• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    but make sure it’s balanced

    That’s gonna be OPs problem…

    They didn’t seem to sharpen, they straight up removed a shit ton of material.

    An unbalance lawnmower blade can be insanely dangerous, and it’s one of those things you’d get used to how yours sound and not notice it’s fucked. Like how the person driving the car with bad brakes is always the last to notice.

    The real trick is picking up sticks everytime before you mow, but that sucks.

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      11 days ago

      I was worried about balance so I got one of those blade balance tools. I ground off a noticeable amount to get them sharp and yet they were still perfectly balanced.

      You have to take off a huge amount from only one side for a blade to be unbalanced. Because normally you sharpen both sides so you are balancing it just by sharpening.