Dehider with governor and strengthened blade

A handheld dehider comprising:

• a housing;
• a drive mechanism in the housing including:
• an eccentric shaft, and
• a pair of pushrods connected to the eccentric shaft;
• a motor in the housing connected to turn the eccentric shaft and oscillate the pair of pushrods;
• a cutting disk shaft;
• and
• a pair of cutting disks mounted for oscillating rotary motion on the cutting disk shaft, the cutting disks being driven by the pushrods in opposed cutting oscillations and each cutting disk having a central opening and a bearing lip surrounding the central opening, the central opening and bearing lip forming a bearing surrounding the cutting disk shaft.

A method of fabricating a cutting disk of a handheld dehider of the type having a housing, a motor mounted in the housing, a cutting disk shaft mounted in the housing and extending through the cutting disk central opening, a drive mechanism mounted in the housing and operated by the motor for driving the cutting disk, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a cutting disk having an original thickness;
• forming a central opening in the cutting disk;
• and
• fabricating a bearing lip on a perimeter of the cutting disk central opening thereby providing the cutting disk with the bearing lip of a first thickness extending outward from a planar surface of the cutting disk and an outer cutting disk area of a second thickness, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness.