I've got plenty of 17 inch machines laying around here (about 20 of them to be accurate) and one of them has a totally buggered reel (blades only damaged) so I could use that machine as the groomer and remove that reel for the transformation.
This would lower the cost by $35 I'd say.
Cheers, BB
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.