Where to sharpen blade?

[beardown34]

Hi guys, simple question here:

I have a FWD self propelled Craftsman lawnmower (model # 917376395, B&S engine 126T02-1443-B1). Nothing fancy. It's about 2 years old and never been serviced. I decided this year to start learning about it and tuning it up.

I was wondering -- what's the best place to get your blade sharpened and balanced? I'm sure a lot of you do this on your own, but for the sake of understanding my own limitations, I'm just interested in having this done for me.

The blade itself is $20 -- so if the service costs anywhere close to this, it seems like maybe I should just buy a new one. In terms of how much the blade gets beat up on a year to year basis, I don't have a very big property (6280 sq ft, 0.15 acres).

 

[LoCo86]

Just buy a new blade. It will cost you about $10 to get the blade sharpened. And keep the old blade as a back up or buy a file and practice on it yourself. You can watch some YouTube videos on how to do this.

 

[Mower Doctor 78006]

I don't know about you guys but the new blades I have bought have never been sharp!! Even the factory blades. They use paint to keep them from rusting. There usually dull right off the shelf, or right out of the package. If your blade is in good shape. Ie not bent. It can be sharpened. Figure 5-10 bucks to sharpen off the mower. When I install new blades I always sharpen first. If know-body in your area can do it. Cover the shipping and I'll sharpen no charge.

 

[redfish9]

A trip to sears is in your future

 

[reynoldston]

I don't know about you guys but the new blades I have bought have never been sharp!! Even the factory blades. They use paint to keep them from rusting. There usually dull right off the shelf, or right out of the package. If your blade is in good shape. Ie not bent. It can be sharpened. Figure 5-10 bucks to sharpen off the mower. When I install new blades I always sharpen first. If know-body in your area can do it. Cover the shipping and I'll sharpen no charge.

With the cost of shipping anymore you can but a new blade just as cheap. For what little you will be using it you can buy a grinder 15.00 dollars and blade balancer 5.00 dollars from Harbor Freight for a low cost and you can have a life time of sharping's.

 

[Mower Doctor 78006]

Just thought I would help the guy out............... At harbor freight you get what you pay for!!

With the cost of shipping anymore you can but a new blade just as cheap. For what little you will be using it you can buy a grinder 15.00 dollars and blade balancer 5.00 dollars from Harbor Freight for a low cost and you can have a life time of sharping's.

 

[Mower Doctor 78006]

No 15 dollar grinders here.........
Search results for: 'bench grinder'

 

[reynoldston]

Just thought I would help the guy out............... At harbor freight you get what you pay for!!

Very good of you, didn't mean anything over it. Yes I agree about harbor freight is junk and you get what you pay for. I have the cheap HF set up at my camp and its about ten years old now. Just use it to sharpen three mower blades plus small jobs and it works just fine. When it go's bad I will buy another 15.00 grinder and still be money ahead. My home shop I use top brand tools. My home shop angle grinder has to be close to 45 years old and I used it doing body work on cars with many hours of use.

 

[reynoldston]

No 15 dollar grinders here.........
Search results for: 'bench grinder'

Look at the HF 4 in. angle grinders

 

[Mower Doctor 78006]

:drink: Its all good man.

Very good of you, didn't mean anything over it. Yes I agree about harbor freight is junk and you get what you pay for. I have the cheap HF set up at my camp and its about ten years old now. Just use it to sharpen three mower blades plus small jobs and it works just fine. When it go's bad I will buy another 15.00 grinder and still be money ahead. My home shop I use top brand tools. My home shop angle grinder has to be close to 45 years old and I used it doing body work on cars with many hours of use.