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In the second of our articles by young students, Ricky Drew, Greenkeeper at Ashbury Golf Club in Devon, relates his experiences of a grinding tutorial
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recently attended a tutorial day at Duchy College, the aim of which was to inform and
mower, the Bernhard representative set the mower units up to ‘Greenkeeper’ specifications. This meant adjusting the units until contact was made between reel and bedknife, as this is how countless greenkeepers believe units should be set to get the best results. We also measured how much diesel was in the tank prior to cutting. We used the mower to cut half
bottom blades and put them in their respective grinders. The Bernhard representative then ran us through how to set up each machine to get optimum results when cutting. He began by telling us about the
different ‘faces’ on a bottom blade and the desired angles. The top face angle, or ‘ejection angle’, should be set at 8°. This is to ensure that, after the grass is cut, it is ‘ejected’ out of the reel to leave a clean surface for oncoming blades of grass. The second angle mentioned
a football pitch on the site, and timed the operation. As we observed the cutting it began to rain which, we would later find out, would have an effect on the amount of grass that was cut. We used boxes throughout the cutting so that we could empty them into a sack and weigh them to record how much grass was taken off. After the first half was finished,
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was the front face angle and its importance to stand the grass up straight, and in position, as the reel spins and cuts the grass. We talked about how surgically shard blades and reels can improve the quality of cut and general health of the turf. This is because sharp mowers employ a scythe action when cutting, not a tearing action which would leave an open wound in the turf and create an environment susceptible to disease. Using a macroscope, we confirmed the suspicions that a poorly set up mower would shred
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