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Re: [Strawbale] Hand operated baler



Hi Tomas. I have seen some pictures on line as well and I too would like to learn more about these tools. They are VERY useful in countries where baling machines do not exist and would be too expensive to import. I would love some details on the inner workings and layout as well.

Andrew

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Thomas Simkevicius <t_shimkus@yahoo...> wrote:
Hello,
 
My name is Tomas. I have been following this mailing list for at least 2 years. It has very usefull info.
 
Could anybody share pictures or drawings of hand operated straw baler. I would like to make one for compacting loose bales. I had the tractor compacting bales last year, but since  the tactor attached balers in the area are very old, it did not compress bales very well. The strings are loose, so I'm thinking about recompacting those bales (about 800 pcs.). I know its tremendous work, but it has to be done if I want to have warm house :)  I have found some pictures online and  understand how to make the box and the handle, but do not understand how/where to attache strings so they wouldn't be in the way when loading loose bales. Can  one person operate one hand baler, or it has to be another tieyng the strings?
 
Thank you!
 
Tomas
http://www.siaudinesodyba.blogspot.com/
 


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