Balancing mower blades. Necessary or nonsense?

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@georgedavall9449 4 ай бұрын

Balancing blades made of metal, that will be rotating at high speeds, is Not only No nonsense, but IS necessary, and this was an informative and NO Nonsense Video! 👍

@hester781 4 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more, Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

@TLMD Жыл бұрын

I love that balancer. I must procure one for myself. Thanks for the video Sir!

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

It’s very cool! I bought this one used at an estate sale and I love it

@warrenvalentino5763 Жыл бұрын

Great video. i Always balance new blades. if you do Not balance the blades either used or new they will wear out the mower parts and sometimes vibrate the mowing deck/whole machine. :)

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

You couldn’t be more right my friend 👍🏻👍🏻

@tommcg666 Жыл бұрын

i own one of those balancers,i think its a good thing to reduce vibration.

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

I agree 100% it made a huge difference on my riding mowers

@a.martinez9825 Ай бұрын

Great informative video! 👍

@hester781 Ай бұрын

Thank you!👍🏻

@philliphall5198 2 ай бұрын

Remove the sticker, then check it It’s common for new blades to be out of balance I use the Orgen balancer Love it 😊

@hester781 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I’ve found many new blades out of balance, always good to double check 👍🏻

@Big_Johns Жыл бұрын

I agree Hester, unbalanced the slightest will wear a deck out for sure. Nice video brother. 👍

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

Thank you John! 👍🏻

@Big_Johns Жыл бұрын

Anytime brother 🙂

@TomDobyMowerRepair Жыл бұрын

good video brother!

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! 👍🏻

@ScoutCrafter Жыл бұрын

First off once again congratulations on hitting 1K Subscribers.... There are only a few channels that I get excited about a new upload and Hester781 is one of them... This was a great test, it is obvious that the surface friction of the screwdriver is not giving you an accurate test result. I wonder if you lubricated the screwdriver shaft with a very slippery oil if you might obtain better results. I don't think anything will duplicate your precision bearing balancer but it would be interesting for the do-it-yourselfer to see how we can get the best results. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scout! So you have the same idea as I did when I started out. I had an aluminum rod that I polished to a mirror finish and slid on an oiled bronze bushing that I would balance the blade on to “eliminate” friction messing with my results. But an old timer (who taught me much of what I know today) pointed out that the flaw in my design was the blades center of gravity. You need to make the pivot point the exact center of the blade in order to get an accurate reading.

@busterbrown1686 3 ай бұрын

I've been balancing on a nail for years and thought I was the greatest blade sharpener of all time to have perfectly balanced blades every time. After receiving a magnetic balancer my sharpened blades did what your red blades did, OMG I had to re shave one side about 6 times to get a good balance. The kicker is after each re shave I also tested on the nail and it kept showing a good balance, so the nail method is a big time liar. Great presentation

@hester781 3 ай бұрын

I was in the same boat my friend! The magnetic balancer is a game changer 👍🏻

@martinsobkowiak5767 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, i did not know that!!

@hester781 3 ай бұрын

No problem! 👍🏻

@californiaballer Ай бұрын

Take your blades off after just one week and you will see that this super sensitive balancer will show that they are unbalanced again. That’s all it takes. I’m not even talking about grass clippings or pieces of dirt sticking to the blades and changing the balancing as you mow. So the question is, unless blades are way out of balance (that a simple nail test would show anyway), are there any real benefits of micro-balancing them? I believe a good practice is a practice that is both sound technically and easy for most people to follow. And a practice that people would ignore because it is too much hustle, is not a good practice no matter how sound it is.

@hester781 Ай бұрын

We can definitely agree that when it comes to balancing there is good and good enough. However, a nail will not work because it can’t hold the blade in the center. A regular (horizontal style) balancer is more than enough to get a blade balanced within acceptable tolerance. The balancer that I have is more for a mower shop that sees dozens of blades a day, but it is also quite useful for seeing if a blade is bent.

@MrPlasticdinosaur484 Ай бұрын

My question is where can I get one of those blade balancing Mounts that you have Do you have a link to where I could buy one

@hester781 Ай бұрын

I believe this is an older version of the Stens 750-087 balancer 👍🏻

@markgeorge3960 Жыл бұрын

Nice demo! I figured the screwdriver in the vise would work better than that. You said the cone balancers were better? Thanks.

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

Yes the cone style is way more accurate and works well. However it doesn’t tell you if the blade is bent

@wayneessar7489 8 күн бұрын

Some cone types don't fit some blade holes or opening very well. Oregon products is another company that makes a quality magnetic tool with an arm to check straightness.

@user-xd6ft9or6g Ай бұрын

So take a old spindle hang it on the wall n you got yourself a balancer

@hester781 Ай бұрын

That’s actually a brilliant idea! 👍🏻

@mahkuntizitchy2083 13 күн бұрын

You sir are a genius, I NEVER would have thought of that!👍✌

@billsilvers6066 Ай бұрын

Could you post which balancer you have there?

@hester781 Ай бұрын

I believe this is an older version of the Stens 750-087 balancer 👍🏻

@delperz2371 2 ай бұрын

Add some grease to the nail. Should make it more accurate.

@hester781 2 ай бұрын

It has nothing to do with friction, the problem is the nail is above the center of the blade, so you are never going to get an accurate reading 👍🏻

@jamesrowe4316 Жыл бұрын

Can you show us show us how you sharpen them.

@hester781 Жыл бұрын

I can definitely do that 👍🏻

@Rich32262 10 ай бұрын

Well done, I'm a little tired of seeing this nail trick. It's very inaccurate. I don't understand why anyone think balancing wouldn't matter. What piece of machinery spinning at high-speed can continue to do that indefinitely without blowing apart at some point if it's not balanced.

@hester781 10 ай бұрын

Agreed! It’s such a simple concept to understand. I don’t know why it gets so much pushback from people in the small engine repair community. Maybe it’s just me, but I like going the extra distance.