Doc you helped me out a ton with this video! Bought a used Tru-Cut and the adjustment screw info made all the difference. Cuts like a ginsu knife.

Doc, Your video is the first one I've ever seen on backlapping a Tru-Cut mower . Thanks for doing that the tips were especially helpful .thks again

you can get that compound at an outo parts store.. ask for valve grinding compound

I've searched the net far and wide looking for a video as thorough as this, THANK YOU so much.  I have the same mower and it was starting to cost too much money taking it in for this minor maintenance runs.  I appreciate the knowledge being shared here.

Thanks for the backlapping video.  Please remember to wear hearing protection when using the Trucut.....  Tinnitus will be on the horizon......

You're very correct it doesn't take much. I watched the mechanic at my country club backlap all his Toro GreensMaster machines and it took him less than a minute, probably 30-45 seconds per reel. It was a learning experience for sure for my own GreensMaster. Many YouTube videos show people backlapping for minutes.

Hey Doc, just a couple recommendations I've learned by experience.  80 grit compound is pretty aggressive and will wear into your bedknife quickly.  I use 120 grit compound for my typical backlapping.  If I have any major blade dings then I would use an 80 grit at the beginning to knock down the defects fully clean the compound off and then transistion to 120 grit compound.  You will end up with a much finer edge.  Also, I completely clean all the grit off before I run the blades in the cutting direction.  You ran your blades while you were rinsing.  You can dull the cutting blades and bedknife if you have any compound left on the blades when operating the mower.

Excellent video Doc!!! I've been binge watching your channel for 2 days now. AWESOME!!

Finally a Tru-Cut video that takes the mystery and misery out of how to keep the mower cutting sharp....p.s.waiting for your mower to start needing clutch plate adjustments on either reel side or drive side.  Headed to the garage - Thanks Doc

You didnt show us how to grease the fittings

Doc,  Great videos, to the point, informative and enjoyable!  Can you answer for me:  I'm in the middle of Utah, can't find anyone to sharpen the blades of a reel mower and I have looked.  Don't have a mower yet, but doing my due diligence before buying one and can't see getting one if I can't get it sharpened when needed.  Many say blades on a reel mower should be sharpened once a year or more, what exactly does back lapping accomplish?  If it's done several times a year does it or can it replace sharpening?

Thanks Doc, I just bought a True-cut a week ago. Very helpful!!!

Keep them coming doc!

Doc, can you do a detailed video on adjusting the height on the McLane? Thanks

Just picked up the summer attachment "reel mower" for my 72' ariens snowblower! So here i am!

Great video! Easily understood and will use that knowledge with mine moving forward. Where do you recommend to get a backlap kit?

question: there are two slotted screw bolts with jam nuts on them on both sides of the frame up behind the reel. the left side is hard to get to because of the motor chain to the drive system but the right side is very visible and easy to get to. i have looked and looked in manuals and onlne to see what these screws are for and what they adjust. any idea what they are for . ? you help would be greatly appreciated

So that third bolt on the bottom doesn't get torqued down the same as the others? It's just finger tight and then turned as needed for finer height adjustments?

How do I know if the bed knife needs to be replaced.

Do you have any advice to back lapping a McLane reel mover?  It doesn't have a nut to turn the blade but just the sprocket that the chain goes on.