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Spiked!
A few designs have the spikes bent upwards at the ends but I don't see what that is supposed to achieve.
The spikes are for guiding the potatoes up while the soil falls between them and then drop them on top for easy picking. Any upward bend will just get them stuck.
So that's basically it. The angle of attack looks too steep now, before it looked too shallow. But since it goes on a three-point hitch, I can adjust it some by tilting the frame.
Next for some clamps to attach it to said frame.
#PotatoDigger #TractorAttachment #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Homestead #SalvagePunk
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Spiked!
A few designs have the spikes bent upwards at the ends but I don't see what that is supposed to achieve.
The spikes are for guiding the potatoes up while the soil falls between them and then drop them on top for easy picking. Any upward bend will just get them stuck.
So that's basically it. The angle of attack looks too steep now, before it looked too shallow. But since it goes on a three-point hitch, I can adjust it some by tilting the frame.
Next for some clamps to attach it to said frame.
#PotatoDigger #TractorAttachment #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Homestead #SalvagePunk
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Progress on the actual potato digger part.
Some scribbling on the workbench, two old plough blades (tough to cut but welded easily) and a double spring from a harrow for a neck.
The spring steel is difficult to weld. If it doesn't hold, I'll replace it with something else, but the curve was just too perfect not to try. Added a reinforcement piece to help.
Everything on the front got a visit from the grinder to smooth it over. Not to hide my welds but to protect the potato skins from damage.
Lots of guesswork here. V-angle, diving angle, width, etc.
It's a prototype :)
#PotatoDigger #TractorAttachment #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Homestead #Recycling
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Progress on the actual potato digger part.
Some scribbling on the workbench, two old plough blades (tough to cut but welded easily) and a double spring from a harrow for a neck.
The spring steel is difficult to weld. If it doesn't hold, I'll replace it with something else, but the curve was just too perfect not to try. Added a reinforcement piece to help.
Everything on the front got a visit from the grinder to smooth it over. Not to hide my welds but to protect the potato skins from damage.
Lots of guesswork here. V-angle, diving angle, width, etc.
It's a prototype :)
#PotatoDigger #TractorAttachment #DIY #Welding #Metalworking #Homestead #Recycling
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Cut, cut, grind, grind, sparkle, sparkle. Frame for tractor attachment slapped together in a hurry.
Part is recycled from the old drawbar I bent last year. The bar itself is a massively thick chunk of steel and has the lower pins already on it. I cleaned off the welds where the bent, flimsy frame was welded on, recycled the hitch into a top link fitting (no drilling holes, yay) and built the rest from C-channels that used to be somewhat overly sturdy fenceposts.
The top link fitting is also bent from its previous life but I'm hopeful if I throw it in the sauna-forge tomorrow I can straighten it out.
Yes, the top bar is super wide and there's a good reason for that.
#DIY #Welding #Metalworking #TractorAttachment #PotatoDigger #Homestead
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Cut, cut, grind, grind, sparkle, sparkle. Frame for tractor attachment slapped together in a hurry.
Part is recycled from the old drawbar I bent last year. The bar itself is a massively thick chunk of steel and has the lower pins already on it. I cleaned off the welds where the bent, flimsy frame was welded on, recycled the hitch into a top link fitting (no drilling holes, yay) and built the rest from C-channels that used to be somewhat overly sturdy fenceposts.
The top link fitting is also bent from its previous life but I'm hopeful if I throw it in the sauna-forge tomorrow I can straighten it out.
Yes, the top bar is super wide and there's a good reason for that.
#DIY #Welding #Metalworking #TractorAttachment #PotatoDigger #Homestead
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The thinking phase. Scrapmetal aided design and a lot of going "hmm".
A plan is forming.
Need a frame, this time I'll make a square one and general purpose because I've been wanting to do that for a while and then it can carry any number of simple tools like this potato digger, a furrower and maybe even pallet forks 2.0. 💡
I think I might also manage to get drawbar functionality out of it, for both types of hitch. The goal here is to reduce the time spent swapping attachments around. Especially changing between drawbar and pallet fork wastes a lot of time.
#DIY #TractorAttachment #Metalworking #Welding #Homestead #PotatoDigger
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The thinking phase. Scrapmetal aided design and a lot of going "hmm".
A plan is forming.
Need a frame, this time I'll make a square one and general purpose because I've been wanting to do that for a while and then it can carry any number of simple tools like this potato digger, a furrower and maybe even pallet forks 2.0. 💡
I think I might also manage to get drawbar functionality out of it, for both types of hitch. The goal here is to reduce the time spent swapping attachments around. Especially changing between drawbar and pallet fork wastes a lot of time.
#DIY #TractorAttachment #Metalworking #Welding #Homestead #PotatoDigger
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Next up, potato harvest. Since nobody wants to dig a small field of loamy soil by hand, that means welding something like this tractor attachment together from the scrap metal pile.
I've spotted some plough blades that might suit.
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Next up, potato harvest. Since nobody wants to dig a small field of loamy soil by hand, that means welding something like this tractor attachment together from the scrap metal pile.
I've spotted some plough blades that might suit.
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Potato Digger Appreciation Post!
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1965346/potato-digger-appreciation-post