Sharpening Lawn Mower Blades.

[Peter Coddington]

I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4
hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top)
your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire)
Peter.

[richard smith]

I would say that this is too expensive £40.00 + 4 hours labour! at what rate
£20.00 per hour?
richard

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4
hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top)
your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire)
Peter.

[pied piper]

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40 plus 4
hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top)
your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire)
Peter.

thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that
size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need
regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade
needs replacing

[Peter Coddington]

Post by pied piper

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40

plus

Post by pied piper

Post by Peter Coddington
4
hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top)
your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire)
Peter.

thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that
size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need
regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade
needs replacing
Thanks for your views. I had the bottom blade replaced about 3 years

ago.Kept up to adjustments for the last 20 years (a 1984 model) Maybe time
for a regrind?

[pied piper]

Post by Peter Coddington

Post by pied piper

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to have
the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40

plus

Post by pied piper

Post by Peter Coddington
4
hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over the top)
your views would be appreciated please (I live in West Yorkshire)
Peter.

thats about the going rate but four hours is too long for a machine that
size as it will only need about an hours grinding . does it definetly need
regrinding maybe u can just adjust your blades or maybe the bottom blade
needs replacing
Thanks for your views. I had the bottom blade replaced about 3 years

ago.Kept up to adjustments for the last 20 years (a 1984 model) Maybe time
for a regrind?

sounds like it try to get a few quotes or even chat with your local
greenkeeper a lot of golf courses have their own grinders might be cheaper
for u

[Richard Brooks]

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to
have the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40
plus 4 hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over
the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West
Yorkshire)
Peter.

Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do
it as they'l ask an arm and a leg.

Richard.

[pied piper]

Post by Richard Brooks

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to
have the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted £40
plus 4 hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over
the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West
Yorkshire)
Peter.

Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do
it as they'l ask an arm and a leg.
Richard.
its impossible to do a cylinder unit with a whetstone

[Richard Brooks]

Post by Richard Brooks

Post by Richard Brooks

Post by Peter Coddington
I have a Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43S Petrol Lawn Mower. I now need to
have the cylinder blades sharpened.
As it will be necessary to remove the cylinder I have been quoted
£40 plus 4 hours labour.
Is this about the price I shall have to pay.?(Or it this a bit over
the top) your views would be appreciated please (I live in West
Yorkshire)
Peter.

Learn the old ways of the whet stone. You don't need Knight's Templar to do
it as they'l ask an arm and a leg.
Richard.

its impossible to do a cylinder unit with a whetstone

It depends on the shape. You wouldn't want to do it with a full chisel
sharpening type block but I must admit that the old scythe blocks are hard
to find.

<http://www.danswhetstone.com/products.htm>


Richard.