If you have large and small livestock on the farm, then you will certainly need a feed cutter, with your own hands it can be made quite simply.
Technology of work
In order to make a feed cutter, it is necessary to prepare a bucket, the volume of which is approximately equal to 8 liters. He will need to beat off the bow and cut out the bottom using a chisel. Slots should be made in it, the width of which should not exceed 1 centimeter, this indicator will depend on what size it is supposed to receive the product at the output. The holes need to be staggered. Using the punch, you can bend these slots so that their lower part is even, while the upper part is rounded. This will be a notch for cutting vegetables.
Recommendations for work
When a do-it-yourself feed cutter is made, the bucket will need to be surrounded at both ends with metal strips, which should be fixed with rivets. One strip should be attached to these strips by welding, each of which should have holes. Their diameter should be equal to 10 millimeters, they are needed in order to drag metal rods through them. It will be necessary to go around the edges of the bucket, which will strengthen the structure.
If a feed cutter is made with your own hands, then at the next stage you need to bend the handles, put the bearing housing on their straight ends .
Final work
At the last stage, it will be necessary to make a wooden stand, at this it will be possible to assume that the feed cutter is ready. An oversized table can act as this element, the front of which needs to be strengthened 5 cm lower than the back, this is necessary so that the feed falls out easier after grinding. On the table you need to put a box, which is useful for laying vegetables in it, while under the feed cutter it is worth installing a tray and a trough, which will need to be brought to some dishes.
By rotating the handle, you will engage the feed cutter in the box, while the cut will accumulate in the central part of the bucket. For the reason that it looks like a cone, the feed will go to the front, and then to the tray. At the last stage, the feed can be moved to a set of dishes. When a do-it-yourself feed cutter is made, care must be taken to ensure that the box walls are installed at an angle of 35 degrees with respect to the middle of the bucket. If during the cutting process the vegetables will clamp the bucket, then it will be quite difficult to scroll. In this case, it will be necessary to increase the angle of inclination of the box, whereas if the root crops are cut poorly, then, on the contrary, it will need to be reduced.
An alternative way to make a feed cutter
Homemade feed cutter can be made on the basis of an electric motor. For work, you need to prepare a large steel tank, which can be homemade or purchased. If you intend to make such a design yourself, then you will need to find a galvanized iron sheet, the thickness of which is 1 millimeter. The height of the workpiece can be equal to 350-600 millimeters. For the reason that the material is quite thin, the rigidity of the structures should be increased by flanging the edges of the barrel using a rubber tube, which acts as a border.
If you will be making food cutting yourself, the drawings should be considered very carefully before starting work. In the lower part of the body, you need to weld or install with the help of screws a metal bottom, which is made of steel, whose thickness is 5 mm First you need to make a hole for installing the shaft of the electric motor and fixing the stand. An electric motor is preferable to use a single-phase, it can be borrowed from an old washing machine.
Recommendations of the specialist for the manufacture of feed cutting
If you will be doing feed cutting with your own hands from the washing machine, then the hole for the exit of the finished feed can be cut in the place where the bottom and side wall are joined. On the hinges below, you need to strengthen the tray, which will look like a box. In order for the structure to be stable, it must be equipped with four inclined legs, which are made using metal pipes. They need to be welded to the bottom of the tank and the support slide, which can be made from blanks cut from pipes.
Features of the manufacture of additional feed cutting elements
The most important part of the design is knives for feed cutting, this component can be made with your own hands. There should be two of them, they are based on a two-handed saw blade, metal popliteal strips can be used, the thickness of which should be equal to 1 millimeter. The bottom located knife should have a pointed edge, curved like a propeller. Its main purpose is the tossing of stems that have been unfinished. After this, the feed falls on the upper knife. The surface of the working knife should be well sharpened and have cutting edges, the ends of which are preferably bent down, so they will be better chopped.
Do-it-yourself home-made feed cutting is carried out according to a technology that involves the assembly of knives, these works are not particularly difficult, you will need to prepare metal parts of the hub on a lathe in advance. The latter together with the key will need to be put on the motor shaft.
Start-up design and features
When the home-made feed cutter is ready, its motor can be turned on and the shutter closed. Root crops and grass, as well as stems, in a small portion will need to be thrown into the inlet, which is located in the lid. Rotary knives will soon turn the mass into a homogeneous mixture. Depending on the degree of grinding, the feed must be left inside the hopper. On average, it will take about 6 seconds to get the finished feed. If the root crops are large enough, it will take five times more time. After the work has been completed, the shutter must be opened and with the engine running, release the mass from the inlet.
When a do-it-yourself feed cutter is made from the washing machine, it is necessary to ensure safe operation; for this, a conical cover must be mounted on the hopper, which must have holes. To do this, it is preferable to use galvanized roofing iron. To ensure that the cover is not dangerous, it can be protected with a rubber tube to be cut lengthwise.