Thanks Grumpy
I put the bottom blade in with the cylinder reel to be ground as well. There were not a lot of marks on it but it wasnt perfect. I was amazed that after such a long time and not really having been serviced that the bearings, sprocket and chain were all serviceable.
I assume the paper cutting should be effective across each knife off the cylinder as well, or is it safe to assume that the machining puts the cylinder in almost perfect symetry.
The bottom blade has two pivot points being a very large bolt (bottom and rear)and at the bottom end of the adjusting rod. How tight should these bolts be whilst getting the adjustment right? (Tightish / Loosish or in the middle) This is probably the "scariest" part of the whole exercise because I dont want to damage either the reel or bottom blades. I suppose if I go easy it shouldn't be a problem.
You may have also noted a little surface rust. Would you recommend some form of rust converter (Kill rust perhaps) to slow all that down or just some CRC...
I will pull it all down eventually probaly during winter holiday and re-spary...Do the techs normally give the reel a blast to clean them to a point of where they can be painted or would you have to ask or should I just rub them back manually. Red paint does look rather nice on the reel.
Cheers
Rob
