise to send it out into the yard. you were still sending it into the shop. Sorry for noticing:)
Yep I know
Good day to all.
Good afternoon
I still don’t bother sharpening my blades, but what you’re getting for under 50 bucks here, no matter what it is that’s a pretty great deal for just that much metal and engineering alone. If I did sharpen my blades, I’d seriously consider that
Love this …. Now another Amazon buy I need , and did you realize you were still throwing material in the shop 😂
Yeah I did realize that lol. I don't care as long as it's not deep in the shop where it's hard to blow out.
@@TKCL Agreed lol 😂
Been using this for a while, however I have great luck using a flat flap disk. The angled flap disk wanted to create a dip in the cut. That’s just me.
I always sharpen the blade and change oil very 3rd mowing season. Also keep the air filter clean too
That blade isn't completely flat, it has an arc most likely to make it stronger, that's likely what is throwing off the angle gauge. Great video and I think this convinced me to get one of these, as I just bought an acre next to my parents, and they have 20 (mostly wooded) but between us, we have plenty of grass to mow. This should be very handy. Thanks!
Thank you for watching
Great demonstration, but I think you caused Amazon to sell out of those. 😥
The recommended angle is 30º, and it looks like you kept it right there, even though the gauge read 45º. Of course the real angle is what matters, but I'll bet if you shim your grinder out to the left a little ways your real angle will line up better with the gauge.
Well done! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Well, I fixed it! SOOOOOoooo much better, I no longer have to back n forth over thicker grass because it wasn't getting cut right, I am now "One Pass Cathie" 🤣🤣
Nice!
Looks like the angle marking on that device is actually showing your at just about 45°. That will keep it angled enough to be sharp enough to cut grass without being as such a low angle that it will dull easily. The only suggestion I would have is quit cutting towards the edge. Cut away from the edge. That way you're not causing a wire Edge or a burr on the other side of the blade, a slight roll to that edge is not a problem.
I would also suggest, if it were me and I have done this in the past. The reason I don't cut grass is because I'm rather reactive to the grass clippings. And I have to wear a respirator if I do so I get severe nosebleeds if I do not. I worked sheet metal for 40 plus years. What I would do is I would take all of the paint off of any part of the blade that had an edge to it. And I would Heat at least the much of the area of The Cutting Edge to a at least a good orange color and then flash heat treated so that it would Harden it. Buy flashing it into some water and watching the blade as it turned blue and then sticking it back into the water so that it wasn't too hard. It will hold that edge considerably longer. I have been able to heat treat metal and cut steel with it and hold an edge for quite some time. These blades are made of sheet metal. Which is a very tough steel but it isn't necessarily very hard. You can Harden The Cutting Edge. Along with the area behind The Cutting Edge and it will hold an edge much longer that way. I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't hold an edge for a week at least on a mower that you're cutting everyday with maybe even longer.
good video , looks like the sparks are going in all your liquids /? hope they are not flamable ,
Do you see you are grinding so the sparks are going toward chemicals? If any of them are flammable and they have a leak, there could be an issue. When I grind, I go outside and/or never grind so the sparks go toward flammable materials e.g. paper, cardboard, cloth, etc.,let alone chemicals.
I have a Stihl 20" battery mower,and have been lazy,not sharpening the first 3 years of mowing. Funny thing is the grass tips don't look ragged after a cut.
That wouldn't be the case here with all of our sand.
Can you use a nail in say a tree or something upright anyways to check balance of blade
Yes, we use to use a nail in a 4x4 post.
You ever seen pickup trucks or trailers full of hedge clippings and branches, going to the dump? Do this before you sharpen your blade either at the end of the season or before mowing in the spring. If you have a garden make a pile of all your hedge, shrub, and small tree clippings throughout the mowing season, right next to your garden, or just do that behind your garage or in the corner of your yard. When your done mowing in the fall, Your mulching blade will safely cut all those clippings up to 3/4 inch thick without damaging the blade. Sure it will dull it slightly, but your going to sharpen it again before the next mowing season. I mulch the whole 4x4 foot tall pile in several smaller piles and rake the chips into the garden or leave them lay in the corner of the yard. They will return to the soil and you'll be ready to do it again next year. Oh and lay a tarp next to the vegetation your trimming and simply rake the clippings onto the tarp and grab two corners and drag it back to your pile to dump. It's all about saving time, money and labor folks and this process will definitely do that! Work smarter not harder! 😮😂
Great mower. Little jealous.
Seeing the length of the mowed grass I suggest you get yourself some mulching blades. They will shred the grass to smaller pieces which will fall between the grass and feed your lawn better than this hay on top.
Your blunt blades look far better than my JD blades when I go sharpen them, I think it is because your lawn is nicer than my meadow, in which the mower finds pieces of stone that it cuts in half too. Therefore with my blades the tool is sort of useless, I have to grind the chips and dents out and that is better done with the flapdisc flat on the blade, not with the tip only.
For the angle of the blades I can only say, the smaller the angle, the sooner they will be blunt because a sharp edge will sooner wear off than the manufacturer angle. But eyeballing it works for me.
Your balancing tool looks handy.......but is rubbish, especially when you have an expensive mower like your zero turn.
Buy yourself a decent one, like Oregon sells, they are more expensive but really balance, and with the arm you can check if the blade is bent. That way you really get the vibrations out and save on your three spindles.
Good aiming of the sparks. 😂
Looks like I have been doing a poor job because mine never looked this good and my grass had that chewed look to it often, thanks so much Andrew!
Glad I could help
Great video
Thanks for the visit
@@TKCL no problem just bought a ride on for our new house in France😀👍👍
I believe if using a flat disk it would match the factory settings.
Great video. Do you prefer T27 (flat face) or T29 (angled face) flap discs? Thanks!
I've honestly no paid attention to the style.
I need something like this for sharpening my ax! Any ideas if this tool will work for an ax or hatchet?
No, it does not appear it will hold those.
Thanks Andrew.
To bad I do not have a Lawn to mow anymore....
Can you advise on whether this works with so called mulching blades?
I've never owned a set before so I honestly can't say. Maybe the product description can answer that. Link is in the video description.
In my view and experience, fixating on getting the exact angle on the blade is oversold. It's not that important.
What is important is sharpening lawnmower blades often. Tp make that practical, I like to have a separate collection of tools so that everything needed to do the job is together and in one place. That's really the most important thing for me.
Mostly I use a file to sharpen my blades If the blade is significantly dinged up, I'll use my bench grinder to fix the damage, and then finish up with a file.
Harbor freight has files with handles that are just fine for $3.50. I have one of those files with my other tools for blasde sharpening.
My sharpening toolkit also includes the tools needed to remove and install the blade on the mower. I also keep a sandbag handy to hold the mower down to provide easy access to the blade.
And I've accumulated three mower blades, so that I can remove a blade and replace it with a freshly sharpened blade in a minimum of time. I can then sharpen the accumulated blades when it's convenient for me to do so.
I use my metalworking vice to hold the blade while filing it.
These are my methods for efficiently having a sharp blade on my mower. The LEAST important of these items is to fixate on having a precisely angled cutting blade.
These are my methods and biases. Of course, everyone is entitled to their own.
Sharpening often is a very valid point and does make a huge difference.
I agree. In particular, it's like a dramatic increase in the horsepower of your mower! n Especially in early season mowing, which can involve cutting heavy growths of grass, a sharp blade makes a significant difference With a sharp blade, my mower never bogs down.
The rest of the year, I turn the motor speed down. Just not needed with a sharp blade.
Most of this presumes that there is a perfect angle for mower blade cutting edge and that slicing a blade of grass is such an exacting process that the perfect angle is necessary. I don’t believe it. I seem to have no problems with sharpening blades by hand and “eyeballing” them.
I get really rounded ends on my blades from grounding when doing banks. How do you get rid of the rounded ends?
Sadly you've lost the metal there. I try to avoid contact with the ground, but it does happen.
any special instructions for the back/underside of the blade?
Never sharpen the underside. You tend to round it over creating a problem more than you resolve.
Can that jig to mulching blades?
Not sure, I'll be testing that soon.
Can you sharpen discbine blades (about 5”)
No idea, I've never did that before.
Thanks for the info. I'll be buying the sharping guide 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I was watching you run your finger around that blade. You just sharpened I got a little worried. I've always cut my fingers on nothing less than a piece of paper😂
I try to be careful.
This guy has calluses on his hands from physical work. Someone who is older,or a less physical job or life, like me now, has thinner skin and probably cuts much easier.
I will stick to freehand and balance on nail.
That edge is way over the 35 degrees they recommend. Your previous angle was off. Also the tip of the blue should be in the middle of the grinder. That's what the threads on the angle grinder are used to adjust it in or out.
Now that I think of it, those blades had been previously sharpened by hand. That's would explain the difference and more if a need for me to have this device.
Lol while u set this all up I've done sharpen my blades on a vice and finished cutting the grass
Awesome, I hope to be as fast and cool as you one day.
Can you tell me what model of impact wrench you was using ?
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Maintaining the temper of the metal is so important. The ROM of My bench grinder is too fast and ruins the temper. What is the RPM of your Dewalt grinder? Have you lowered the RPM to get such fabulous results?
No I haven't adjusted anything, that's the reason I run flap discs. They do not overheat the blade like hard discs do.
For heavy grass, we use the roughest grit practical, and we also emplace "teeth" into the blade, using a file, to create more coarseness. This is similar to the concept of Ginzu knife blades, and military combat blades. Such blades are self-sharpening. Also we do some simple hardening using a torch. These blades will last for weeks before re-sharpening is required. Any contractor who grinds his blades daily is an idiot.
How'd he mow top and bottom of a blade of grass?
Tip was the previous week with a dull blade. That's why it was brown and shredded. Bottom was the cut off of what's grown since.
The factory edge on the blade may be off?
I doubt it
Great video. However, I sprang for the original American-made version.
I didn't even know about it at the time.
Same principle as some knife sharpeners such as Lansky
Correct
What grit is best to use 40 or 60
I like 60
What are you using??
Tip: Don't direct the grinder sparks toward miscellaneous other items stored in your work area
Watch the grinding sparks not out the door still inside building to the right.
Looks like a cool tool / idea.
What you have is a nock-of of "All American Sharpener:
The All American Sharpener is American made with life time guarentee.
That works very nicely, too bad the angle finder wasn't better marked for those of us that have no idea what our edges are ground to anymore.
I guess that comes with the price. Luckily it's easy to match it up to a newer blade.
I find interesting that you mentioned that the blades need a particular angle but you never said what angle that is
30 degrees
Way more complicated and expensive than it needs to needs to be. All you need is the grinder with a good 1/4” wheel, a wide tip sharpie and a bit of patience. And if you really want to add the finishing touch, a cut off wheel and a good wide bastard file, though not necessary.
whats the longest blade you can sharpen?
That's a good question, these are for a 72 inch mower and I still feel like I have room to go for longer ones.
Have you look at the meg mo style blades? I just seen a video on this style. Meg mo is very expensive. Not sure its worth the money.
I have seen them and can't justify the price.
Looks like Utility pole, telephone poles are smaller and most phone companies just rent space on the utility poles.
6:11 because they cut lots of grass... Thats why
what is the brand of the device
Links are in the video description, I got mine on Amazon.
Good, now Tiff can mow smoothly , lol
Where can I buy it?
Amazon, link is in the video description.
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