Small scale wheat thresher

[Robert MoonShadow]

Not sure where to put this, but this seems close…admin please move it if it fits somewhere else better.

I saw a thread a week or so ago that was discussing growing grain small scale for home use w/ their draft animals. Can’t find it now, but thought this was appropriate…and that others might find use for it. It’s a foot-pedal operated wheat/grain thresher sold at the online “Back to the Land Store”.
The link for the thresher is:
http://backtotheland.com/html/wheat_thrasher.html

Oops. Crap. Still haven’t figured out how to add it as a link…guess you’ll hafta cut-n-paste. If anyone checks this out, (or buys it), I’d like your opinion on it. I don’t know enough about these things to know if it’s worthwhile.

[LStone]

The link worked for me Robert. Looks interesting.

[goodcompanion]

Any number of ways to skin this cat!

I recently imported a rice huller from China. Those folks make a lot of small scale threshers, pretty cheap.

And of course there are the versions made from leaf chippers and such. And any number of ways of threshing using hand or animal power.

I have a full size farm thresher that I bought for $125 on ebay. An amazing machine, but takes quite a crew to keep up with its appetite. For this reason most small batches we have just done with flails.

[near horse]

While not a thresher, here’s a neat idea for a hand held seed harvester (and other niceties).

http://www.prairiehabitats.com/Harvester_Hand_Held.html

http://reveg-catalog.tamu.edu/12-Seed%20Processing.htm

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/build-yourself/39646d1118159289-building-small-scale-thresher-668795-thresher1.jpeg

BTW – I also ran across this Old Time Threshers gathering in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Some horse stuff (of course). Here’s the link and a section from the Events http://www.oldthreshers.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.scheduleProgramSponsors

West of Grandstand – Horse Area – Harnessing Demonstration
West of Tractors – Horse Area – Horse Powered Saw Mill
West of Tractors – Horse Area – Horse Powered Well Drilling
West of Tractors – Horse Power Baling, Stump Puller, Grinder & Corn Shelling
West of Tractors – Horse Power Threshing
West of Tractors – Horse Power Treadmill

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