Recent content by *CPB*

If you're doing that many blades then a dedicated sharpener should at least be a consideration. At the very least, I'd see if you could adapt a Magna-Matic grinding wheel to work on your bench grinder (their wheels have a 1-1/4" arbor hole). All grinding wheels feel hard if you bang your...

How many blades are you servicing each year? If it's under 20 then why even bother? Just sell them a new blade and show them their junk blade when they come to pick up the mower. If it's over 100 then buy a Magna-Matic sharpener and balancer. It sharpens all blade types including wavy edge...

Magna-Matic 8200 series and the discontinued 8000 series. Works well and really easy to use.

I'm not knocking the Oregon/Burr-King, because I've seen what it can do, but it looks like a grinder that was made to work as a blade sharpener vs. being designed as a sharpener. How messy is it? I've never seen video of one where the debris is contained; it looks like it just kind of goes...

I've sharpened over 1000 blades with a Magna-Matic sharpener and have never had one of the grinding wheels even remotely glaze. If you're using a bench grinder, its wheel is much harder and is much more likely to glaze. I can sharpen over 200 blades with one of their 1" wide 'soft' wheels before...

Mowing the lawn is a chore to most people; so is mower maintenance. The thought of an oil change, scraping the deck, and the "health" of a mower blade is the last thing such a person thinks about. To those of you who own shops.... how many blades are you sharpening each year? If it's several...