Thursday, April 29, 2021

Clarifying the Thatch Rake tines: Edge versus Point and Straight versus Curved or Flare or Winged side

 

 That side is called "a little curve to" the tine. But notice that the bottom of the tine is STRAIGHT.

 These tines are called "straight" but if you look at the BOTTOM of the tine it is CURVED whereas again the bottom of the other tine is STRAIGHT.

hence the confusion.

 So the "straight" side as above is to remove the thatch and the "curved" or FLARED side is to "cultivate" the soil.

Use the straight teeth for gathering thatch and cutting shallow grooves which helps aerate the soil and prepares the bed for spreading seed. The flared teeth can be used for cultivating the soil by breaking up crusted soil and lumps.

 So here again the "flared" is what the previous person called "curved."

a thatch rake (the flat side) and as for perforating the soil (the flared side) for seeding

So by "side" they do not mean the bottom (which is FLAT) on the FLARED side. NO - they mean the curved side that is a "flat edge."

The curved side worked great for moss and the more bladed side did a wonderful, at roughing up the soil for over seeding grass.

See this person just REVERSED the meaning - calling the curved side as what the previous people called the STRAIGHT side. Again they mean the "edge" is straight by the blade itself it curved.

The rounded times keep the thatch from clumping on the rake.

So here we have again the OPPOSITE description - the "rounded tines" are called "STRAIGHT" by the first two people - because the edge is straight and not "flared" or "curved." 

The straight-edged tines are designed to clear dead grass clippings (thatch) from beneath the surface of the lawn.

Right so the tines are ROUNDED yet the edge is straight.

confusing? Yep. 

Glad we got that cleared up. 

One side has teeth with angled edges to prevent the teeth from digging in as it is designed to lightly pull across the surface to rake loose thatch up.

 So here they mean that the edge is straight but the TINE is angled or curved.

The tines are much sharper than a regular bow rake. Also the rounded end allows for cleaning the tines in the raking motion. The sharp tines pull the majority of the thatch up in one dethatch raking.

This vid calls the edge "winged" instead of "flared" and so... 

The camera never gets close enough to show the difference between the two sets of blades on each side. 'Winged' doesn't mean anything without being able to see the difference close up.

 Another "winged" term

 This old house says, "this side has a little bend"

 And this vid says, 

"Notice on this side the teeth are straight, it's got a little bit of curvature to it."

So he means the EDGE is straight while the tine is curved.

And then the "flared" side that he calls "twisted" is to rip through the thatch to get underneath it. Whereas the STRAIGHT side is for the "dead grass" NOT the thatch. 

He's the first person to clarify that. 

FYI you can dethatch quicker if you go back and forth, the rakes are designed so you don’t have to lift the rake after every pass by “cleaning” the rake pushing it forward.

So this person is pointing out that the "straight" edge is slightly LONGER (and hence larger) than the flared edge. You would not know this unless you really scrutinize the tines.

smaller tine side gets more deep down, the larger tines for moving it

 "bent to the side" - thanks for that clarification - vid

So the "wings" are to PULL up the thatch off the ground.

 So that convinces me THAT is the side to use to pull up the Creeping Charlie.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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