Here’s an optimistic video for those whose lawnmower blades are suspected to be blunt. Fred Olson, of Olson’s Saw Shop in Eugene, Oregon, who has been sharpening blades for 30 years, shows us how. The video blurb says “sharpening lawn mower blades will make cutting your yard easy and give better results. Learn how to sharpen your gardening tools with these video instructions.”
No, you need a lot more than video instructions. You need to know how to get it out of the lawnmower in the first place and then you need that heavy duty industrial sharpener and a tradesman of Fred’s caliber to sharpen the blade and balance it. Then it’s easy. The unspoken message here is that you need an expert with the proper tools if the job is to be done. Nevertheless watch the video. It’s great to see how Fred makes it look.
