Fiskars Lawn Mower

Fiskars Lawn MowerUpdated: April 8th, 2019

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Created: May 2nd, 2018

Malformed Cutting Height Adjuster

The plate that holds the adjusting knob has limits to it's travel by coming into contact with the main plate with the settings teeth.

Initially I could not get the adjuster to the lowest setting, that for the 2.5cm height, the lowest. However once I had realised the problem, with a bit of effort I could just about make it align. The lowest is about 1cm and the second 2.5cm. Page 10 will detail the problem and possible fixes.

The first images below shows the deformation in the high (10cm) position.
deformed adjuster
This second shows it on 2nd Aug 2018 after heating and reshaping

This is a comparison to the one on the second machine

The deformity allows the lever to go beyond the 10cm tooth and puts considerable force on the cover, which given the bashing it must have received on route from China at the bottom of the box and maybe at the bottom of a pile of boxes could have cracked the plastic. Any sudden release of the level may well then shatter the end of the cover it comes into contact.

The next image illustrates the problem if the cover is put on, you can see the repair to the cover. The lever edged orange goes beyond the cover stop (green). So if the lever is let go the force would hit the green edge. Note how the cover will not seat with the lever in this max position, all caused by the deformation which doesn't stop the lever before it hits the cover.

Now for the 2.5cm positioning

The effect of the malformed part has the effect of stopping the movement before it reaches the lowest setting. I did manage to force it into position but it's a very tight.

This deformity at the other extreme meant it was unable to move easily into position for the lower setting of 2.5cm.
adjuster_under_reach
The metal of the adjuster arm came into contact with the framework (red block) before the arm could comfortably reach the low position indicated by the head of the red arrow.

A further problem with the adjuster arm

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You can see in the first image below that the adjuster arm is not parallel with the body and the nut comes into contact with the arm, to the degree that without force it will not move past the nut from the higher settings a couple down from the 10cm one.
adjuster hits nut
Compare this to the second mower which has none of the problems with the adjuster and cover.
adjuster clear of nut

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Comment No. * from: roger [Member]

To Sam Taylor @ Friskars

Subject: FAO Sam Taylor RE Friskars Lawn Mower
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 22:14:47 +0100
From: roger
To: ukconsumercare@fiskars.com

Hi

I have just copied to you an email, sent to my vendor, about the damage to the height adjustment cover, which I hope you receive; it has images of the damage.

I spoke to you about the manual being in German and you said you may have one to send me, thanks. My address is

Roger Lovejoy

ELF
Harewood
Calstock
Cornwall

PL18 9SQ

A few other comments I'd like to make. The most upsetting thing is that I've discovered the mowers are made in China. Maybe that's a recent undertaking (last year or two) as I avoid products made it China and this was the main reason for buying from Fiskars.

The other comments are:

a) there is no simple height adjustment for the steering/pushing handle.

b) The height settings, though the manual may help

i) the lowest setting of 2.5 isn't really low enough in some situations

ii) the gap between 2.5 and the next is too big, a finer adjustment would be good

iii) how many selections are there? The lowest and top are hard to acquire.

c) The little orange knob for the adjuster came apart, it may be an idea to glue the outer part of the cover to the main body

d) I'm surprised it isn't provided with a cuttings catcher. The one on-line looks flimsy, not worth the £40, more like £5 and hence could be part and parcel of the main product. Can you supply the design and details and I'll have a go at making one.

Saying all that, that you, it does seem to be a nice machine, I bought two :)

Thanks

Roger Lovejoy

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