#ToolMaintenance

2024-04-27

Gardenfolk and the mechanically informed; advice please ? What happens when you dont wipe away excess lanolin on a set of garden choppers? Google tells me how to clean them a million times, but I can't figure out the consequences of omitting that step.

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with mine and how to fix/prevent. Suddenly they are very stiff to open and shut (comparable to chopping a small branch both ways), all the way, not just when the blade touches (so I don't think it's the black patch causing it). They're honestly not excessively dirty or rusty? But I think they didn't get a wipe down after their last spray- could that be it? Fine last use a couple of months ago.

I quite like pruning, but my lack of upper body strength is making me sad to use these now!

Reccoendations to fix? Do I need to take apart to get at interior stickiness?

#Gardening #GardenTools #ToolMaintenance

My favourite set of garden choppers. Only minor grot.Cog side of the choppers, still only minor grot.
2022-11-22

Ground is officially too wet to ever use the lawnmower ever again. Sharpening the scythe... Thanks to my mate Andy for the sharpening skills.

#scythe
#tools
#ToolSharpening
#ToolMaintenance
#OldSkills
#permaculture
#PostCarbon

Man using a belt sander to sharpen a scythe. There are sparks coming off the tool.

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