[AT] Help--sickle grinders

[John Wilkens]

Thanks Larry, and Dean.  The seller is going to send me a photo of the 
grinder set up where they uesd it.  That will probably answer most of my 
questions.  The machine does use the two-angle stone.   John


At 04:23 PM 09/01/2005, you wrote:
>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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>
>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.
>
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