The Old Lawnmower Club
Collection, Preservation and Display of Old Lawn Mowers

The Cross Cutter Mechanism

From this close-up view of the Lewis cross cutter we can see the rotating spiral cutter and the fixed ledger blade underneath. It was this arrangement that we assume inspired the invention of the lawnmower a decade or so later. 

  • Lewis Cross Cutter Mechanism

    Lewis Cross Cutter, showing the cutting mechanism, Museum in the Park, Stroud.

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