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The Mower Shed

Notes from the shed where the mowers come back at first light

The shop

Grinding a reel, setting a mower, breakdowns and restarts, and the maintenance calendar of the people who keep the course.

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A walk-behind reel mower on a putting green collar at first light, close profile of the bedknife and the reel blades caked with wet clippings, a clear prism gauge resting on the dewy turf beside the front roller.

AT-002The shop

Sharpening a Reel Mower: Backlapping and Spin Grinding

A reel mower cuts cleanly only as long as the bedknife and the reel meet with no gap and no dullness. How backlapping and spin grinding restore that edge, and how a shop decides which one a unit needs.