Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603
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Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603
$12.99
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| Current Price | $12.99 | October 31, 2024 |
| Highest Price | $12.99 | October 23, 2024 |
| Lowest Price | $12.99 | October 23, 2024 |
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Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603 Description
- LAWN MOWER BLADE SHARPENER – Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener features a large safety guard and a preset carbide blade that will sharpen a dull blade with just a few pulls! Measuring 7” x 2.75”, this tool is convenient and easy to store.
- SAFE TO USE – This mower blade sharpener has an oversized handle, so it is easy to use with gloves and features a large finger guard for safe secure sharpening. It also has a wire-bristled cleaning brush that stores in the handle of the sharpener.
- CARBIDE BLADE – The replaceable carbide blade will put a sharp edge on your mower blade in just a few minutes. Premium carbide is a coarse grit material specifically made to get the job done quickly and efficiently.
- DURABLE – Smith’s products are made to last, and this handheld sharpener is made with a durable plastic head for easier sharpening. Forget the hassle of taking your blades in to be sharpened when you have this handy DIY tool!
- GREAT GIFT – Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener makes a great Father’s Day, Birthday, or Christmas gift. This easy-to-use sharpener minimizes the hassle and will keep your blades sharp and your lawn looking great!
Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603 Specification
Specification: Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603
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Smith’s Handheld Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener 50603 Reviews (13)
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Christopher –
Just plain did not work for me. Possibly I lack the patience, skill, or technique to use this right.
Let me say up front that I am not fussy about sharpening tools. Just want it to be sharp, don’t really care how it gets that way. I have always sharpened garden tools with a file. The writeup for this makes it seem easier than using a file, so I thought I would give it a try.
One edge of my lawn mower blade was badly dinged up. Even after taking down the biggest dings with a file, I could not get this to sharpen that side. (Or, if it ever was going to sharpen it, it was going to take all day.)
On the side with no nicks, it would get kind-of not-dull, but no more than that. You know how it feels when you pull your thumb across a sharpened blade? That feeling where you can say, OK, that’s sharp, I can stop now. It never got to that point. So either it takes a LOT more strokes than I’d care to do, or it’ll never get to that point regardless.
In the end, I gave up and used a file. For me, that was faster and gave me better control over the edge of the blade.
One thing I noticed is that, by design, this tool makes you remove *a lot* of metal in order to get an edge on the blade. It scrapes metal off the entire bezel of the mower blade. That is your sole option. So when you use this tool, in effect, you have to grind the entire bezel back, at the factory angle, by hand, until the leading edge of the bezel is reasonable sharp. Which is a fine if you are using a grinding wheel, but it kind of tedious by hand.
With a file, by contrast, once you’ve filed any nicks flat, you can cheat: You can lift the file a couple of degrees and just sharpen leading edge of the bezel. That goes a lot faster, removes a lot less metal, and gets you to a nice sharp edge in very little time.
I’m giving this one away to my local thrift shop. It’s probably a good tool if you don’t feel confident that you can sharpen a mower blade with a file. But if are used to do it with a file, this tool seems like an awful lot of effort for at best a mediocre edge.
Ernest Jones –
Se non si può smontare la lama, questa lima è indispensabile.
Spencer in Seattle –
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As someone who has been sharpening mower blades for over 20 years (I used to have a landscaping company called “The Sod Squad”), I swear by this mower blade sharpener. This is because of two reasons: the handle design is very easy to use (no risk of cutting yourself), and the actual design of the sharpener (one carbide side and one guide) is specific to mower blades. The sharpener works very well.
Mower blades are not knives, so you don’t need to put a bevel on both sides of the blade. You also don’t need to get them razor sharp. Instead, a mower blade just has a single bevel, and this is why this sharpener is ideal. It’s true that you CAN sharpen your mower blade with a file. But it’s way easier and faster to just swipe the blade with this sharpener.
░░░ A FEW NOTES AFTER YEARS OF WORKING ON MOWERS ░░░
1. If your blade is really old and beat up, you may need to take some of the dings out of it with a file. That will be determined by how many rocks and sprinkler heads that you’ve hit.
2. While it’s tempting to try to sharpen the blade while it’s still on the mower, don’t. It’s way, way easier to take the blade off and sharpen it. Plus, you’ll do a better job.
3. If you don’t have a bench vise to clamp your blade into when sharpening, just use a couple of 2x4s screwed together to hold the blade in place.
4. If you really want a well-running mower, use a blade balancer like this one: Oregon Lawn Mower Blade Balancer 42-100. Balancing the blade is not essential for homeowners and few people do this, but it’s ideal if you’re mowing a lot commercially or just really into having a fine-tuned mower.
5. A razor sharp mower blade is really overkill, because you’re just cutting grass. So my advice would be to not obsess about getting a perfectly sharp blade. This sharpener will get it plenty sharp.
6. Regular sharpening, like every season or even twice a season, will keep the blade nice and sharp. If you let it get too dull it’ll be hard to sharpen (like after several years).
So it’s a nice design with the built-in brush and sharpener angle. I strongly recommend it.
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This product was NOT given to me as part of any promotion. I bought it after doing some comparison shopping and this review is entirely the result of my own opinions and use of the product.
J. S. Keck –
I was tempted to buy one of those sharpening stones that uses a drill. But then I saw a YouTube video reviewing this hand-held sharpener and that changed my mind. I ordered this along with a new mower blade thru Amazon. The new blade was painted (?) even on the cutting edges. I used this to remove the paint and put a sharp edge on the new blade in less than 5 minutes. It was very easy to see the sharpening action as it removed the paint from the blade edges. The wire brush is helpful but not super-durable, as I ordered the sharpener first to try and revive my old blade, but after wire-brushing it discovered cracks that made the blade unsafe to continue using. The bristles on the brush got bent pretty easily. Still handy to have it. Especially for the price and ease of use, I’d recommend this all day vs. those drill-mounted grinding stones.
Aleksa –
Really pleased with these sharpeners. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it sharpened my gardening tools including the blades of my lawn mower.
Brenda Hebert –
Works well
Aleksa –
It really does a good job! The blade is nicely sharpened.
fasa86 –
Pas encore utilisé
Les Goya –
For the price, this product is easy to use for the designed purpose of sharpening lawn mower blades. The product is safe with the large handle and does the job with easy pulling strokes over the mower blade.
Amazon Customer –
I like that it has a handle to keep my hands safe.
F Houston –
Better than no sharpener. Thought it would do a better job. I did about 50 passes on each blade end. Would try the drill attachment, with the grinding stone, if I had to do it again.
J. Reese –
Worked great on my lawnmower blades!
analytical_chemist –
Simple but not easy to use. Placed the lawnmower blade in a vice. Process takes some effort for first 1/4 of job, then lightens for further stroke pulls. I ran about 100 pulls for each 1/2 of blade. Noted some wear on cutter wheels for this first job. Large blade guard protects hand.
I checked balance. All in all, it got job done without fuss of taking blade into shop.