Technology has replaced human labor in all fields of activity. Modern households cannot be imagined without a tractor or walk-behind tractor, which are designed to facilitate the work of farmers. Recently, due to great demand, tractor attachments have increased significantly in price. This affected the resourcefulness of people who learned how to craft units themselves.
Where to start
Making a plow for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands is not so simple. In order for the attempt to succeed, you first need to understand the design of the unit and the plowing process. Experienced farmers know that the technology of plowing cultivated soil is significantly different from the plowing of untreated stagnant soils. Therefore, when working on a makeshift plow, this must be taken into account.
The working parts of the plow are a ploughshare, a blade and a field board. The unit body with a trihedral wedge cuts off a layer of earth, raises it, crumbles, turning over, and then dumps it into an open groove. This plowing process is based on the interaction of a trihedral wedge with soil, which should smoothly cover the furrow.
DIY plow
The ploughshare is best made removable so that it can be sharpened before work. To do this, a circular saw blade or steel 45 is suitable. To bend the sheet, sheet bending rollers are needed, through which steel is passed and then trimmed according to the template with a hammer. There is a manufacturing option for a share from a steel pipe that already has a bend. Just before the start of gas welding, you need to cut out a template from cardboard and, applying it to the pipe, draw a contour.
The plow body is made of sheet steel 3 mm thick, having previously drawn and made parts from thick cardboard. At this stage, the main thing is not to change the ratio and magnitude of all angles.
When all the parts are ready for assembly, you will need a welding machine and a sheet of steel corresponding to the size of the plow.
DIY plow assembly
First, the required angle is laid out on the sheet, at which the share will be attached. You need to grab it from both sides by welding, and then bring the side shield of the rack under it. The guard should protrude beyond the edge of the sheet so that the blade can cut the ground without interference. It should also be welded to a steel sheet and to the share.
The blade should dock tightly with the share, this is necessary in order to make a quality plow with your own hands. The angle size (approximately 6-8 degrees) should also be strictly taken into account here. If the corners do not meet, then everything is finalized with a hammer.
After that, a spacer bar, base and thrust angles are attached to the shield. When all this is partially welded, it is necessary to inspect the plow and only then completely weld. The steel sheet is detached by the grinder. Now you can clean the plow and treat it with a sandpaper. For the unit to work, you need to attach a two-wheeled block. It can be built from steel wheels and pipes.
You can still make a plow with your own hands. Only an avid farmer familiar with metalworking is capable of this. Despite the complexity of the process, the end justifies the means.