Lane Ranger 10,968 #1 Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) A Saturday morning tutorial - only no work today! As the esteemed Squonk says “ Lane must have a crapload of weeds”! Yes so that justifies me buying the Cadillac of sickle bar tools for a used VW price! The Johnson Sickle Server is the tool most farmers used in their shop to repair or replace knife blades. A new one costs $496. New is painted blue. Old ones are painted red and built the same of heavy steel and plates are hardened steel. Punch and rounded rivet head hardened steel too. Plus you can still get replacement parts . There is a flat head rivet punch if you don’t like rounded heads. Tool adjusts to removing 3 inch or two inch knife blades on knife section. I have wanted one of these for years but even for my “crapload of weeds” I could not justify. But I am still working on sickles so just go with the flow! I also ordered a new rivet punch from Johnson this am. Mind looks worn or broken. Mine came from South Dakota and guy shipping must have had a sense of humor as he marked it “Fragile”! Weighs about forty pounds. Pictures attached for your perusal! Edited April 17, 2021 by Lane Ranger 2 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dclarke 4,032 #2 Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) I borrowed one of these from a buddy a few years ago to replace the knives on my sickle. Pretty slick how they work. Edited April 17, 2021 by dclarke 2 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,155 #3 Posted April 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said: A Saturday morning tutorial - only no work today! As the esteemed Squonk says “ Lane must have a crapload of weeds”! Judging by those Sickle toofies I would also add "Big Honkin!" 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,621 #4 Posted April 17, 2021 Very interesting!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #5 Posted April 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, squonk said: Judging by those Sickle toofies I would also add "Big Honkin!" Yes guards or too firs are roughy but I got some from a 1940’s JARI sickle that should be good replacements. Several Ard solid brass which I never saw before! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,741 #6 Posted April 17, 2021 Lane Where did you get additional rivet punches from a couple of mine are missing/broken 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranger 1,750 #7 Posted April 17, 2021 Nice bits of kit. This is all I have. 😢😢 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #8 Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, pfrederi said: Lane Where did you get additional rivet punches from a couple of mine are missing/broken Paul : Here you go the link to the replacement rivet head pieces. $15.95 each. https://jfmco.com/category/sickle-servicer-tool-parts Edited April 17, 2021 by Lane Ranger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #9 Posted April 18, 2021 Easy to remove the rivet pin and rivet head setter on the Johnson Sickle Servicer tool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #10 Posted April 19, 2021 I received my new Johnson Sickle Servicer rivet punch today. I went to work removing some of the 42 old rivets from the Wheel Horse sickle knife I am restoring. iam going to save the old broken punch and make a flathead rivet pin. Just going to grind it down flat. After I finish removing all the old rivets I will begin installing the new knife blades and rivets. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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