+- Woodnet Forums (https://www.forums.woodnet.net)
+-- Thread: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway (/showthread.php?tid=7341016)
Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - BaileyNo5 - 07-15-2018
They've totally ruined me!
While my fine tool sharpening skills have increased tremendously, I'm totally ruined for mundane tasks like sharpening the mower blade.The manual says "Take a file and sharpen the blade". Ha! Think I can execute that simple task now, after reading all these sharpening threads - no way. My mower blades are hollow ground on a CBN wheel, the burr is removed with a fine stone, then stropped on leather with green compound. Once I even put a secondary bevel on one, with a slight back bevel. Sheesh! The blades are polished with autosol til they are bright.
I'm ruined forever.......but that first pass does look tremendous.
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Aram - 07-15-2018
My advice to you: stay away from the knife forums. It's your last hope.
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - AHill - 07-16-2018
You have too much time on your hands!
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Timberwolf - 07-16-2018
(07-15-2018, 08:26 PM)BaileyNo5 Wrote: They've totally ruined me!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The manual says "Take a file and sharpen the blade". Ha! Think I can execute that simple task now, after reading all these sharpening threads - no way. My mower blades are hollow ground on a CBN wheel, the burr is removed with a fine stone, then stropped on leather with green compound. Once I even put a secondary bevel on one, with a slight back bevel. Sheesh! The blades are polished with autosol til they are bright.
I'm ruined forever.......but that first pass does look tremendous.
...The grass quakes with fear when you start the engine!!!.....It's going to be "razor cut"!! 
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - C. in Indy - 07-16-2018
I can relate !!!
Also, for some reason I started hunting down pictures of polished hammer heads. *Nothing* practical there. But I have seen some lately from Jim Hendricks, the Crucible tool guys, and the Brent Bailey forge in California.
Chris
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Bill Wilson - 07-16-2018
(07-15-2018, 08:26 PM)BaileyNo5 Wrote: They've totally ruined me!
The manual says "Take a file and sharpen the blade". Ha! Think I can execute that simple task now, after reading all these sharpening threads - no way. My mower blades are hollow ground on a CBN wheel, the burr is removed with a fine stone, then stropped on leather with green compound. Once I even put a secondary bevel on one, with a slight back bevel. Sheesh! The blades are polished with autosol til they are bright.
I'm ruined forever.......but that first pass does look tremendous.
What? No pics of .001" thick grass shavings?
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - hbmcc - 07-16-2018
The 'natural' look is back in style. Go ahead, hit a few boulders, send gravel into the neighbor's front window. Leave the angle grinder and 30 grit for the next mower.
Around here, summer water-sewer rates quadruple and the manicured lawn only needs a weed-whip.
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Admiral - 07-16-2018
Actually, my John Deere manual recommends not to sharpen to a fine edge, just a pointed edge. I was surprised when I read that.
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Mike Brady - 07-16-2018
(07-16-2018, 10:16 AM)Admiral Wrote: Actually, my John Deere manual recommends not to sharpen to a fine edge, just a pointed edge. I was surprised when I read that.
My Lie-Nielsen manual says the same thing.
RE: Dang Sharpening Threads Anyway - Arlin Eastman - 07-16-2018
Just wondering. I thought a CBN wheel was only to be used with M2 and harder metals and that soft metals were bad for it?