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TobyU, you must agree that a good cleaning facilitates the supervision of cracks in the blade, which may be hidden by dirt or oxidation, even more so if you use a special spray.

My mower is a Murray 18,5Hp - 42" (2010).

Excellent information material... unless the center of mass is different from the center of rotation in some blades (if I understand it that way), because if the compensation is not in the same part (blade), there must be a counterweight connected to it axis to compensate for dynamic balance. Is...

Attention sharpeners... No answers!?!?!

Well, let’s summarize here… End of blades: So far there is no technical definition for the sharpening limit (apart from cracks, warping or significant material loss), they can be sharpened up to a very subjective evaluation limit. I would like to see something like this: blades can be sharpen...

LOL... the subject is controversial, but the 30° seem pacified... At least you could see how the profile of the sharpening is, which depends on the damage.

As in a short time of use the blades lose their good edge, why not change them for nylon or steel wire? Is there any experience with this? What is your opinion?

I would like to see a trial of a lawnmower with 3 blades... one at 30°, one at 40° and one at 45° and see the result of the cut immediately and after days of use.

One question... A = dull blade that needs sharpening. B = Use of an appropriate power tool for sharpening C= Another form of sharpening with a specific tool. Consider B and C after many sharpenings... What is trend B or C?

Very ecological... but water does not remove the rust crust and in these cases you must use something more aggressive...

But original from the factory or the way it comes to your hands to sharpen?

Star tech I understand your point now... But which angle offers the greatest resistance of blade material to the material being cut, or something else? I am convinced that the 45° is stronger and will suffer less damage...

MParr and Hammermechanicman. What is your sharpening angle?

Another sharpener... very good... For mowing the grass itself, I see no difference between 45 and 30°, other than less material removal... Of course, different damages that can't be resolved with sharpening, blade for the trash. But what does "leave a .030 blunt edge" mean?

I believe that the use and quality of the grass and the ground determine the frequency of sharpening, as I said before, the previous sharpening was 50 hours of use (max 3 months passed)... in my space the lawn is still bad treated and the land is full of fruit trees such as coconut, mango...

Well, for lack of experience with other machines and blades, I'm just talking about mine, but if it's not easy to discover the center of balance, the thing is impossible in my view. In the past I had a small traction mower with a Teconseh engine (6HP), but I sold it in a short time and never...

If you have more than two types around here, I'm already satisfied... the market here is almost exclusive to two importers. What do the numbers in columns 3 and 4 mean?

Good... you're a sharpener and with a dynamic balancer it's a show! Do you know the limit for sharpening? What better angle? Is it very wrong to balance as I described? This is the second sharpening I've done... the previous one has been sharpening for 50 hours with some stones, small coconuts...

You are absolutely right to change the blade, but send the old and sharp ones to the mother-in-law, right? kkkk.... The cost of the blade around here is quite high and sharpening is the first option. I see no problem in sharpening any cutting element, but I would like to know the technical limit.

I don't know what the technical limit is for replacing the blade... probably the manufacturer doesn't even recommend sharpening, but it ends up being up to each person's feelings. Danger of breaking or throwing something out of the deck will occur even with a new blade, but with an old one the...

I don't know the correct way to sharpen a blade, but I'll describe mine... what's yours? In fact, sharpening is not a very important item for many users, because even if the blade is not sharp, the cutter will shred the grass or any tree leaf... but the result is not satisfactory, in addition...

Retired404 Before the carburetor replacement, did the engine smoke? Did you replace the carburetor with an original one? If before the engine smoked and you changed the carburetor for a non-genuine one, you may have entered a second problem, as I don't see how changing a carburetor, even a...