Grinding Disc VS Flap Disc For Lawn Mower Blade Sharpening
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2022
- How to sharpen a lawn mower blade the easy way. In this video I test out traditional grinding disc versus various flap disc's of different grit levels on a 4.5 inch angle grinder to see what is the best to use for sharpening lawn mower blades.
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Let me know in the comments below what your preferred method is to use to sharpen your lawn mower blades.
Flap disc my preferred method. More aggressive, faster. Makes them razor sharp. Great channel. Happy Mowing
Yes I can definitely see why it’s your preferred method. It’s now mine too. Thanks for watching.
@@LawnCareBusinessSuccess - Thanks for sharing big boy.
I've made the very bad mistake previous month's by using a regular hard disc.
A 60 grit flap made it so easy. From now on I sharpen my 2417 honda riding mower blades every few weeks.
No more struggling!
Cheers.
Us average guys should hold the blade in a vise and use both hands on the grinder. Definately going to try the flap wheels next time. For other newer users, higher grit numbers mean a less aggressive cut and a smoother finish.
Thanks for making this a quick and to the point youtube!
Thanks for watching.
Unsafe method.
God you people can’t possibly be serious with all this cry baby bull💩 we aren’t in kindergarten we don’t need people holding our hands to cross the street hood the blade in one hand use the grinder in the other and work
Mower blade sharpening is kinda like welding, 3 guys in a room you'll get 5 answers.
I liked the comparison between disc and flap. Usually, videos show only one.
I am going to try flap disc for myself!
Since I'm a homeowner my blades don't get dinged only dull.
I find a rotary tool works well, finish with file.
I've been using the 40 grit one and absolutely love it I can see a big difference in cut quality I like for my work to look as good as possible
Nice 👍 Thanks for watching
Thanks so much for this review! I am switching to flap disks too, as a residential consumer..... great comparison between the 'grits.'
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
Cheers for that, was just contemplating wether a flapper disc would be suitable for this task exactly and it look like I’m getting myself some 80 grit flapper discs 👍🏼
Glad you found value in the video. Thanks for watching.
Nice interesting video. Like the style of your sharpening. Hands on quick sharpening.
ill be tring this, thank you
Fantastic video. Heading to the store now.
Glad you found value in the video. Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thanks
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On a mower blade in fairly good shape, I always use a 60 grit flap disc, a 40 grit takes off too much material, if you're not careful. I used to use a grinding wheel but it's just too aggressive.
Great tip. Thanks for watching.
Excellent and detailed instructional video. Liked and subscribed. Great teacher. Like the “divot” comments👍🏽Golfer? My game. Cheers!
Good educational video😂 thnx! For doing the comparison vids
Thanks for watching.
The grinding wheel will cut on a circumfrence that will produce a concave blade profile and the flapper will produce a convex profile. For these geometries the difference is not much, but the convex profile will hold its edge longer. For the same orientation of the grinder for each disc type, the concave will be sharper though. Use the flapper disk and just adjust the grind angle if this is likely to be an issue.
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Flap disk with the All American Sharpener!! Works great
Nice 👍 Those All American Sharpener jigs look very cool! Thanks for watching.
Flap sanders are only fast at first and that is not very long. Once they wear a little bit all they do is polish. Also they cost far more than grinding wheels, up to five times as much. I quit using flap discs for sharpening lawn mower blades years ago. Flap sanders do leave the surface extremely nice though. I only use flap sanders where I want sheet metal butt welds perfectly flat accross the welded areas. Even there, new flap discs lose their ability to provide a flat surface, quickly and long before the thickness of the disc is very thin. I do a lot of sheet metal replacement on collector cars.
By the direction that the sparks are flying, I would consider a different orientation of the grinder to the blade so that the grinding rotation would have sparks coming off of blade. The way shown might have the rotation of the wheel catching the blade edge and having things quickly flying about. The rotation shown here is going to be cooler for the metal at the cutting edge, but would guess that's not much of a practical issue.
Thanks for watching and sharing.
The problem with grinding off the blade is you can get a rougher edge or “paper” edge. Grinding in the direction of the blade gives support to the edge (by the thick material of blade) so you are able to get the edge sharper.
I use an angle grinder, but I have a lot of nicks due to rough ground. Also, I hold the grinder so disk rotation is toward the blade edge, not pushing into the edge in your example. With the flap disk, if rotation is wrong, the disk would be destroyed, I suppose. Never used one.
That’s some brave @$$ sharpening right there
I use the flap wheel. And sharpen same as you do. I do have a jig for them as well. But only use that if I hit something or after spring/fall clean ups where I get lots of sticks and suck.
Nice 👍 I’m amazed I’m only discovering the flap disc now! 😂 Thanks for watching.
I've just started sharpening my blades on zero turn mower. I notice there are videos showing blades placed on a nail afterwards to see if both sides of a blade are balanced. Do you recommend doing this? Making sure your blades are balanced? Secondly, should the 3 blades be placed back on the mower in any particular spin location? Thanks.
I use the 40g with an All American jig to sharpen the blades for my Ventrac Tough Cut, really heavy commercial blade plus CW and CCW bevels. The 80g is OK for the commercial blades on my finish deck.
Nice 👍 thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.
Remember people watching this video are going to do what they see! 1st the blade itself should be in a vice. 2nd you shouldn't be holding the grinder with one hand. 3rd grind away from the edge of the blade not towards it. Other than that great video. And don't forget the safety glasses. Lol
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You got be be frigging kidding
You should change your name to Karen and then grow up adults can think for themselves self and I’ve been sharpening blades like this for 20 years with 0 problems
@@Justthemow Glad I could help out.
40 grit is the best way I have found... really cuts a nice clean edge 👌
Nice! Thanks for sharing and watching.
Is there a performance difference between the T-27 flat and T-29 beveled disks?
Nah the 29 is curved and the 27 is flat. Both can do the job but it’s a matter of preference. Flat discs are good for removing material on larger surface areas while curved ones (imo) allow for some precise sharpening at shorter angles than would be required with a flat one.
A vice and whatever is on the grinder at the time. I may start using flappers exclusively from now on
Man you really should start grinding away from your body instead of going to your stomach, (for safety) but the flap does work tons better
Thanks for your concern and I appreciate you watching.
Flap disc with the all American sharpener!
Nice. That all American sharpener seems like a nice unit.
Sharpen the contour of a mulch blade with curve in blade.
Best way this, best way that..the very best way is not get cut or mangles by the sharp edges on the blade.
40 grit flap disc the best leaves a great finish
I use a flap disc, I use a 60 grit. Been doing it for years, never had any problems.
Aren’t you comparing a tired old disc to a brand new flap? I’d be interested to know if that makes a difference.
I doubt it would make a difference. A grinding disc has that same grinding surface all the way through to the end even as it gets smaller. A flap disc is essentially sand paper and would lose grit as it gets used. So if anything it would be the reverse that would make a difference and I suspect a grinding wheel would last much longer than a flap disc but it doesn’t leave as nice of an edge. Thanks for watching.
Flap disk, 60 grit Only way to go
Definitely a good choice. Thanks for watching.
only need to go across it once or twice not 500
Flap disc less likely to heat the blade and cause temperament problems.
40 grit flap disc the best way to sharpen your blade
Nice. 👍 thanks for sharing and watching.
People and their this is better, that is better. The FACT is that a grinding stone is better because is faster and far cheaper leaving an edge that is as sharp as you need it. It is pointless to have, what some people think is a razor edge, in the environment that a lawnmower blade spins in. Fussiness will get you nothing but less money in your wallet with the five times as much you will pay for flap discs. Go ahead and pay extra for an imaginary benefit if you hate your money so bad.
Flap wheel gives a much more refined edge. 40 or 60 grit is fine. No grinding wheel. You're sharpening, not grinding.
You only sharpen one side of those blades sir, they're gonna get awful dull awfully quick when you make that blade cutting surface that thin, this looks very dangerous, safety is important, don't skip through safety to make it quicker, it only takes one time to catch a hot piece of metal in your eye, or cut your own fingers off, it happens more than it should
flap disk leaves a rounded edge
The guy that says going away from the edge doesn't know what he is talking about. Grinding towards the edge leaves less metal rolled over that has to be ground off. There is no reason to have a rounded edge with a grinding wheel. Use the grinding wheel correctly.
This method of using an angle grinder is dangerous and hopefully people will follow a safer method
Very, very poor video your sharpening your lawnmower, blade in your hand. What your grinder that’s an accident waiting to happen what are you doing and you’re setting a bad example for people on TV what if someone did that and they cut their finger off it would be your fault
Like him I’ve been doing this all my life (except for first few months learning). So do it the way that is relevant to your level of skill and strength with a tool. Yes put it in a vice if you don’t do this for a living or you only sharpen in your work shop.