quick fixes, bodges and creations

zr105

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Livestock Farmer
Location
East of Ireland
Not sure if the right thread! bit of time in the shed today, probably gona put 2 more bushings and tines in the outside edges for clearing hay/straw 2 bales at a time.
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Bloders

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Location
Ruabon

zr105

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Livestock Farmer
Location
East of Ireland
what holds it in the folded position?
I made one with folding tines on an a frame a couple of years back - i think yours is better for simplicity.
One extra pin joint is all youve added - i like your design.
Think I’m just going to drill a small hole through where the 2 plates over lap when it’s folded and use a simple linch pin, it holds up fairly tight as is but I wouldn’t trust it if you had to stand on the brakes not to flick forward. Still have a few corners to knock off so will sort it then!
 

clbarclay

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Location
Worcestershire
That looks like a handy output. I made one to the about the same dimensions as the plans that were online and the vacuum here won't handle anything much bigger (depending on what I'm cleaning). Getting a consistent feed that isn't too fast and doesn't bridge was been the biggest issue though.
 

stroller

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Arable Farmer
Location
Somerset UK
That looks like a handy output. I made one to the about the same dimensions as the plans that were online and the vacuum here won't handle anything much bigger (depending on what I'm cleaning). Getting a consistent feed that isn't too fast and doesn't bridge was been the biggest issue though.
There is a huge amount of suction on this one, I made the inlet the same cross sectional area as the pipes, it's only running on tickover, anymore and it sucks everything out. I think the mk2 version is going to need a bigger control vent.
 

Sharpy

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Livestock Farmer
Here's my version of a seed cleaner, I used a brand new sheet of ply and a nearly new box of screws so I'm not sure it's worthy of this thread.
Seems to work ok on wheat and peas, I need to make a proper stand that I can fit a big bag under and a proper hopper, I might even buy a new bit of pipe
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All I see here is a wheelbarrow....
 

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