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Ineed to sharpen my wood chipper blades on my

Ineed to sharpen my wood chipper blades on my mc2500 bolens can you please help.

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It takes me about 5 minutes to Remove, Sharpen, and Re-install my chipper blade for my Bolens mc2500. First, If your using a screen or rollers in the discharge, then remove them. Look underneath, and you will see the thick flywheel. Make sure the spark pug wire is disconnected, then slowly turn the flywheel by hand until you see the two hex head bolts that hold the chipper blade to the flywheel. Also remember which way you take it off, so it goes back together the same way. using an open end or combination wrench remove the two hex bolts. Now to sharpen, I use a medium/ coarse honing tool made for lawnmower blades. I clamp the blade to the top edge of my Bolens with a pair of visegrips, then a little oil, and the sharpening tool, and I'm done sharpening in about 2 minutes, and then re-installing, reversing the removel process. I hope this helps.

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To do the job right you should take the blade to a professional sharpening service. It's very hard steel and a file will not do the job. Plus, the angle and eveness of the cutting edge is important.

You'll of course have to partially disassemble the chipper to remove the blade from the flywheel.

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