Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Valve1138]

Are mulch blades all that different? I just pulled the regular mower blade off, filed the crap out of it until it was kind of sharp (there's 0 need for razor sharp that will be gone after the first cutting), & put it back on. Yep, it wasn't a flawless balance. Yep I could replace the blade cheap when it was too far out of balance.

It's a different shape.

 

[wetwillie]

Are mulch blades all that different? I just pulled the regular mower blade off, filed the crap out of it until it was kind of sharp (there's 0 need for razor sharp that will be gone after the first cutting), & put it back on. Yep, it wasn't a flawless balance. Yep I could replace the blade cheap when it was too far out of balance.

I'm not getting it either. Just set it the center hole on a ballbearing and see how it balances. The curve shouldn't matter, you don't sharpen that side of the blade anyway - that would be as stupid as sharpening the top of chainsaw teeth instead of the face.

 

[Darth Handsome]

We've seen this evidenced in your wit, fer sure.

thank you for not mentioning your pecker in this post, maybe youre finally getting the hint

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I cant sharpen things for shit. When Im done the fn blade is duller than when I started

If only the articles were still up. You could learn how.

 

[Jehannum]

I cant sharpen things for shit. When Im done the fn blade is duller than when I started

Just like your conversational skills, eh?

 

[Jehannum]

I'm not getting it either. Just set it the center hole on a ballbearing and see how it balances. The curve shouldn't matter, you don't sharpen that side of the blade anyway - that would be as stupid as sharpening the top of chainsaw teeth instead of the face.

Ball bearings are overrated for mower blade balancing. I stand 'em on a piece of angle iron and see how they do from side to side, and go.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Just like your conversational skills, eh?

https://uselessforums.com/threads/the-home-improvement-automation-thread.14476/post-1758356

first Pete & now Repeat

 

[wetwillie]

thank you for not mentioning your pecker in this post, maybe youre finally getting the hint

My balls are clean this morning - hope you approve of the new soap.

 

[Darth Handsome]

I dont know how you goofs get through your day

 

[Amstel]

Ball bearings are overrated for mower blade balancing. I stand 'em on a piece of angle iron and see how they do from side to side, and go.

I'm not getting it either. Just set it the center hole on a ballbearing and see how it balances.

Guise, not really sure you know the degree of sophistication I employ for balancing.

A pencil. Stick a pencil through the hole and hold the blade stable with the other hand & let go of the blade. if it doesn't move, turn the blade 90 degrees and see if it moves. No move, yer done. If it moves, whichever side moves down, file it a little more 'cuz it's heavier, then grab the pencil again.

 

[wetwillie]

Guise, not really sure you know the degree of sophistication I employ for balancing.

A pencil. Stick a pencil through the hole and hold the blade stable with the other hand & let go of the blade. if it doesn't move, turn the blade 90 degrees and see if it moves. No move, yer done. If it moves, whichever side moves down, file it a little more 'cuz it's heavier, then grab the pencil again.

Close enough on any of these methods imo. *I could hyperfocus and ask if you are using a round pencil or a standard #2 hex shape.
meh, it's fucked after that first pebble anyway.

 

[Jehannum]

Close enough on any of these methods imo. *I could hyperfocus and ask if you are using a round pencil or a standard #2 hex shape.
meh, it's fucked after that first pebble anyway.

What's fucked is that I've got a tub full of retired heavy machinery bearings (all >3 cm diameters), and I never thought to pull one of those out to do the job.

 

[Amstel]

Close enough on any of these methods imo. *I could hyperfocus and ask if you are using a round pencil or a standard #2 hex shape.
meh, it's fucked after that first pebble anyway.

This is why I can't get worked up over it!!

 

[Jehannum]

Nest is dead

And you fuckers wonder why I prefer to keep my shit on my own server.

 

[Valve1138]

Nest is dead

And you fuckers wonder why I prefer to keep my shit on my own server.

Just don't expect Google to keep a product line or service in existence more than a few years.

 

[Jehannum]

Just don't expect Google to keep a product line or service in existence more than a few years.

I'll say this for my "1997 SOFTWARE LULZ" habit: it's not likely to up and disappear overnight at the whim of Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos.

 

[HipHugHer]

It's just a damn lawn mower not the space shuttle. Just tip it up and get under there with your hand grinder and put an edge on it. Don't even have to take the blade off. A pillow feathers worth of imbalance doesn't mean shit. It's gonna be dull again in 15 minutes anyway.

 

[Jehannum]

It's just a damn lawn mower not the space shuttle. Just tip it up and get under there with your hand grinder and put an edge on it. Don't even have to take the blade off. A pillow feathers worth of imbalance doesn't mean shit. It's gonna be dull again in 15 minutes anyway.

I'm more worried about the longevity of my lawn mower engine with an imbalanced blade than I am about the sharpness.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

I can have the blade off my mower, sharpened, and back on in like 10 or 15 minutes
its stupid easy

 

[Darth Handsome]

I can have the blade off my mower, sharpened, and back on in like 10 or 15 minutes
its stupid easy

well Hips gets excited about being able to pee out the pantleg of his shorts so he may cut more corners than the average bear