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Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
awemawson:
Interestingly, the parts drawing that I have illustrates quite a different form of flail.
Mine are rather like a comma curled around their mounting bolt, whereas these ones swing on a bent rod link. I don't suppose that the grass minds which form clouts it on the head at a great rate of knots :lol:
Carlquib, do you have any references you can cite to the sucking nature of the curl?
The only similar replacement flail to mine that I can find illustrated on the web has a very similar amount of curl to mine
carlquib:
We use several different types of these flails. They are used for mowing, same as yours, but also to defoliate sugar beets before we dig them. The sucking reference comes from there. My parma topper whirls them around at 2500 rpm. You can watch it pull the material up off the ground so it does a better job shredding it. I've had the other style of j knife as well and they just don't do as good a job. They don't generate the lift on the material. I'm sure glad mine aren't $15, I believe the last batch I picked up was about $7.00, which I though was plenty.
My name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic.
awemawson:
... mm $7 - that's about £5 which is far more reasonable, though as Norman says not too complex to make given a forge and a suitable jig.
I wonder what steel they are - something fairly tough I expect :scratch:
carlquib:
The flails we get are made from a 1095 spring steel.
My name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic.
Jo:
Sounds like the idea use for old car suspension leaf springs
Jo
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