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[KennyV]

They may be hard indeed - but if they are bent, and yoiu clamp them in a vise just below the bend, and whack it with a maul - does it immediately bend? Or does it spring back? :wink:

That's why mower blades are nearly impossible to straighten........and heat wrecks them. (heat wrecks spring steel, too)

It has been so long since I have bent a blade (over 30 years for sure)... I don't recall ever trying to bend one back... I am sure I have some old ones around... I'll have to try... I have welded things back using old mower blades as scrap gusseting material...
If I find an old flat one I will try... I suspect it will NOT bend ...
The cylinder mower blade that LandN was asking about are Reel mower blades... I've never bent one of those but I have chipped some, they are hard... :smile:KennyV

 

[ILENGINE]

I have put more then one blade in the vice over the years and straightened them by pulling with hand pressure only. now this are the thinner push mower or rider blades that come on box store mowers and not the 1/4 inch thick commercial or heavy consumer mower blades found on name brand mowers.