[AT] Help--sickle grinders

[Larry D. Goss]

I had hopes someone would jump in and answer you, John, and someone with
better information than I have may do so yet.  In the meantime, I'll put
in MTCW.

I used to own one of those knife grinders, but mine was never hooked to
a motor.  It was hand cranked.  You're supposed to be able to sharpen
the adjoining edges of two sections simultaneously.  Adjustment of the
location of the knife clamp and the shape of the stone are critical to
having it work like it's supposed to.  If I remember correctly, there
was a mechanism on the grinder that automatically moved the knife
forward and back so the stone contacted the entire length of the sharp
edge of the section.

I sold the one I had at a local flea market several years ago.  Mine
would have needed a new stone to make it work right.  I find it's a
whole lot easier to get the right edge by using a hand-held angle
grinder.  

When it comes to replacing knife sections, I firmly believe in using a
Hershel-Adams riveting tool.  Yes, it's expensive ($55.00) but it does
the job so quickly compared to hand riveting that it's well worth the
investment.  At a tractor show in Pennsylvania last month, I replaced
all the sections of a 5-foot knife in about a half hour.

Larry 

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Wilkens
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Subject: [AT] Help--sickle grinders

Anybody have instructions on how to set up a motorized (belt driven)
sickle 
bar sharpener?  I bought a nice little used machine that I could use
some 
help setting up...including the shape of the stone.  When the stone
comes 
down on the sickle section does it sharpen the whole length of the
section 
or do you move the stone back and forth along the edge somehow?     John
W.

                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
   


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