The rotary lawn mower blade sharpening process can also be accomplished with a bench grinder or belt sander.

This technique can give additional sharpness, but for a fully sharpened cylindrical lawn mower you will need to take it to a professional sharpening service.

Whatever you are looking for in a lawn mower, we have options; Professional or personal, ride-on or walk-behind, electric or petrol, we can deliver it across the UK. Along with any of the above options, you can also use a blow torch to heat up the bolt, which will help a great deal to get it to loosen up. There are also sharpening kits available for cylinder lawn mowers, which can offer another at-home method. Firstly, get a wooden block and place it between the blade and the cutting deck to secure the blade in place.

If a traditional wrench fails, you can use a vice grip, a hammer-and-chisel, or even weld on an additional bolt for increased grip.Firstly, lubricate the bolt with WD40 before tightening it (I suggest regular lubrication after that). Draining the fuel and oil before fighting with the bolt frees you to position the mower in the most comfortable and efficient position. As terrifying as that thought is, you can quickly mitigate the risk by disconnecting the spark plug cable. If you cant get your hands on one, you can use a socket tool with an extended bar, a vice grip, or a chisel and hammer. The lawnmower blade is connected to the engine via a drive shaft which means that when you turn the blade manually, you are also turning over the engine.

There are different schools of thought on how often you should be sharpening lawn mowers blades, but a good rule of thumb is to sharpen them roughly every 25 hours of use.An absolute essential before you handle the inside of your lawn mower is to completely disconnect the power source.

This involves applying paste or sharpening compound to the cutting edges of all blades in a cylinder, then running the blades backwards. You should use a flat hand file to sharpen it, moving from the inside of the sharp edge to the outside. For example, my lawnmower doesn’t like being tilted on its side because it allows for fuel to flow freely through the system and mix with the oil.

With the preparation out the way, you are ready to work through the list of options to get the bolt free. Mower Magic Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, register number 718739 and act as a credit broker and not a lender. If these steps weren’t taken, you would likely be left with a stuck bolt and the challenge of removing it.