Attempt Manual Blade Straightening

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I broke the tractor! Let's do some "blacksmith work" And an Unexpected Setback!

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What happens here

Place the bent blade on a piece of railroad track, serving as an improvised anvil. Using a sledgehammer, repeatedly strike the bent portion of the blade to attempt to flatten and straighten it. The material is very strong and resilient, causing it to spring back after each hit. This manual hammering alone proves insufficient to achieve the desired straightness.

Goal: Manually flatten the bent blade using hammering.

Tools and materials

Bent Mower Blade Ventrac — The item being straightened
Hearing Protection 3M — Protecting ears from loud impacts
Railroad Track — Providing a sturdy surface for hammering
Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes from debris
Safety Gloves Ironclad — Protecting hands
Sledgehammer — Striking the blade to straighten it

What they say

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bad about that far down my thought is to hit right out here and let it sit right on there so I think that's what we're gonna do I think we're gonna let it sit flat this is gonna be interesting this is a Big Bend coming on out of there pretty good still pretty darn crooked let's try hitting it right here where the arc is on that Bend might need to heat this thing up whoa that's hard on the old hand on this side tap tappy tap whoa it's a spring I hope we don't have to go to the hospital after this fYI kids don't try this at home at some point you got to wonder when is getting the lawn finished worth this amount of pain on your wrist man that's a strong blade it's just spring it back ideally I'd put this in a vise and bend it back but I don't have a very nice heavy-duty vise table to bend it so in other words I clamped that and give it a good tug and hopefully bend it back I'm not so sure that this repair is gonna work for us hmm all right we're getting serious got some gloves now now I can whack it harder oh yeah nice coming on back it's coming back to me come on baby come on baby that seems stupid man still got a nasty twist in it that's what's right and that's what we got it's not working without heat I'm gonna have to get some heat some sort of a heat source I don't have a torch so I do have map gas I think we might heat it up with map gas but I'm pretty sure that's gonna weaken the blade and we'll most definitely have to replace that blade I may make some phone calls and see if I can find a blade locally because I ordered these blades and it's gonna take about three days to get in and the grass needs mowing it's really really thick down the orchard don't make

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