Building a small scale thresher
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OldMcDonald
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pickstock, I did not make one for the reasons stated in my previous post. There are a few sites in Asia, notably India and Pakistan that have some real small scale stuff and some videos on YouTube, but all too difficult to break down into enough detail to let you build. I would like to grow about 5 acres of oats for grain, so I need to be able to pick it up from the swathe or have a proper combine. An AC40 or similar would be enough for me, but we do not have the luxury of old machines that could be refurbished.
Egon
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Is it possible to look up the workings of todays combines or an old fashion stationary threshing machine and get enough visual data to build your own?
For five acres a stationary unit may be simpler to design. Gathering the grain could be done with a larger loader attached to the tractor bucket.
What will the grain be used for?
For five acres a stationary unit may be simpler to design. Gathering the grain could be done with a larger loader attached to the tractor bucket.
What will the grain be used for?
Egon
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New West Live Steam
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They don't have the thresher listed on their website, but I contacted them through email and they confirmed that they have these drawings and copies are available./QUOTE]
There might be a source here. The above quote comes from a different website.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here's a scale model available on ebay with lots of good pictures.
1/4 Scale John Deere Combine Self Propelled Header Move - eBay (item 220730876406 end time Feb-03-11 09:15:37 PST)
1/4 Scale John Deere Combine Self Propelled Header Move - eBay (item 220730876406 end time Feb-03-11 09:15:37 PST)
somthing i thought of that may help ol mac
based on somthing another forumer designed
how about a washing machine??
they have the holes in them already for most grains to fall through, put grain heads in (wouldnt take too much straw) and throw a load of marbles (glass balls) larger than the holes
turn it on and the marbles would smash the grain out of the heads and they would fall out of the holes. yes it would need a little modification and then needs to cleaned but **** it might just work
based on somthing another forumer designed
how about a washing machine??
they have the holes in them already for most grains to fall through, put grain heads in (wouldnt take too much straw) and throw a load of marbles (glass balls) larger than the holes
turn it on and the marbles would smash the grain out of the heads and they would fall out of the holes. yes it would need a little modification and then needs to cleaned but **** it might just work
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OldMcDonald
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pickstock, I do believe we have tried most possibilities. The easisest way for small quantities is a big bucket and an electric drill with a paddle that whacks the grain heads about. Then hand winnow. Not a feasible option for more than a few square yards. We cut with a reaper mower last year. Leaves nice even swathes. Now try picking it up other than by hand - Egon suggested a foreloader. No go. Hand tying sheaves, as done in the past in most countries, and still here by my neighbours is the only way to ensure the heads are all more or less together at the same end of the sheaves.
We will post back to this thread with any reasonable information. I have a great deal of confidence in the technical ability of my associate to construct a satisfactory thresher to pick up behind a reaper and produce a good clean sample of grain.
We will post back to this thread with any reasonable information. I have a great deal of confidence in the technical ability of my associate to construct a satisfactory thresher to pick up behind a reaper and produce a good clean sample of grain.
i didnt think of that
this year i put in somthing different that i was given at tafe (i go to an agricultural school) i was only given a handfull of the seeds and told the germination rate was quite low so i put 5 in seperate pots and only had one single plant germinate, harvested the seed today with a pair of secitered and threashed by hand ie pulled every grain out individually.
we're coming into winter now so im planning to sow about another half of what i was given in the garden. ive going to irrigate this to get the best results and then will try either this mothod or my other method.
what i did to collect barley for seed a few years back was to put everything through my garden muncher, a few times really and then winnowed it. winnowing was pretty dodgy though and in the end i just put all the chaff in my bin aswell and will throw it in the paddock soon
Brad_Blazer
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Check out this web page with nice diagrams of the grain separator.
DC-68G | Combine Harvester | Products | Kubota Agricultural Machinery India
Unless labor is free where you are it makes a lot of sense to just buy a new machine and do contract harvesting to pay for it. A good modern combine is a wonder to behold.
DC-68G | Combine Harvester | Products | Kubota Agricultural Machinery India
Unless labor is free where you are it makes a lot of sense to just buy a new machine and do contract harvesting to pay for it. A good modern combine is a wonder to behold.
was that aimed at me brad??
i could do that but the cost of outlay is far too high and the opertunity is pretty much filled here
if it was aimed at old mc donald well then i dont think they have dealers there or the fact that most people around him have very little either
instead of trying to make money of people im hoping we would be able to come up with a way to help the people of whatever places
BTW does anyone know, how do the amish do it??
i could do that but the cost of outlay is far too high and the opertunity is pretty much filled here
if it was aimed at old mc donald well then i dont think they have dealers there or the fact that most people around him have very little either
instead of trying to make money of people im hoping we would be able to come up with a way to help the people of whatever places
BTW does anyone know, how do the amish do it??