Deejay - they are great videos - and I have certainly learnt something about setting up / adjusting the SB reel - in the past I have always had solid contact with the bedknife which probably explains why I wear out bedknife blades and knock my reel about - so from now on they blades will be reinstalled with the minute clearance you showed in the video. Would a 1 thou gap set with a feeler gauge be OK??
As suggested - I chased up spin grinder and bedknife shops. The guy I have used in the past, and who does lots of golf green and bowling green mower reels / blades, uses a "full blown" centre grinder with a 500mm dia grinding wheel. He has always been very good BUT is so busy that he can't do mine till the New Year.
I found another shop who can do my reel and bedknife in the next couple of weeks - but this guy does "relief grinds" on the cylinder reel and insists that the reel bearing shafts be knurled before fitting new bearings. I noticed that Deejays reel bearings were a snug but sliding fit on the reel, as are mine -so I am not sure about this guy's plan to knurl the reel bearing shaft and know nothing about the idea of "relief grinding" the reel
Do you guys have any thoughts / comments on the plan to knurl the reel shaft and the idea of relief grinding the reel.
