EGO LM2000E Power+ Mower Operating Manual page 28

SHARPENING THE BLADE
WARNING: Always protect your hands by wearing heavy gloves or wrapping the cutting edges with rags or other
materials when performing any maintenance on the mower blade. Always remove the safety key and battery pack when
servicing or transporting the mower.
WARNING: Use proper eye protection while removing, sharpening, and installing blade.
WARNING: A worn, cracked, or damaged blade can break, and piece of the damaged blade can become dangerous
projectiles. Thrown objects can cause serious injury. Inspect the blade regularly, and do not operate the mower with a
worn or damaged blade.
NOTICE: Keep the blade sharp for best mower performance. A dull blade does not cut grass cleanly or mulch properly.
A dull blade can be sharpened, but a blade that is excessively worn, bent, cracked, or otherwise damaged must be
replaced. A worn or damaged blade can break, causing blade pieces to be thrown from the mower.
If the blades are found to be bent, take the lawn mower to an authorized EGO service center for inspection.
SHARPING FREQUENCY
Sharpening the blade twice during a mowing season is usually
sufficient under normal circumstances. Sand causes the blade
to dull quickly; if your lawn has sandy soil, more frequent
sharpening may be required.
WHEN SHARPENING THE BLADE:
1. Make sure that the blade remains balanced.
2. Sharpen the blade at the original cutting angle.
3. Sharpen the cutting edges on both ends of the blade,
removing an equal amount of material from each end.
TO SHARPEN BLADE IN A VISE:
1. Remove the bade from the mower (please see REMOVING
THE BLADE.)
2. Secure the blade in a vise (Fig. 25.)
3. Wear proper eye protection and gloves and be careful not
to cut yourself.
4. Carefully file the cutting edges of the blade with a fine tooth
file or sharpening stone, maintaining the original cutting
edge angle.
5. To check the blade balance: clamp a nail or a screw driver
with a round shank in the horizontal position. Position the
blade so that the nail or round shank of the screwdriver
supports the blade through its center hole. Balance
the blade horizontally. If either end of the blade rotates
downward, remove some metal from the heavy or lower
end until the blade is balanced. It is balanced when neither
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