>> If you ever sharpen that lawn mower blade of yours
I'm sure it would make a huge difference. Right now, it mainly breaks them into pieces short enough to blow ALL over the place!
It's an electric mower, so I can flip it on its back. I kind of expect the nut to be very frozen and stuck.
I guess if I wear gloves, I don't need to worry about the wrench slipping and slicing fingers off. Right now it's too dull to break skin!
I gave it many passes with an angle grinder, without removing the blade, but didn't make much progress.
I do have a bench grinder, but the wheels have pretty fine grit.
It would be smart to get around to assembling a little 1-2 inch belt sander I bought, remove the blade, and use that to sharpen the blade. I bought it to rough-shape stainless steel knives before sharpening, then found a 180-grit bench stone that works fast enough and generates no heat.
I also have a gadget-y idea for turning the electric mower into a better chipper, until I trip and fall into it head-first.
- turn the mower upside-down, prop it solidly, and aim the exit chute into something porous to catch chips.
- cut the bottom off a 55-gallon trash can so it fits between the housing and the wheels & secure it.
Then I could feed boughs into it slowly, stick-end first, and hopefully shred them small in one pass, and catch the chips in something instead of chasing them all over the yard.
