Great informative video! 👍

@hester781

Күн бұрын

Thank you!👍🏻

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

2 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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 👍🏻👍🏻

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

3 күн бұрын

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

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 🙂

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

Ай бұрын

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

A Lawnmower is not a PRESICION machine far from it, the flex in the deck and belts worn is more of a problem than anything

@hester781

23 күн бұрын

They are definitely far from a precision machine. However that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put some care and effort into proper maintenance 👍🏻

good video brother!

@hester781

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! 👍🏻

Could you post which balancer you have there?

@hester781

16 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

@hester781

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 👍🏻

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

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

5 күн 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.

Thanks, i did not know that!!

@hester781

Ай бұрын

No problem! 👍🏻

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

@hester781

8 күн бұрын

That’s actually a brilliant idea! 👍🏻

Can you show us show us how you sharpen them.

@hester781

Жыл бұрын

I can definitely do that 👍🏻

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

8 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.