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TITLE :Oregon 88 025 Lawn Mower Blade Standard Duty Grinder, 1/3 HP ASIN : B004BKIIU4 BRAND : Oregon PRICE: $260.15 If not sure !!!!!! Check !!!!! ![]() |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Good unit for a reasonable price.
By Brian Anderson
I own a part time lawn care service that I operate 3 days a week while in college. I mow about 20 residential lawns per week with a 36" Scag Commercial Walk Behind. Sharp blades are important to me and bench grinders simply will not maintain the factory bevel, so I started looking at blade grinders. They run from $200 up to $1200. There is only one cheaper than this one but you're limited to 5 inches of sharpening depth.
I decided on this unit because it offers the ability to sharpen any blade length, while many others are limited to 6 inches. It was also within my budget. To get 9" of sharpening depth, I would have to buy an RBG unit for twice the price.
My initial impressions are good. It does not vibrate much at all. Its relatively quiet as well and starts smoothly. I set the angle to the factory bevel and it was pretty easy to set up. When I sharpened my first blade, it took about a minute or two to get the hang of it, applying even pressure as the blade moves accross.
It took approximately 1-2 minutes to sharpen the first blade. I was sharpening mulching blade with 0.20 inch thick steel. The motor seemed to bog down slightly if I applied to much pressure on the blade, but when I kept the pressure steady, it was fine and made pretty quick work of it. The blade I had was in pretty decent shape as it was, so I wasn't shaping steel. I sharpened four more blades before I called it a night. So far, I am very pleased.
I should note that when I wrote Oregon about this unit and sharpening the thicker commercial blades, they wrote back telling me that the unit would bog down under the thicker blades and told me to buy one of their $1000.00 units. It actually handles the larger blades just fine for me without putting much strain on the motor.
BOTTOM LINE: These are just my first impressions, but I would definitely recommend this to part time Lawn Care Operators or start ups who cannot afford to spend $600 plus on a larger grinder for now. This unit has plenty of power and offers the ability to sharpen any length of blade. It may not be as fast as the RBG or Magna-Matic, but its also less than half as much.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Poor Quality
By Jack
Very light weight and poorly constructed. It came with 4 rubber feet which allows the grinder to dance all over the place. I set it on a solid metal surface and it did the same as it did on my solid wood work bench. I had to anchor it down with lag screws. The motor gets hot after a short period of time. The grinder has been altered from the picture shown. The adjustment wheel at the top has been changed to a hex screw. The knobs that are shown for to lock the wheel height adjustment have been changed to nuts. The work rest is very flimsey. Watch out boys! Unless you are planning to sharpen only one or two blades a year, you will be very disappointed. This is a very low-end tool.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Exactly what i expected
By Jeremy Hess
GReat for sharpening mower blades, excellent for anyone who mows a moderate amount of grass each week. Saves a lot of time and wrongly sharpened blades