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October 29, 1954
Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A young southern farmer uses spare time and an electric arc welder to invent homemade devices from scrap materials, including a hack saw, grinder, table, drill press, and auxiliary farm tractor, showcasing resourcefulness in farm electrification.
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Give a farmer some spare time and look what he does with it
Farm Electrification Bureau
Give an industrious farmer some spare time and a free hand with his transformer type electric arc welder and he's liable to come up with all manner of home-made devices. Examples of what one young southern farmer "cobbled" up during an off season are shown below.
Hack saw—1/6 horsepower motor; 3 plywood pulleys, 4 roller bearings. 84" pipe, angle and flat iron—from discarded farm equipment. Grinder—1/3 horsepower motor; automobile windshield; section of metal fence post; scrap metal. Table—pipe and scrap metal. Seat, used with grinder but not shown, can be adjusted to various heights. Parts came mainly from an old riding cultivator. They base is a discarded brake drum.
Drill press—stand and frame of 3/4" pipe, connecting rod from old car and wooden pulleys. (Pulleys were made on a home-made bandsaw, also constructed of scrap metal parts welded electrically.) Auxiliary farm tractor—junked auto chassis with motor, transmission and differential; steering mechanism, axles and wheels from two other wrecked cars and one transfer truck; plus 800 pounds of concrete dumped under seat on reinforced floorboards to heavy up tractor.
Pipes of different circumferences fit one inside the other to form the standard. Holes are drilled through both so that a metal peg can be inserted to raise or lower the seat to height desired.
In addition to enabling farmers to make new equipment, electric welders are invaluable tools to have at hand when machinery breakdowns occur and emergency repairs are necessary.
Farm Electrification Bureau
Give an industrious farmer some spare time and a free hand with his transformer type electric arc welder and he's liable to come up with all manner of home-made devices. Examples of what one young southern farmer "cobbled" up during an off season are shown below.
Hack saw—1/6 horsepower motor; 3 plywood pulleys, 4 roller bearings. 84" pipe, angle and flat iron—from discarded farm equipment. Grinder—1/3 horsepower motor; automobile windshield; section of metal fence post; scrap metal. Table—pipe and scrap metal. Seat, used with grinder but not shown, can be adjusted to various heights. Parts came mainly from an old riding cultivator. They base is a discarded brake drum.
Drill press—stand and frame of 3/4" pipe, connecting rod from old car and wooden pulleys. (Pulleys were made on a home-made bandsaw, also constructed of scrap metal parts welded electrically.) Auxiliary farm tractor—junked auto chassis with motor, transmission and differential; steering mechanism, axles and wheels from two other wrecked cars and one transfer truck; plus 800 pounds of concrete dumped under seat on reinforced floorboards to heavy up tractor.
Pipes of different circumferences fit one inside the other to form the standard. Holes are drilled through both so that a metal peg can be inserted to raise or lower the seat to height desired.
In addition to enabling farmers to make new equipment, electric welders are invaluable tools to have at hand when machinery breakdowns occur and emergency repairs are necessary.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Homemade Devices
Farm Inventions
Electric Welder
Scrap Metal
Resourcefulness
What entities or persons were involved?
Young Southern Farmer
Where did it happen?
Southern [Us]
Story Details
Key Persons
Young Southern Farmer
Location
Southern [Us]
Story Details
Industrious young southern farmer builds homemade hack saw, grinder with adjustable seat, table, drill press, and auxiliary tractor from scrap farm equipment, car parts, and electric welding during off-season.