[Shop-talk] Lawn mower engine & blade question

[BJNoSHOV8]

Many years ago I had an old basic mower.  My neighbors moved out so I 
decided to mow their tall grass one day.  Not being familiar with their 
yard, and the grass being pretty tall, I hit a stump.  I cranked the 
mower back up and it ran, but vibrated a lot.  The blade seemed 
straight, so I assumed that the end of the crankshaft was bent.  I put 
the mower up on a couple of workbenches and got under it.  I rotated the 
crank until I figured out which way it bent, and hit it pretty hard with 
a big hammer.  I managed to straighten it enough that it was usable again.

> Judging from the number of replies that Wayne has already received, I betting
> that just about all of us has run our mower over any thing that it will cut,
> or die trying, and then hammered the blade back straight and got another few
> years out the old mower.  :-)