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| David Jupp:
Grinding wheel should be set to ensure proper relief on the cylinder blades. Cylinder blade sits a against a rest which traverses - a bit like sharpening sides of an end mill. The 'spin the cylinder' methods are bodges to varying degrees as they won't put any relief on the blades. |
| Lykle:
--- Quote ---they won't put any relief on the blades --- End quote --- How much relief would you need for grass? To me, not having to mow the grass is a relief. Lykle |
| hermetic:
Hi David Jupp. "The 'spin the cylinder' methods are bodges to varying degrees as they won't put any relief on the blades." The machine I saw was made By Ransome to sharpen cylinder gang mowers for professional green care, I don't think they would recomend a bodge up method of sharpening really! |
| oldgoaly:
I actually bought one at an auction, based on a Atlas lathe, a nice tool post grinder is mine for 15$. Don't think I took any pics, still have the rest of the lathe parts, just in case? |
| geoff_p:
I worked for a county-council where I had the task of sharpening several gang mowers. We bought a machine from Ransomes and were told explicitly "No relief". What had previously taken me hours with a small angle-grinder was reduced to a few minutes work for a far superior end-result. Geoff, Thailand |
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