lonjevityfarms, nice looking prototype. There are several Youtube vids showing bed-shapers in action behind tractor-pulled tillers, and I'll link a couple here. This one is factory made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2sdYU0ObU&t=0s
This bed-shaper is homebuilt from dimensional lumber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2p_P_3QRkU
lonjevityfarms, are you planning to post more? maybe a short vid? maybe sketches or plans?
I was looking in on a discussion on HomesteadingToday a while back, and a tinkerer addressed the geared-reduction issue. This guy said he'd come up with a solution applicable to a number of projects: kitchen mixer motors/gear sets. Remember there are both the common rather puny ones for home kitchens, and heavier-duty ones made for commercial kitchens and even industry. Advantages: variable speed controls, & solid gear reduction - and the guy said, also, easy to mount and use. The guy said he got some sort of a "Mix Master'" from eBay for $25.
Remember, these are motors and reduction gears that are joined together - and that could be an advantage. Otherwise, you'd be working out the specifics of mounting. I must say I was shocked to see brand new gear-reduction boxes selling in the $500-1000 range.
Back to the HT guy and what he recommended: besides eBay, he recommended restaurant-supply providers (new & used equipment, often) - industrial cooking supply.
Another thing he mentioned that might possibly be adapted is an electric drill (think of h.d. half-inch-drive D-handled drills with lots of power, not cordless compact ones). Again, will supply you with geared reducer sets/housings. You'd have to work out the mounting.
For those interested in this topic, I just discovered this site, which goes deep into technicalities - Machine Builders Network:
http://kramerville.net/mbn/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm
Also, there are some very good Pinterest boards where people have posted illustrated links to web pages about specific relevant projects. But the way the Pinterest system works, you need to be registered to be able to scroll down and see what is on the boards. *That doesn't mean you have to start your own boards - just be signed up.*
(I've got a Pinterest Homesteading Methods & Equipment board, just because I wanted to start one, and I think it's a useful way of communicating. That's my personal take on Pinterest's potential.)
If people *are* interested in knowing about these boards, along the line of what I described in my OP on this thread, I'll post the URLs for them. **So reply, if you are.**
Hello to everybody. I'm in the southeast of British Columbia, in a mountain valley almost above Idaho. My little family has a bit over eight acres, and we've been here for years now. We've kept chickens in the past, and may keep them again - none right now. We've got a greenhouse and several veggie/berry garden patches, all organic. A few fruit trees and grape vines, too.
My wife is a professional artist and art instructor, and I've worked in various aspects of the publishing field, mostly for magazines and newspapers. In our early years on the land, I worked also in construction: acquired skills with carpentry, masonry, electrical wiring, plumbing, etc. I've got some small-engine skills, but it's only in the last six years or so that I've acquired welding skills.
Currently especially interested in what can be done with repurposing and upcycling of machine components, junk parts, cast-off household items, scrap materials (etc) in the design and building of useful structures and equipment. Interested in this especially re: the practicalities of food production, energy-production, energy-efficient buildings, etc.
Recourcefulness is always important, but maybe especially so during an economic time that is stagnant or contractive.
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lonjevityfarms, nice looking prototype. There are several Youtube vids showing bed-shapers in action behind tractor-pulled tillers, and I'll link a couple here. This one is factory made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2sdYU0ObU&t=0s
This bed-shaper is homebuilt from dimensional lumber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2p_P_3QRkU
lonjevityfarms, are you planning to post more? maybe a short vid? maybe sketches or plans?
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I was looking in on a discussion on HomesteadingToday a while back, and a tinkerer addressed the geared-reduction issue. This guy said he'd come up with a solution applicable to a number of projects: kitchen mixer motors/gear sets. Remember there are both the common rather puny ones for home kitchens, and heavier-duty ones made for commercial kitchens and even industry. Advantages: variable speed controls, & solid gear reduction - and the guy said, also, easy to mount and use. The guy said he got some sort of a "Mix Master'" from eBay for $25.
Remember, these are motors and reduction gears that are joined together - and that could be an advantage. Otherwise, you'd be working out the specifics of mounting. I must say I was shocked to see brand new gear-reduction boxes selling in the $500-1000 range.
Back to the HT guy and what he recommended: besides eBay, he recommended restaurant-supply providers (new & used equipment, often) - industrial cooking supply.
Another thing he mentioned that might possibly be adapted is an electric drill (think of h.d. half-inch-drive D-handled drills with lots of power, not cordless compact ones). Again, will supply you with geared reducer sets/housings. You'd have to work out the mounting.
Good luck.
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