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Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

have too? whaaa?!?!? Where I'm going we don't need no stinking balancing!!!! -Doc Brown quote. (1972-2022 and bearings still going strong)
edit- because the more bearings spin, the rounder they get.

edit- Although I do have to admit, the pleasure of mounting new blades on a deck is something special (well.. more special than my bench grinder specials....)

What I want to know is what is your kill ratio.
I have-
One driver's window. 15 feet
Two rear car windows 100 ft. each
Porsche rear deck lid- 50 feet.
One poor turtle.
One poor rabbit.

I wanted to crack a joke about being "really sad about the windows"- but the yard animals get to me. Still feel bad. I walk through really tall grass now to move everyone out before mowing begins. With the critters, I am not proud.

I've sharpened blades, but never balanced one before. I did recently buy a balancer that I will be using soon. I bought new blades for the mower last year which was awesome. They are great blades too.

Originally Posted by stevej37

Maybe more important with a single blade mower. I've never balanced my three blade deck...always runs smooth.

I've never balanced or heard of balancing a blade before, but makes sense.

Originally Posted by gordner

I have sharpened or changed probably a thousand mower blades in my landscaping days, never once was one balanced unless by happenstance.

I'd assume that if they were balanced when you put them on, that they should stay pretty balanced unless you keep and sharpen them a ton until you've changed their size/shape/weight a bunch.

I bought a low tech balancer for $6 on Amazon. I'm going to give the whole balancing thing a shot.