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# Place several bundles on the thresher hood for easy access. | # Place several bundles on the thresher hood for easy access. | ||
# Use your hand to spin the drum in the "away from you" direction. | # Use your hand to spin the drum in the "away from you" direction. | ||
# Pump the pedal to keep the drum spinning. | # Pump the pedal to keep the drum spinning. [[File:Priming.jpg|200 px]] | ||
# Grab a handfull of stalks and gently rest the grains on the spinning drum. | # Grab a handfull of stalks and gently rest the grains on the spinning drum. [[File:Threshing1.jpg|200 px]] | ||
# After the hooks on the drum have pulled off all the grains, you will be left holding straw. Place this straw aside and grab another bundle of stalks. | # After the hooks on the drum have pulled off all the grains, you will be left holding straw. Place this straw aside and grab another bundle of stalks. | ||
# The grains fall to the ground under the hood. | # The grains fall to the ground under the hood. | ||
# Collect the grains. | # Collect the grains. [[File:Finishing3.jpg|200 px]] | ||
Revision as of 02:54, 21 July 2009
This pedal powered grain thresher design was once very popular in Japan when many more people grew their own grain. This machine separates grain from stalks but it does not separate grain from husks.
The Process
- Cut and stook the crop.
- Place several bundles on the thresher hood for easy access.
- Use your hand to spin the drum in the "away from you" direction.
- Pump the pedal to keep the drum spinning.
- Grab a handfull of stalks and gently rest the grains on the spinning drum.
- After the hooks on the drum have pulled off all the grains, you will be left holding straw. Place this straw aside and grab another bundle of stalks.
- The grains fall to the ground under the hood.
- Collect the grains.
