Re: (ET) Mower motor failure and blade balance - Youtube DIY

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 17 Apr 2024 at 17:58, john wrote:

> A quick Amazon search showed the 7 bearing version that one is based on 
> for $13.

I read about the Magna-Matic 10 or 12 years ago, probably on this list.  
Sounded good, but I didn't want to spend that much, so I bought a Italian-
made knockoff branded "Tecomec."

It cost a lot more than $13, but even then, it wasn't consistent.  

It was pretty good for detecting bent blades.  Balancing - not so much.  
Unless the blade was way out of balance, I got a different result every 
time I mounted the blade to it.  Sometimes the blade wandered off the 
horizontal quickly, sometimes slowly, sometimes barely or not at all.  

A blade balanced with the Tecomec still vibrated.  In fact I got equal - 
sometimes better - results hanging the blade by a string.  

Maybe the generics are better now, but if I were still running my ETs, I'd 
probably bite the bulle, bust the piggy bank, and spring for a real Magna-
Matic.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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