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monica123

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• Feb 23, 2011 / Old Push mower

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I am looking for a way to refurbish my push mower. The type without a mower, is it possible to sharpen it up or am I just stuck with a glorified lawn ornament.

 

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• Feb 23, 2011 / Old Push mower

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I am guessing it's a reel type..
If the bed knife is still in good shape, you can, with a bit of ingenuity come up with a method of sharpening the reels...
If they only need to be sharpened, you can use valve lapping compound and they will lap in easily...
If they need to have nicks removed and reshaped, you mount a sharpening strip, like The Scotts Classic Sharpening Kit...
Here is a short you tube video ... YouTube - How to Sharpen a Push Reel Mower: Scotts Classic
Those can be fun old mowers... well worth keeping and using.. :smile:KennyV

 

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• Feb 23, 2011 / Old Push mower

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KennyV said:

I am guessing it's a reel type..
If the bed knife is still in good shape, you can, with a bit of ingenuity come up with a method of sharpening the reels...
If they only need to be sharpened, you can use valve lapping compound and they will lap in easily...
If they need to have nicks removed and reshaped, you mount a sharpening strip, like The Scotts Classic Sharpening Kit...
Here is a short you tube video ... YouTube - How to Sharpen a Push Reel Mower: Scotts Classic
Those can be fun old mowers... well worth keeping and using.. :smile:KennyV

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Thanks for that link, KennyV, I've got a three old reel mowers sitting in my basement. If I could sharpen them they might be of use to somebody.

 

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• Feb 24, 2011 / Old Push mower

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Thanks for the link, my husband was very happy to hear he could potentially tinker with it and revamp it into a usable thing. He hates throwing things away that still have a use.

 

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• Feb 25, 2011 / Old Push mower

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monica123 said:

He hates throwing things away that still have a use.

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I hate the thought of throwing away a REEL mower... :smile:KennyV

 

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• Feb 25, 2011 / Old Push mower

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If you can end up fixing it can you post some progress on the job? Right now we have one that we are debating if its worth it to fix or chuck it and we have had it for years so I would really like to keep it if at all possible.

 

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• Feb 25, 2011 / Old Push mower

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Never been a good idea to get rid of any old stuff especially given that the same cannot be easily found nowadays. I would be curious to hear about any progress on your end.