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How to Adjust the Cutting Blades of a Reel Mower. Reel mowers have five twisted cutting blades arranged in a cylinder. As you push the lawnmower, the blades spin and cut the grass against a fixedposition cutting bar at the base of the mower. The blades and cutting bar must be positioned close together without touching.