How to Make a 25 Cultivator

Top 5 homemade cultivators: how to design a do-it-yourself unit

Option # 1: Hand Tornado. Weed Death

Tornado. the so-called manual cultivator, which you can and must do with your own hands. Having such a device resembling curved pitchforks, you can forget about endless battles with weeds. The teeth of the tool are pierced into the ground at an angle, after which the tornado needs to be turned and raised. To do this, you do not have to make excessive efforts, because instead of the usual handle, the Tornado has a lever.

The tornado cultivator attracts by the fact that it is quite simple to use and work with it does not require any significant effort

Spring Steel Tornado

Weed. forks to the side

It is logical to make the fork-shaped part of the Tornado from the pitchfork. a tool that everyone knows well for all gardeners

An important part for the tornado cultivator is its upper linkage: thanks to the lever, you can perform heavy work with minimal effort

Option # 2: bike-based plane cutter

The cultivator ploskorez will help to cope with weeds and significantly facilitate the life of any gardener. Structurally, it is more complicated than a tornado, but not by much.

To create a plane cutter you need:

• an old bicycle that no one is using for its intended purpose;
• the head from the damaged cultivator or the working surface of a two-handed saw;
• drill, angle grinder, keys, drills, bolts and so on.

From the bike frame and one wheel come in handy. The cultivator head is attached to the frame. In the same quality, the cutting part of a two-handed saw, a small plow or steel sharp rods made independently can be used. The handles for controlling the mechanism are made of aluminum or steel pipes. A pipe cut of about 2.5 cm in diameter will come in handy as a transverse jumper.

A plane cutter can be made on the basis of an old bicycle, using as the cutting part the working surface of a two-handed saw, ironically called "Friendship"

There is no particular complexity in the design of this convenient tool, it can be done with the right material at hand

The design must be rigid, so the nodes are pulled together by bolts. A medium-sized wheel should be secured to the frame with locknuts. The result was a homemade cultivator that is very functional and easy to use.

Option # 3: disc rotary cultivator

Do-it-yourself rotary cultivator is not easy. Here we need special skills and good physical preparation. If all of the listed qualities are available, you can try to build this tool, which will be much more effective than all the previous ones. With its help, you can not only cultivate, but also harrow the land, cleverly breaking large clods.

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As a part of a disk rotary cultivator: 1. a disk, 2. an axis. 3. sleeve, 4. large bracket, 5. small bracket, 6. rod, 7. pipe, 8. handle

The working bodies of this cultivator are convex discs, which must be welded to the bushings worn on the axis. The axial ends are fixed with cotter pins, which are fixed in a large bracket. Then a hole is cut out in the upper part of this bracket. Handles with a crossbeam are fixed in it. A rod 25 cm long and 24 mm in diameter is to be welded to a small bracket. A rod of 16 mm diameter is screwed into it. Part of the rod protrudes above the crossbar.

It is not so easy to give the desired spherical shape to a 4 mm thick disk. To do this, you must be able to cleverly handle the hammer. A strong and accurate blow to the center of the disc converts it into a bowl. And this basic work will require basic physical efforts. Special wing nuts located on the crossbar adjust the angle of inclination of the spherical discs relative to the direction of movement of the cultivator itself.

Option # 4: a production grinder to help us

All of the above inventory is quite simple. But in the conditions of our own workshop, you can make a homemade electric cultivator. This proves once again that the possibilities of home masters are almost endless. To implement this idea, you will need an old industrial grinder. On its basis, an effective electric assistant to the gardener will be built.

An electric cultivator can be made on the basis of an industrial grinder: you get a fairly powerful unit that will last several years

Everything is not as complicated as it seems, if there is a welding machine and a master who knows how to use it for its intended purpose. Two corners should be attached to the gear housing. Bend welded pipes to the corners, which will be used as handles. Another piece of pipe is welded between the resulting handles. a spacer that gives the structure the necessary strength.

Axles for the cultivator wheels are also to be welded to the corners. The wheels are selected medium size so that they are easy to use and do not fall into the soil.

The main part of the design is the shaft. Grind it to be from ordinary scrap. The connection is carried out as in the original: in the slot. The nozzle of the grinder is chopped off with a sledgehammer, after which there remains a sleeve with thick walls of cast iron. A workpiece carved from scrap is placed in it, to which lugs in the form of a screw are welded. They are cut from automobile springs. Other material options for lugs were used, but they were not viable.

Lugs are located at an angle of 120 degrees. They need to be screwed out in the direction of rotation, then it will be easier for them to enter the ground, and the cultivator itself will be easier to control. The engine of the device is connected according to the "triangle" scheme, the start-up is capacitor. The engine switch for convenience is mounted on the handle of the cultivator. The device will last a long time if, before starting work, lubricate the conjugation of the home-made shaft in the cast-iron sleeve with any used oil.

Take a good look at what the lugs should be and how they should be located: the efficiency of the device and its durability depend on this

The quality of cultivation depends on the speed of movement of such a cultivator. Rapid plowing will be rough, while slow plowing can literally recycle the land to a state of dust.

Option # 5: a child of a bicycle and a washing machine

Do not rush to throw away your old bike and your old washing machine. These things can still come in handy if you want to make a cultivator with your own hands, spending a minimum of money.

Now you know how to make a cultivator yourself. It remains to put their knowledge into practice.