Two threshing inventions plus a demo of winnowing with a fan
http://www.youtube.com/paulwheaton12#p/u/0/oDr8VF2QIPM
Thanks a bunch, Paul.
So timely. A couple friends came over to help put up fence today and one had a crop of Spelt he harvested, and I am planning on growing some rice if I can ever find the Basmati seed I want. We were just talking about threshing today and were looking for a solution such as this.
Thanks again - very cool.
Threshing is one of those things where I haven't really seen a decent solution - until now.
I'll be letting my friend know about it in the next few days. He was talking about a way of modifying my old grain grinder to take the husks off of the spelt. This looks much more practical.
Paul Wheaton's subject matter in this video is certainly something that needs to be addressed. Especially for those of us who really do not trust what the large corporate farms do to their crops that we in turn are forced to buy. It also speaks volumes to those of us who sort of think we might be living on the edge of the cliff today; and we might doing that tomorrow just to subsist. And those who choose to live a much simpler life style as well. Thanks Paul!
I really like the part of modifying a small chipper. I have often thought why not something like that for farmsteads. It would certainly make it more feasible to sew a field of five or ten acres of good bread type wheat, or oats for personal use or for that matter livestock feed. However this type of harvesting is so labor intensive. To scythe an acre or two of grain and shock it, haul it and thresh it is no small chore. Let alone a more useful five or ten acres.
I have seen video of small rice combines or harvesters. They look very efficient and the product is bagged in the field coming directly out of the machine. It could be loaded on a flat bed and taken to the next field or farm much like custom cutters do today only on a much smaller scale. It could be 'hired for harvest' or harvesting could be done for shares of the harvest.
Just tossing out there some ideas......
I hadn't seen the small ones before , Rick so looked it up. Found the Kubotas which are cool but this one was also very interesting. Maybe I can adapt my Troy Built sickle mower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv7sRII_AVA
Wow -- Glenn that Youtube site had a bunch of them. Wonder if there is a market for importing such a critter??? ???
Probably will be after it is too late..... [waiting]
I couldn't quite make out where that machine was from but it sure was cool.
This is really timely
I was just thinking that growing an acre or 2 of wheat would be more than enough for personal use
Seems like a threshing machine is not too difficult to work up. Thanks for the video Paul
Glenn, I didn't know there was a sickle mower for the troy built --another thing to look for
I think there are a lot of small sized farming implements made in Asia that would be very usefull in the (unfortunately) very near future
It is discontinued but they are out there and some parts are available on Ebay.
Here is a video I found from '93
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eyvFEMB8kA
I paid $400 for mine last year - had to put a pipe bushing in the sickle actuator as it wore out but 1/2 inch pipe is perfect.
Quote from: paul wheaton on September 03, 2010, 10:10:24 PM
Two threshing inventions plus a demo of winnowing with a fan
http://www.youtube.com/paulwheaton12#p/u/0/oDr8VF2QIPM
You just re-ignited my interest in growing my own wheat! I was trying to find a way to thresh and winnow the wheat without having to do it the medieval way but also not having to buy large machinery to do it. You have the answer.
Now if I can get it to grow on my 20 acres I'm there :D Of course lots of grass grows up there so I don't see why wheat won't.