Talk:Lawn mower

Question and suggestions

Does anyone think that a section should be made on the article page about safety and accidents ?(George-Archer (talk) 15:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC))

Article title

Nicely written article but lawnmower already exists. -- Minesweeper 11:39, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)

I believe the more common term is lawnmower. It may be different overseas, however. Dysprosia 11:53, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Which came first, the lawn based sports or the lawns to play them on? Surely the sports mentioned all post-date the lawn mower. Mintguy 12:18, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Hmmm, good point. This part was from the merged text, so I can't say. What I DO know is that in my experience Rugby (at least as practiced by British schools) does not require a smooth, flat, soft surface - it appears to require a freezing cold, waterlogged, muddy field covered with divots. Grass optional. Or was that just our sadistic PE teacher? ;-) GRAHAMUK 12:31, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

User lawnmower

Here's my lawnmower (well not that actual one, but I've got the same model [1])quercus robur 12:33, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Origin of the lawnmower

The person who does the tours at Wilton carpet factory claims the first lawnmowers were an adaptation of a machine used there to finish carpets in the early 1800s. Anyone prove or disprove? --BozMo 19:53, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

Rotary lawnmower inventor

I think it was important to add Merv Victor Richardson name as the inventor of the Rotary Mower as he really did revoloutionise mowing especially in Australia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nengli02 (talk • contribs) 03:39, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Mulching "blade" or "fan"?

I recently bought a mulching mower (Lawnboy 10545) and I was surprised to see that it uses more of a "fan" than a "blade" to circulate the clippings for the normal-looking blade to chop up. I was surprised because I always heard it referred to a as mulching "blade", but there are no sharp edges, so to me it's a fan. I almost changed the article but I held off because I never heard it referred to as a fan, so something is amiss. Are there any opinions? I'll try a Google test when I get some more time, but for now I just wanted to put this out for comment. I can't really see on the picture if that's a normal blade and the round thing is a fan, or if the blade is actually double-edged - it's in the shadows. But I know my mower definitely uses a fan. Spalding 21:51, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Most mowers only have a mulching blade: the same blade that cuts has a modified shape to keep the clippings circulating under the mower until they're all chopped up. Apparently Lawnboy as a "fan" in addition to the the blade. I've never seen a fan and I'm curious so can you write it up? The closest description I found is at [2]. Thanks! Samw 00:23, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Some Lawnboys supposedly achieve mulchng with a small fan attached to the blade. People bring these to me to sharpen, but I don't think they were sharp when new. To some extent mulching blades mulch by creating turbulence that causes cut blades of grass to be re-cut before discharge. This, however, may disrupt the flow of air under the deck that causes the blades to stand up and be cut evenly. I like the "Gator" blades that seem to combine a smooth air flow with the gator tail that shreds the cuttings.M dorothy 05:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

incomplete

this article is missing stuff. lawn mowers are like cars in a way they all have manufacturers but most Manufactureerer's info isn't even on this sight, Toro, John Deere, Lawn-boy, cub cadet, minniapolis moline, In fact most tracter brands arent even on this web sight. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.17.198.220 (talk • contribs) 13:14, November 30, 2005 (UTC)

Good point! My friend has a two-wheeled weedeater to mow his lawn. It is operated by pressing down on the handle to raise the front end up off the ground. It's very similar to a lawnmower, but for the weedline being rotated in front (as opposed to a metal blade being spun about the bottom). The article could be improved if there were some links at the bottom so we could go to the various manufacturers' sites, and review their specifications there. And speaking of Briggs & Stratton mowers, the one I was using stopped mysteriously, and nothing I could do, could get it going again. Is there an easy way to check the spark that the distributor produces, and the compression inside the cylinder?

The guideline Wikipedia:External links advises against listing individual manufacturers, so I've added a link to the appropriate DMOZ category, which might be OK. -- Beland (talk) 17:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

John Ferrabee

John Ferrabee is the good fellow who held the patent for Edward Beard Budding's invention and helped him manufacture it <He is reffered to as both Ferrebee and Ferrabee in this article> More info I did find at: www.ferrabee.org —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.225.174.252 (talk • contribs) .

question about one of the images

one of the images (the victa mower) states that it comes from the national museum...which national museum ?

ahpook 18:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

What's the difference between cylinder and reel?

I may be the last person that works on these things. I believe "cylinder" is the preferred English name for a "reel" mower: "Cylinder" is the term my English customers use. The blades of the reel describe a cylinder as they rotate.M dorothy 05:35, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Victa Mowers

This line about Victa would seem to be incorrect: "One company that produced rotary mowers commercially was the Australian Victa company, starting in 1947" According to the information available on the Victa website [3] Merv Richardson produced his forst mower in his garage in 1952, and the following year ('53), Victa was formed and beagan selling motor mowers. What puzzels me is that in Australia we have this claim of "inventing the motor Mower", starting with the Victa, and this just does not seem to be supported by any facts. Does anyone know anything further? OzoneO 18:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Link to museum

Does anyone else think this link doesn't deserve to be on the lawn mower article? The website provide little useful information and it plays annoying music. I will remove it in a few days if no one objects through this talk page. GerardK 14:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

It's a bit touch-and-go. I have modified the link to point to the gallery of historic lawnmowers – photos of machines from their collection – which might be useful. As a museum they do provide archive search facilities, etc, so there is merit in including the link for readers researching old lawnmowers, for whatever reason. I have also 'demoted' the link to reflect the level of information available (although I haven't checked the others).

I was going to send feedback to the museum, mentioning the annoying music, but their feedback form doesn't work!! (Will try to contact them manually some time).

EdJogg 11:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Ransomes Lawnmowers

Extract (verbatim) from page at British Lawnmower Museum:

Extract from Ransome Archive

RANSOMES, SIMMS & JEFFRIES OF IPSWICH

Ransomes started in 1789. They commenced producing lawnmowers from 1836, buying the patent off Edwin Budding, who invented the lawnmower (Mr. Budding originally used the 'mower' to remove knots of the top of cloth).

In 1867 they introduced a totally new design of Lawnmower, the Automaton, (remembering that the chain and petrol engine had not been invented yet) which became an instant success with over 1,000 machines being sold in the first season. This design was to put Ransomes above the two other producers Shanks of Arbroath in Scotland and Greens of Leeds & London at that time.

This information is provided here in case it is of use to anyone editing this page.

I have also included this on the "Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies" talk page.

EdJogg 11:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

lawn mowers in pop culture

links to the lawnmower man. Wasn't a lawnmower also put to good use in Peter Jackson's Braindead flick? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.114.205.146 (talk) 12:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Photo request

A photo of a hover mower would be really neat. -- Beland (talk) 16:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Cordless and Battery mowers

This is about an consensus agreement to discuss about cordless and battery mowers. There has being undoing of edits on this topic on the article but no consensus has been talked about it nor any new source links have been provided either. I consensus we leave the topic, use the links sources and if there is some undoing on minor things we discuss it here and arrange some agreement before undoing this topic on the article's main page please.--24.205.234.250 (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I sampled a Craftsman cordless mower this Saturday and found it really good quality. If you put the Neuton mower next to a Craftsman mower, there's a total difference. I called Neuton on instant chat to talk to them about their mower and found them not helpful at all. In fact I found them not willing to assist me where Craftsman, not an issue. I noticed Craftsman has a 48 volt battery which is quite powerful but the body is steel and not made of plastic. I do agree that battery mowers are not meant for long use or mowing business, they just cut for limited sources.--75.15.142.251 (talk) 17:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Personal opinion?

Using the word "good" in the line: "These are all good mowers except for the Neuton mower" would seem to be a subjective opinion of a particular person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.169.119.200 (talk) 20:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I have reviewed the section, and find it extremely problematic. For one it appears to have extreme bias against certain manufacturers, while promoting others. Both by the actual text of the section, and with references. Weasel words are used, and many claims are uncited. Either because they lack citation, or because the references don't back up the material. =Species8473= ^(talk) 17:06, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Eliminating it either does solve the problematic issue, prehaps a cite or two more but undoing is not the answer when this section is needed. I looked at the section sources and did see they relate some what to the sources as they follow. Don't just come in once, eliminate something and go, respect the source by adding or fix it Species8473.