Baroness LM283, Owner'S Operating Manual

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Adjustment Before Operating
Adjustment of Seat
Use the seat adjustment lever to adjust the
seat back and forth.
Adjust the position according to the operator's
body size.
The adjustment lever is located beneath the
front part of the seat.
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1 Adjustment lever
Adjustment of Blade Engagement
Caution
Before cutting newspaper as a test, be sure to
stop the engine and wear gloves to protect
your hands.
Pay attention not to let the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) catch your gloves. Otherwise, you
may injure your hand or fingers.
Caution
Before adjusting the blade engagement, be
sure to set the reel rotation/stop switching
lever for the reel motor (attached to the mower
unit) to the "Stop" position.
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1 Reel rotation/stop switching lever
A Rotate
B Stop
With the adjustment nut, adjust the
engagement between the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) and the bed knife (bottom blade) so
that newspaper (two to three sheets) will be cut
by the edge of both blades when the blades in
their entirety come slightly into contact with
each other.
Insert two or three strips of newspaper into the
space between the reel cutter (cutting cylinder)
and the bed knife (bottom blade) at an angle of
90 degrees. Then, rotate the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) counter-clockwise (when you face the
mower unit from the left) to check the
sharpness of the blades.
Check the sharpness of the entire range (three
or four points from left edge to right) of the reel
cutter (cutting cylinder).
If a gap is created between edges:
Loosen the cutter adjustment nut to apply
more contact pressure between the reel
cutter (cutting cylinder) and the bed knife
(bottom blade).
If the reel cutter (cutting cylinder) is too tight
to turn:
Tighten the cutter adjustment nut to reduce
the contact pressure between the reel cutter
(cutting cylinder) and the bed knife (bottom
blade).
If the blades still cannot cut well:
Perform back lapping of the reel cutter
(cutting cylinder).
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1 Cutter adjustment nut
2 Spring
3 Pipe with cutter adjusting screw
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Handling Instructions
LM283
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