Sharpening a Reel Mower

In this video i will show you how to sharpen any reel mower from the world. Mower in the video is AL-KO reel hand mower 380 HM SOFT TOUCH. Sharpening a reel mower is easy process. It takes about 1 hour to sharpen a reel mower like this in video.
This process of sharpening is called BACK LAPPING.
#reelmower #sharpening #backlapping

[@nautilus956]

Nice video. It would be helpful if you explained what you were doing, how & why...even in annotations. Simple enough mechanically, not everybody is mechanically inclined though.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

Nice one! Very helpful.

[@gergemall]

looks sharp

[@clarkgriswold-zr5sb]

Very nice!!

[@melvinthemechanic]

Good job

[@JMBlackNet]

What grit compound did you use?

[@ghidfg]

good idea with the hose. question: after sharpening do you have to adjust the bed knife height again?

[@wayneessar7489]

Well done there! If you want to be sure, as your machine gets a bit older, when you loosen the bed knife, try to wiggle the reel in it's bearings. If you see "play" in that shaft, you need to adjust or replace that bearing. Then you can get a perfect sharpening and setting. Enjoy the mow!

[@sprinklersystems1]

Wayne Essar Thank you for comment and for good advice. And as always enjoy the mow you too.

[@michaelthibault7930]

How to get the bed knife dead-flat (i.e. dead-straight)? Lap it on a large sheet of steel plate. And if you have no lapping paste? Will wrapping the lapped bed knife in increasingly finer grit sandpaper, while gradually advancing the bed knife toward the reel, have the same net effect?

[@benlai7975]

is it working ? What idea?

[@Grimhurst]

wow!

[@austingatewood7454]

Nice turf sir

[@uffesteenberg]

OK thanks😊

[@reggiesmith6729]

I have old gravely gang mowers,I'm gonna try to back lap them with a drill good explanation without talking I understand perfectly.

[@olhemi1]

😁👍☕

[@gintasindreika933]

Sorry, but I didn't understand a thing. Didn't you use any valve grinding compound?

[@robertkat]

I had one of these with a motor on top.

[@FitGameDeveloper]

Would be nice to know how you rigged that drill bit. Seems like a piece of rubber tubing with two hose clamps. In other videos, the mower had a socket drive. Nice video overall. I agree with others--would be nice to have commentary.

[@sprinklersystems1]

You can see all in the video. Two hose clamps, drill machine and hose that's right.. what socket drive? 😊

[@uffesteenberg]

What's the name of the backlapping paste?? Will have to order it online..

[@sprinklersystems1]

Just type in Google backlapping paste 👌

[@FitGameDeveloper]

Amazon has it listed as "reel sharpening compound."

[@judgeadvocate9275]

I heard, you can buy the sharpening compound at an automotive store.

[@nc3826]

Master of Nothing: Just give a "real answer" to a question for once 👌

[@Melloyelloo71]

I can't figure out how you got those blades sharpen. I didn't see you touch the blades as far as sharpening them. When you did put a hand on them was when you applied the backlapping paste. Nice video yet that's the thing that I am not getting. Sorry.

[@richardball5491]

By tightening the blades up against the frame, and then rotating them backwards against the frame.

[@VideoNOLA]

Nope. So much easier to do than this. Keep searching...