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- Sharpen scarifiers - That's how it works
- Safety is the priority - important preparatory work
- Manual sharpening scarifier - Tips & Tricks
- Tips
The knives are removed for sharpening
Sharpen scarifiers - That's how it works
With blunt knives the scarifier stands against turf felt in a lost position. Although the garden tool is used only once or twice a year, the knife roller uses more quickly than a lawn mower blade due to the high stress. This guide explains how to hone your scarifier yourself.
Safety is the priority - important preparatory work
Before you turn to the knives of your scarifier, accidental starting of the engine should be safely ruled out. To do this, pull out the power plug on the electrical appliance. Disconnect the spark plug and plug at the gasoline scarifier. Since blunt blades can cause serious injuries and fly metal chips when sanding, please also put on gloves and goggles.
Manual sharpening scarifier - Tips & Tricks
In the hobby garden it is rarely worth investing in a costly wet-grinding machine to sharpen a gardening tool now and then. The focus is on grindstones or hand files for this purpose because they are inexpensive to buy and easy to use. This is how you proceed correctly:
When grinding, please make sure that the existing angle of the cutting surface is maintained. If you are working with a hand file, at the end remove the last ridge with a whetstone. As a rule, a simple file is sufficient for the blades of the scarifying roller to work smoothly. More precise results can be achieved with a sanding piece, because here the grindstone is located on a handle. Furthermore, this construction scores with the advantage that grinding work is less strenuous.
Tips
Owner of a drill with flex attachment sharpen blades and knives of gardening tools without removing them. With the Universal Knife Sharpener from Westfalia not only rose and pruning shears are sharp in no time at all. Likewise, you can grind scarifying knives on motorized and manual devices alike.