[AT] Help--sickle grinders

[Ernie Thackeray]

John,
I don't post very often but this subject did bring back memories, and
not the best ones either.  My dad must not have been the strong farmer
that was mentioned in another post because I had to be on the long end
of the sickle.  Holding the long end was not the problem, but having the
same movement as Dad did was a problem, I can still hear Dad and his
choice words.  Dad's was like another one that has been mentioned, it
would do a few sections before you had to move the sickle and re clamp
it.  You are correct, a new stone would sharpen on side of two mating
sections at the same time, but with movement of the sickle.

I don't ever plan to own a sickle mower, if that tells you the memories
I have.  The new serrated sections are a vast improvement.
Have fun.
Ernie

Take care,
Ernie


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Wilkens
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:39 PM
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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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