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The rusty tool and machinery thread.

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Materials aren't important its the shape and it has to be reasonably strong.
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Ok. I'm ruling out a rock breaker as you have mentioned crane. Some for of leverage tool ? Such as a stone that's slightly buried that you can get the spike under to loosen it out for removing ?
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Big clue, to make it a bit more fair. Its for lifting something and placing it.
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Something so simple you would think it would need a tool http://www.oldgardentools.co.uk/catablo ... ing-hook-a

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Unfortunately that picture misses the business end. You can't actually work in a narrow ditch when you are stetting the pipes really deep. I tried to buy some new pipes back in 1985 from a local pottery that used to make them and even then they hadn't made that style of landrain pot in years.

Then on a modern larger scale

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You may not believe this Continental... but I actually was going to say 12 inch concrete pipes earlier but said to myself fook it it will probably be wrong again ha
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Think concrete pipes would be a bit heavy I used one to relay runs of 12 inch long 4 and 6 inch terracotta pipes. The ends were never 100% square often the pipes weren't even straight so you had to jiggle them around or lift then and try another to get the best fit.
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Another gardening one. I've used one and tbh they aren't that good. No its not a giant pizza cutter neither is it a for an aggressive form of Hurling or Ice Hockey. For scale its about 4 foot long.

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I'll was looking through my phone for some rusty machinery and found this. I'll just plonk it here and say it worked. Just needed a pallet and a few blocks to make the mesh run through the top of the soil.
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The Continental Op wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:18 pm Another gardening one. I've used one and tbh they aren't that good. No its not a giant pizza cutter neither is it a for an aggressive form of Hurling or Ice Hockey. For scale its about 4 foot long.

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Lawn edger or for cutting sod ?
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Yep. The old name for it is a Turf Racer. For cutting the edges of the sods in straight lines (hopefully) before undercutting.
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Ncdjd2 wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:23 pm I'll was looking through my phone for some rusty machinery and found this. I'll just plonk it here and say it worked. Just needed a pallet and a few blocks to make the mesh run through the top of the soil.

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I used to do something similar with a compact tractor towing a couple of lengths of old ladder.
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The Continental Op wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:31 pm I used to do something similar with a compact tractor towing a couple of lengths of old ladder.
I was going to get a lend of a chain harrow but youtube came to the rescue instead. :mrgreen:
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We often didn't bother with a chain harrow because is was too much of a pain to load and unload on a lorry or in a van (commercial landscaping). Hence the old ladders or even a scaffolding plank.
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Working on a farm today and came across this in one of the sheds while looking for something else. About 3 foot long made of wood. Was there before current farmer took over the place so he has no idea either.
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Something for use on washday? Could be used to take an item of cloths out of the copper?
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Something for use on washday? Could be used to take an item of cloths out of the copper?
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Got it I think. Wooden coal thongs. There's an old cottage on the farm so must be from the people that lived there years ago.

https://vintagefrenchfinds.com/en/produ ... eme-siecle
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The Continental Op wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:47 pm Something for use on washday? Could be used to take an item of cloths out of the copper?
What I thought too...
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Love these articles.

Why this Carlow farmer is still cutting corn with the combine his father bought in 1958.

https://m.independent.ie/business/farmi ... 63281.html
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Should find a home in the Agricultural Museum in Johnstown Castle when it retires - great story!
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