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Sharpen the Repaired Blade

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

What happens here

After partially straightening the blade, use a DeWalt cordless angle grinder to sharpen the cutting edge. Focus on removing any rough spots, burrs, or chipped areas caused by hitting the rock. Although a perfect factory edge is not the goal for this temporary repair, a sharpened edge will improve cutting efficiency and reduce scalping of the lawn. Ensure to maintain a consistent angle when grinding.

Goal: Restore a functional cutting edge to the blade.

Tools and materials

  • DeWalt Cordless Angle Grinder DeWalt — Sharpening the blade
  • Hearing Protection 3M — Ear protection from grinder noise
  • Repaired Mower Blade Ventrac — The blade being sharpened
  • Safety Glasses — Eye protection from sparks and debris

What they say

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whoo we tried we can't say we didn't try this material I'm just afraid I'm gonna weaken it I don't want to heat it up really really really hot I'm afraid I'm gonna weaken it I still think it's gonna do a great job it was only scalping like this much when I was mowing a little bit earlier so hopefully fingers crossed this thing does a great job I've been riding this thing for one cut so far so basically I've been on it for about three hours three and a half hours something like that let me tell you it is spoiling me completely rotten so we'll get some drone images of what goes on and hopefully get your fingers crossed we don't scalp the crap out of the yard cool we're gonna reinstall the blade get on the mower and cross our fingers before we get on the mower I totally forgot we've got a grinder here we're going to go ahead and sharpen this while it's off of the mower we're just gonna put a little edge on and we're not gonna go grinding crazy on it but we're just going to try and take off some of that rough stuff and as you can see I hit the rock right there too so will grind off all that grit right off that factory edge so it can rest for us and we'll put it back on the mower and we'll go ahead and sharpen up all the blades on the mower now

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