Re: (ET) Speaking of mower blades...

[matt <matty tds net>]

At 01:34 PM 7/23/04 -0400, you wrote:
Went to the lawn mower store here ( they have a TON of small engine stuff)
and got blades that are the right size but the hole 
was 7/8. Made a spacer on the lath with the right size hole and it works
fine. just a idea for you.
>I don't have an answer for Thon, but I had some excitement this week with
one...  my 
>right blade broke off at the small hole (there are two small holes for ???
a Thatcher???) 
>about 3" out from the center hole.  The 4" piece flew 30' after making a
racket.  The 
>vibration before I shut down (1 to 2 sec?) cracked the deck near the
flange which I 
>can fix, but this is the first blade I've ever broken on ANY mower.  It
doesn't look 
>too bad either.  I'm glad no one was standing nearby as the blade was nice
and sharp.
>
>Larry Elie
>
>
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>[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Thon Basom
>Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:10 PM
>To: elec-trak
>Subject: (ET) mower blades
>
>
>Someone recently asked about a source for mower blades--and got no 
>answers.
>As a brand new owner of an E12M with only 2 blades, I'm going to ask again
>:-)  :  Anyone have a source for these, new or good used?
>Thanks.
>Thon
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