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What do you use to sharpen the three blades on a 60" Exmark with a mulching kit??

I use a bench vice, and an angle grinder on all the blades I sharpen.

I use a Magna-Matic 9000 Sharpener along with a Magna-Matic 1000 Balancer. I put a better than factory edge on every time, it is really noticable is the health of the grass with a sharp blade.

I use a rotary blade grinder, (RBG) 10 inch 3/4 hp motor. works great but not cheap

10" H-Frt bench or pedestal grinder. You will grind freehand. Search thread tutorial this forum

I use a Bradley Blade Grinder.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bra...hl=en&client=safari#biv=i|0;d|BFbAoCq-MfDeuM:

Thanks to you all for the advice. This place is sooooo helpful for stuff like this. I love how you all look after your equipment. I'm trying to educate myself on it so I can do the same thing.

Bomba said:

Thanks to you all for the advice. This place is sooooo helpful for stuff like this. I love how you all look after your equipment. I'm trying to educate myself on it so I can do the same thing.

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Bomba, looks like a good start with your rig in the garage. Treat it like a good car and it will return the favor.

I also use a Bradley Blade Grinder. For the price it works great for me.....

HarryHarley said:

I also use a Bradley Blade Grinder. For the price it works great for me.....

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Thanks HARRY. How much do they retail for?

motoman said:

Bomba, looks like a good start with your rig in the garage. Treat it like a good car and it will return the favor.

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Thanks MOTO. I'm doing my best, I really wanna look after my new property.



This some of my lawn.

The company was selling some on ebay. About $175 (last year) plus shipping. I have 5 mowers that I sharpen the blades 2x per year. I figured it paid for itself in a year.
Wish I would have bought it years ago.

HarryHarley said:

I also use a Bradley Blade Grinder. For the price it works great for me.....

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We bought this one as well. Cutting Bahia grass many times in mid to late summer we have to sharpen them daily.

It does a great job.

The Bradley a pretty machine...but with a flat bed a person will have difficulty with curved blades. No?

motoman said:

The Bradley a pretty machine...but with a flat bed a person will have difficulty with curved blades. No?

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Correct it is not good on curved blades.

With curved blades the freehand grinding technique can follow the edge due to our highly developed hand-eye coordination. In the factory a grinding fixture is used for curved blades which has a carbide "finger" set vertically at the axis of the wheel, on the outer radius. It is pointed and just clears the grind stone. The blade is fitted to a movable table or sleeve and the wheel is lowered to achieve the desired cutting edge. The blade is run over the finger and maintains a constant set. Expensive wheels are used like the pink Bradley wheel or the white Nortons. Beautiful results are achieved. But satisfactory results can be acheived with the H-Frt 10" pedestal grinder (or equivalent) and the common grey wheel. (with practice) :drink: