Tool Library

By emileDXN

The TricTrac is a pedal-powered tractor made from a modified bicycle which can be adapted for various low-power farming operations.

By luseedhead

Complete plans for building a bicycle powered fanning mill. The fanning mill sorts, cleans, and grades seeds with two shaking screens and a winnowing tower. It is adjustable for all sorts of crops and operations. It can...

By luseedhead

Complete instructions for making a bicycle powered thresher. Thresher works on various crops including dry beans, wheat, rice, rye, einkorn, and lupine. Threshes about one pound per minute. This is the first of three tools for small...

By DGrover

Uses pedal power and a hydraulic power unit to split fire wood.

By luseedhead

Links below to the complete plans for bike powered tools for small scale grain processing; a thresher, a fan mill/winnower, and a dehuller/flour mill. The plans guide a farmer or a fabricator through step-by-step instructions using wood, metal, and...

By wim.michels@gm…

The biketractor: ergonomic weed management, planting, harvesting and mechanical hoeing, row marking,...

By zbgrant

"Folding Farm" is a bike towable and deployable produce delivery trailer. It was developed by the Sustainable Student Farm (SSF) and the Small Studio at the University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois. It has a tounge weight capacity of 500 lbs, which...

By asterix

Low cost root washer that can be pedal powered. It should be easily constructed on-farm.This is suitable for carrots, potatoes, etc. Can handle how many pounds/bushles per hour? This rootwasher was demonstrated at red planet vegetables 3/10/2012.