Hi Guys,
I have read various threads and watched the outdoorking youtube video of the reel adjustment all of which is very informative.
However, I have just got my reel and bedknife back from being sharpened, have thrown all new bearings into it, regreased everything and am attempting to set the bedknife clearance correctly.
I don't know whether or not I'm trying to achieve something that doesn't pertain to the SB, but in my searches I read that your bedknife clearance should be set such that if you place a strip of paper between the bedknife and reel and rotate the reel, that it should cut it exactly like a pair of scissors.
I find that i can only achieve the cutting of the paper when i more or less have what I determine to be contact with both of the surfaces where you can definately feel the reel 'drag' over the bedknife. What i find is when i back it off ever so slightly that there is no drag, then it doesn't cut the paper, merely catches it, but doesn't cut it like the scissor action.
Is it too tight? should it be cutting the paper as above and is the 'audible drag (like a metal scratching/scuffing noise, not really like a ching ching ching noise' ok across the bedknife?
Cheers!
