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Blueing the blade?

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Originally Posted by jymie

After you sharpen the blade, use one of these

http://www.lawnboss.net/images/blade_balancer.jpg

or you can put a nail into a vice and make sure the blade is not weighted to one side.

Here's a video on how to sharpen blades

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2bo3esbAI

When you put a blade on the balancer, the side that is lower, needs to have a bit more ground off of it.

Please do not follow that guys video just sharpen the blade on one side at a 30 deg angle and use a blade balancer like the above post.

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