Hi all,
Just an update on my diplomat. I have had in pieces ove winter. I decided to put it back together I replaced the roller and reel bearings. And had the reel,bedknife sharpened. A bit of fiddly work getting adjusted I closed the gap on the bedknife to the reel with a strip of newspaper. The reel has fine adjustment on one side so once I got that right it will cut paper and the the reel still doesn't rub on the bedknife.
I didn't do anything to the front roller assembly and its still leaving lines so might try replacingspring in front in the assembly to help firm it all up. The front jumps up and down on the bumps I try to slow the revs down but these damn diplomats go a bit fast I think. Motor doesn't like going slow either..
