Comments on: Got reel mower questions?

By: steve

steve — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:40:28 +0000

@Gary, Check out this site and ask them, they’re better with older models and may be able to date it: http://users.crocker.com/~jricci/

By: gary

gary — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:28:12 +0000

I have a push reel mower made by Savage arms corp.chicopee-falls,mass.modsl-350y.When was it made?

By: steve

steve — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:53:40 +0000

@Janet, Sorry to hear about your trouble. The reel likely never needing sharpening, they most likely just needed to be adjusted. It’s possible they have destroyed the reel by taking the correct edge off them. Here is a video that shows you how to adjust it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjt7zuCg7g

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:32:18 +0000

Hi there, I sent my Brill reel mower off to be sharpened by a local guy because it seemed to be ‘spinning’ at the end of a push (I thought this meant it needed sharpening). He had it for ten weeks because he said he couldn’t get the blades to touch the sharpening tool equally. He called his friend who was more experienced and he said he had done it. Now that I have it back it is worse than before! The blade height is 45mm (nearly two inches) and its hardly cutting anything, spinning even more. I am so annoyed. Firstly because having read your website it probably didn’t need cutting (it is two years old and we have very small garden) and secondly because I got everythig prepared today and then had to come inside as it wasn’t working. Please, do you have any advice ??? Thankyou, Janet.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:07:52 +0000

@Lisa, We are not very familair with older reel mowers, but this guy may be able put a value on it: http://users.crocker.com/~jricci/

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:27:10 +0000

So I have an old yardman model 1000 from the early 60′s. I was wondering if you might know the value of it?

By: Lynette Yetter

Lynette Yetter — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:23:47 +0000

Thank you, Steve. This information is helpful for keeping my reel mower happy. Here are two more questions:

Where should I lubricate it and with what lubricant?

Should I just squirt WD40 on everything that moves?

By: steve

steve — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:04:16 +0000

@Lynette Yetter, Yes, sweeping it off or even washing your reel mower with a hose after use is a good idea. You should not need to lubricate it more than a few times a season.

By: Lynette Yetter

Lynette Yetter — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:18:48 +0000

Greetings! Recently I have started mowing with a Craftsman reel mower, and I would like to know how to maintain it. Does it matter if I store it with damp grass clinging to it? Should I hose it off, or maybe sweep it off with a whisk broom? What about periodic lubrication for moving parts?
Thank you for your informative site, helping us to live more peaceful lives in harmony with our Mother Earth — Pachamama.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:54:36 +0000

@Peter Braun, For the Brill 380 battery try this company, they can rebuild the battery and should have chargers that will work: http://www.batterypackrecell.com