On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:53:13 GMT, "Tim Zimmerman"
wrote:

My Black&Decker electric mower was loan to friend. He ran the
mower over several boulders several times, chipping a couple
pearl size sections off the blade. Possibly, this is causing the mover
to vibrate to the point of causing a shoulder sore.

I remove the blade, then clamp it to a vise grip. I have an angle
grinder that I will use to fix the balancing problem. The problem is,
I've never done this before. What is a practical way to balance a
mower blade?

Thanks


Your mistake was loaning the mower. Your "friend" owes you a new one,
or at the very least should take it in for repair. You may have a
bent shaft and in that case the mower is trashed.

You can buy a balancing cone made specifically for mower blades.
These work well. Or, you can use the shaft of a screwdriver to
balance it, but the cone works better.