A do-it-yourself feed cutter can be made from any available material. At the same time, the savings will be quite noticeable. For example, a homemade feed cutter can be made from a gas cylinder or bucket, an old washing machine, an angle grinder, and much more. This is quite easy to do if you have the appropriate drawings at hand.
Making a feed cutter from a gas cylinder or bucket
A feed chopper is an indispensable device in the household. Using it you can as soon as possible grind raw materials intended for the preparation of feed mixtures for livestock and poultry. Shredded feed is absorbed much faster, which speeds up the growth process households A.
Sometimes the cost of a device with which livestock and poultry can be provided with high-quality chopped feed is beyond the reach of the farmer. But, an analogue can be made at home from scrap material. For example, a feed chopper can be made from a gas cylinder or bucket.
A do-it-yourself grass cutter or feed cutter is made from half a gas cylinder, which can be replaced with a durable bucket. To begin with, you need to make two parts from the balloon. You will need to cut off the bottom of one of them, and then make cuts along the entire surface. They should be staggered, approximately 10 millimeters wide. In order to betray the slits required form you will need a punch, with the help of which the lower part of the cuts remains smooth, and the upper part becomes rounded. With the help of this homemade shredder the feed will have a corresponding notch.
Both edges of the gas cylinder should be decorated with steel strips, for fastening which rivets are ideal. In order to be able to stretch steel rods into a homemade feed chopper, which can be made from a gas cylinder, two more strips with a hole with a diameter of 10 millimeters must be added to the existing strips. To securely fix the strips, it is recommended to weld them.
Having completed these manipulations, you can proceed to working with the handles. To do this they will need to be bent. On the part that remains flat, you need to place a housing with bearings. The final stage Making a feed cutter from a gas cylinder is the construction of a stand. It is recommended to make it from wood. As a stand a table will do made of wood, on which you will need to install homemade design from a gas cylinder. It is necessary to place a box on the table in which the raw materials for grinding will be placed. A container for crushed raw materials is installed at the bottom of the feed cutter. This could be the second part of the gas cylinder.
Grinder feed cutter
A feed chopper and grass cutter can be made at home from a grinder. This is quite simple to do, having a clear example in the form of devils, which can be different. As an example, consider the following drawing.
A feed cutter from a grinder involves the use of a bucket made of of stainless steel, in which it is necessary to make holes with a diameter of 15 millimeters. The bottom of the bucket will also have a hole, the diameter of which is 1 centimeter. At the next stage, the grass cutter and feed grinder from the grinder will be equipped with a frame. It can be made using welding and metal corners. The flange and seals are necessary in order to securely fasten the bucket and frame. Thus, an electric grass cutter and feed chopper acquires a moving part - a drum, which is the main element of a home-made design.
The future electric grass cutter and feed chopper must be equipped with a hopper into which raw materials are placed for processing. You can make it from a bucket, from which you will need to remove the bottom. The operation of the electric feed chopper comes from a grinder, which is secured using bolts to a flange located at the rear of the structure. An electric grinder and feed chopper can work with different productivity, which depends on the speed of the grinder.
Feed cutter from a washing machine
If previous options for making homemade devices for grinding feed for pets and poultry could be made without drawings, then a grass cutter or feed cutter made from a washing machine cannot do without them. An example of what a drawing could look like is the following image:
A grass cutter, a do-it-yourself feed cutter, made from a washing machine, involves the use of a motor and a tank. First stage work consists of doing back wall washing machine tub has an opening into which the motor shaft can be easily placed. The mounting bolts provide 4 holes, which will need to be made along the edges. Next, you need to decide on a place to make a hole through which the crushed raw materials will flow into the receiving hopper.
The grinding device should be bolted to the motor shaft. This device will work with greater productivity if it is prudently equipped with two knives. It is recommended to install one of the knives at the bottom of the structure. Its job is to lift the placed raw materials, as well as to move the already crushed material into the hopper. The purpose of the second knife is to directly chop the feed and grass.
As a support, you must use a metal structure resembling a stool. You will need to attach the finished structure to it using bolts. For economical grinding of raw materials, the grass cutter can be equipped with a lid that prevents waste of raw materials. But there must be a hole in it through which raw materials will flow for processing.
The grinding of raw materials placed in such a homemade structure depends solely on how long it was processed. For ease of use, the hole through which the crushed raw materials exit the hopper can be closed with a damper, which will allow you to control the degree of its grinding.
Manufacturing option homemade device for grinding feed, grass, root crops from a washing machine can be called the most optimal. After all, working for an hour, the feed cutter is capable of processing up to 100 kilograms of feed. High operating power allows for high productivity, despite the fact that the device was manufactured at home.
It’s definitely worth getting a feed cutter, because with its help you can grind raw materials in a matter of minutes and prepare feed mixtures based on it, which will contain everything necessary for the growth of livestock, poultry vitamins and nutrients. If you don’t want to spend money on purchasing a ready-made model of a feed chopper, you can make one yourself, and the quality of the final product will not be affected.
As clear example, you can use the following videos, which will demonstrate the operating principle of popular models of feed choppers, assembled at home. However, if you decide to purchase finished equipment, then with model range You can familiarize yourself with reliable feed cutters.
Video review
Large farms use all kinds of grinders to prepare feed mixtures based on grass crops. Typically, these grinders are very powerful and are designed to grind feed into large quantities. For a subsidiary farm where the livestock is small, the use of industrial grinders is not advisable. Of course, the industry also produces these small-capacity units, which are just suitable for preparing feed in small quantities. But their cost is sometimes very high, so many farm owners often make shredders with their own hands.
First, about what they are and what they are intended for. Grinders are mechanical devices designed to break feed into small particles, which are easier for young animals to absorb and less likely to stretch and trample.
Homemade shredders have a number of advantages. Firstly, many constituent elements are improvised, so the cost of manufacturing them will be small. Secondly, you can make choppers for preparing certain types of feed. Thirdly, having such a chopper, it is possible to prepare fresh feed every day, which ensures that it is more readily absorbed by young and adult animals.
As stated, you can make this device with your own hands for certain types of feed. Therefore, let's consider simple designs three choppers processing various feeds.
Grass chopper
First, let's look at making a grass chopper to feed calves or nettles to feed chickens. Such a unit will be required for those who have poultry and young animals of small and large horned livestock, pigs on their farm.
Since we are talking about mechanical devices, then it should be noted that this design includes a propulsion device. Electric motors are most often used, since they are more convenient to use, and the chopper itself will be stationary.
The materials you will need are: an electric motor with a speed of approximately 3000 rpm (such speeds are needed for finer cutting of the grass), a base, a working container, chopping knives, and tin for making a discharge sleeve.
The tools you will need are a welding machine, a grinder, a drill with metal drills, a set of keys, connecting elements(bolts, nuts, rivets).
Photo of a homemade herb chopper 
The described shredder has vertical design. All elements are attached to a base consisting of a square metal plate 4-5 mm thick. The legs are welded to this plate at the corners. The height of the legs should be selected according to the length of the electric motor, which will be located between the legs. In this case, the lower part of the engine should be located at a height of 15-20 cm from the ground. A hole is drilled in the center of the plate to output the electric motor shaft.
On the other side of the legs, a working container is attached to the base. This can be an old saucepan of significant volume, or you can use any other container, as long as it is cylindrical. You can attach it to the base with bolts, you just need to make the markings correctly and drill the holes. Cut out at the bottom of the container rectangular hole for removal of crushed feed. A box is formed from the prepared tin, which must be attached to the container on the cut hole. It can be attached with rivets.
The electric motor can be used from an old water pump, as long as it is in good working order. The water impeller housing is removed or cut off, leaving only the engine itself. You can attach it to the base with two metal strips and a bolt connection.
Knives can be made from canvas old saw on wood. Two strips 5 cm wide are cut and the length is selected according to the diameter of the container (the knives should not reach the walls of the container by about 5 cm). Holes are made in the center of the strips. The edges of the knives are sharpened. The knives are installed on their axis in a cross.
To secure the knives to the electric motor shaft, you will need to make a special adapter, which, on one side, fits onto the shaft and is secured to it; on the other hand, the knives will be placed on the adapter. On this side you will need to cut a thread to firmly fix the knives with a nut.
Arrangement of knives in the grass chopper 
After assembling all the elements into one structure, you can install a metal strip inside the container, which needs to be secured perpendicularly inner surface containers. It is important that this strip does not reach the knives. The purpose of this tape will be to prevent grass from wrapping around the knives.
After assembly, you will need to check the reliability of all connections, after which you can carry out trial run. Even when grinding feed, it is better to cover the container with some kind of lid to prevent grass from flying out of the container.
Juicy feed chopper
There are several design options for succulent feed choppers, but we will not consider them all. Let's consider a version of a chopper that is structurally similar to the one described, that is, vertical.
Drawing of a vertical succulent feed chopper 
1 - hopper, 2 - damper in open position, 3 - exit window, 4 - bumper tape, 5 - cutting device, 6 - start button, 7 - electric motor, 8 - tripod.
You will need material for the base, an electric motor, a cylindrical container, material for making a knife and a box for discharging crushed feed. The tools used are those described above.
The design is the same: a base with an electric motor attached to the bottom and a container on top. A shaft is inserted inside the container, onto which the cutting element is attached.
But there are several features. So, for a succulent feed chopper you will need to find a traction motor with not very high speeds. Traction, because chopping root vegetables requires good force. And not a high-speed one, because significant speeds will crush root vegetables to the point of porridge.
The container should have a wall thickness of 2-3 mm, since its walls will experience shock loads.
There is only one knife used on such a chopper and a saw blade is not suitable for its manufacture; it is better to use a metal strip 3-4 mm thick.
There is no need to install a strip of metal inside the container. Be sure to have a lid on the container.
Cereal grinder
Animals are often fed grain-based feeds. Moreover, grain-based feeds are used to feed poultry, young livestock and adult livestock. For better digestibility of grains, it is better to grind them before feeding, since whole grains are often not digestible by animals and birds.
To prepare grain-based feeds, they are first crushed using a chopper. You can also make such a chopper yourself, but it is more difficult to make.
All grain grinders have a horizontal position. To make it you will need an electric motor, sheets of tin, a metal sieve, connecting elements, two square metal sheets with sides of 10 cm and a thickness of 3 mm, a square sheet with sides of 50 cm and a thickness of 4-5 mm, material for making knives.
So, such a chopper requires a high-speed electric motor, which ensures fast and high-quality crushing of grains.
Having at hand required material you will need to make working and feeding hoppers, as well as a hammer drum. Let's start with the working bunker.
Work hopper
To make it you will need a square sheet with sides of 50 cm and sheets of tin. On a square sheet you need to mark the output of the electric motor shaft; it should be located exactly in the middle. This sheet will be the back wall of the bunker. It will be attached to the electric motor.
Next you will have to work with tin. To begin with, an even strip 10 cm wide is cut out. Its length should be such that, having rolled the strip into a ring, its circumference does not protrude beyond the edges of the back wall. The edges of this ring will need to be welded together.
The existing ring made of a tin strip is applied to a sheet of iron and markings are made. Moreover, the edge of the marking should protrude beyond the ring by about 10 mm.
Next, a circle is cut out according to the markings. The 10 mm edge made during marking will need to be bent to one side by 90 degrees. To make bending easier, you can make slits at certain intervals. The task is to make sure that the ring fits tightly into the curved edges of the cut out tin circle. Having placed the ring on the circle, they will need to be connected to each other using welding machine, and you need to cook it so that there are no cracks.
The resulting structure will be the front wall of the working hopper. Then markings are made on the back wall, ensuring that the manufactured front wall is positioned strictly in the center.
The next task is to make a supply and discharge window in the front wall of the bunker. To do this, you need to make two cutouts across the entire width in the made ring of tin. One is 20 cm long; this will be a discharge window. You will need to attach a metal sieve to the place of the cut piece. Regarding the sieve, it should be noted that the smaller its cells, the more the grain will be crushed. You can secure the sieve strip with rivets. Opposite the outlet window, a supply window 5-7 cm long is cut out.
Hammer drum
The grain is crushed using a hammer drum. It is made from two squares with sides of 15 cm. Their arrangement to each other is parallel. A hole is cut in the center of one of the plates for the electric motor shaft. There must be a certain distance between the plates, and they are rigidly fixed to each other.
A rigid fastening is made by drilling holes in the corners of the plates. Long bolts are inserted into these holes. After inserting the bolt, it will need to be pressed against the plate with a nut. Next, crushing knives are placed on the bolt, made in the form of plates 7 cm long and 3 cm wide, and sharpened on both sides. The length of the knives may vary; it is important to ensure that it does not touch the walls of the hopper.
On one side of the knives, a hole is drilled, the diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of the plate coupling bolt. Having secured the bolt to the plate, a knife is put on it, then a washer is put on the bolt, then another knife. The number of knives can be increased, but it is important that the drum does not rest against its wall when assembling the working hopper. Then another nut is screwed onto the bolt, but so that it does not tighten the knives and does not prevent them from moving freely around the bolt. This nut will be the fixing nut for the second plate.
The knives are installed on all 4 corners of the plate with bolts. Then a second plate is put on the 4 bolts with the knives installed and clamped with nuts. The nut installed before this will prevent the knives from being tightened in the future.
Then you need to check whether the knives rotate freely and whether they will cling to the walls of the working hopper. After this, the drum is placed on the shaft. You may need to use an adapter to secure it. After installing the drum on the back wall of the hopper, it is connected to the front. To avoid gaps, you can place a thin rubber spacer between them. The two halves of the hopper are compressed together with 4 pins, for which you need to drill holes in the two walls at the maximum possible distance from the center. After connecting the two halves of the working hopper, you need to check whether the mounting pins will catch on the knives.
Drawing of hammer drum assembly 
Feed hopper
All that remains is to make the supply hopper. It is made of tin in the form of a pyramid with a truncated top. The area of the top must correspond to the dimensions of the feed window of the working hopper. Closer to the top, a slot is made in one of the walls, and another one is made parallel to it. A plate is installed in these slots, acting as a valve, with the help of which the flow of grain into the working hopper will be regulated.
Feed hopper drawing 
The feed hopper is fixed to the window of the working hopper by welding.
After assembly, you will need to check all connections, after which you can perform a test run. If a strong roar is heard, it means the knives are clinging to something and you may have to shorten them.
The video shows the process of making a grain grinder with your own hands:
Vegetable cutter for the yard – irreplaceable equipment for farming, speeding up the preparation of feed for livestock. This is especially true in winter time when the vegetables used were stored in the basement and lost a certain percentage of moisture. Grating them or cutting them by hand is quite labor-intensive.
Technical characteristics of vegetable cutting machines
- Easy to use - just load the vegetables into the hopper and press the button.
- The presence of a pusher guarantees safety; food raw materials adhere more closely to the rotating knives, contact with fingers is excluded.
- High productivity - depending on the model, a vegetable cutter for livestock can chop 100, 200, 300, 400 kg of vegetables per hour.
- There is a switch on the body that allows you to stop the machine running at high speeds at any time.
- The loading hopper is wide enough to accommodate large pieces or full-sized vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, squash, etc.).
- Removable parts are attached to the body using latches and are easy to remove for subsequent cleaning.
- The equipment is installed on a horizontal surface and can be placed in the kitchen or other utility room.
- Stainless steel case (with or without enamel) is unpretentious to conditions environment– temperature and humidity indicators.
An electric vegetable cutter for a farmer is a hardy and durable tool, the motor of which can withstand heavy loads. This is a great alternative hand graters and machines for slicing vegetables due to the lack of labor costs (except for manipulations with loading raw materials into the machine).
On the website of the MosShef online store you can buy vegetable cutters for goats, pigs and other livestock from manufacturers Abat, Lepse, Torgmash and others. We provide free advice to customers on any technical issues, we offer equipment delivery services throughout Moscow and Russia.
Making a feed cutter with your own hands is quite simple. In this case, you need to show a little ingenuity and work with your hands. In fact, you can make a structure from old and unnecessary things. A good feed chopper can be made from a washing machine. In this article, we will tell you how to feed your pets without much difficulty.
Feed cutter-grater
The simplest version of a feed cutter that you can make with your own hands is an ordinary grater. It should be clarified that This product is only suitable for small households. In order to make this design, you don’t even need drawings.
We take a stainless steel sheet, the approximate size is height 50 and width 30 centimeters. We use a punch to make holes using the same principle as in a regular grater, which is found in any kitchen.
The top of each hole must be bent. For greater convenience, the design needs to be supplemented wooden frame. Manual feed cutter ready to go. The entire manufacturing process will not take you more than an hour, but the benefits when feeding animals will be very noticeable.
Grinder feed cutter
To make this model, you will need a metal bucket. It is recommended to use stainless steel buckets; galvanized ones may react with some types of feed and your animals will get food poisoning.
You need to make holes in the walls of the bucket, approximately 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The edges of the holes can be bent, as in the previous version. A small hole, approximately 1 centimeter in diameter, is also made in the bottom of the bucket.
After this, using metal corners and electric welding, construct the frame. The broken bucket is attached to the frame using a flange and seals. You should get a movable drum; this will be the main working part of the feed cutter. By the way, instead of a bucket, you can use a drum from an old washing machine, having previously made holes in it.
A receiving hopper for feed is installed above the drum. It can be made from sheets of metal or from another bucket, the bottom of which needs to be cut off. In order to give the drum the required rotation speed, a grinder is attached to the rear flange using a bolt. Having checked the reliability of the connections, you can begin testing; a simple do-it-yourself feed cutter from an angle grinder is ready.
The feed mass is poured from above into the receiving hopper. Under the influence of its own weight. The raw material presses on the drum, which acts as a grater. The grinding speed is adjusted using the rotation speed of the grinder. To prevent the crushed mass from flying out of the drum randomly, you can design a small door on door hinges.
It is worth noting that instead of an angle grinder, you can use an ordinary handle. In this case, you will get a large copy of a household meat grinder, only instead of minced meat, you will get a crushed lump for your livestock.
Before starting work, it is recommended to prepare drawings. The performance of such a design will directly depend on your capabilities. If you put in some effort, about 50 kilograms of feed will be guaranteed.
Feed cutter from washing machine
It's more difficult option, therefore, before starting work, it is necessary to make drawings. For a washing machine you will need a motor and a drum.
A hole must be drilled in the rear wall of the drum; the diameter must correspond to the motor shaft. Along the edges, make four holes for mounting bolts. A small hole is cut into one of the walls through which the finished food will be thrown out.
The cutting part is attached to the motor shaft using bolts. It is worth noting that for this design you will need two knives. The first one looks like a propeller with slightly curved blades. It is installed closer to the bottom of the drum and its purpose is to throw the feed up and push out the crushed particles from the feed cutter.
The second knife is the main one cutting tool, it can be made from an old saw blade. The ends of this knife should be slightly deviated towards the bottom, this increases the performance of the design. It is better to sharpen with a double-edged blade.
The product is installed on a metal support made in the form of a stool and secured with bolts. To prevent feed from flying into the air during operation. different sides, it is recommended to make a lid with a hole for raw materials.
It is worth noting that the fraction of feed directly depends on the time they are in work area feed cutters. It is recommended to supplement the outlet hole with a damper and make a small hopper where the crushed mass will fall.
According to farmers' reviews, such a feed cutter is guaranteed to crush about 100 kilograms of feed per hour. This design is well suited for chopping a variety of vegetables and herbs.
As you can see, making a feed cutter with your own hands is not at all difficult. It is worth noting that these are working models that are successfully used in farms. You can try to reproduce one of them in your backyard or take these options as a basis and design your own version of a feed chopper.
12004 10/08/2019 6 min.Keeping livestock requires proper care of it, which includes regular cleaning of the places where they are kept, as well as proper nutrition. After all, not only the health of animals, but also their productivity depends on the quality of feed. Purchasing ready-made feed can cost a pretty penny, so optimal solution There will be a purchase of a grain crusher, a feed cutter and a grass cutter in one device.
Grain crusher, feed cutter and grass cutter in one device
A grain crusher, feed cutter and grass cutter in one device is a fairly multifunctional device that allows you to process a wide variety of raw materials. The design of such a device allows you to grind grain, corn, barley, as well as chop grass, root crops and vegetables.
Depending on what kind of raw material is crushed, the performance indicator will be different. As a rule, chopping the grass takes longer, so the productivity will be slightly lower.
It has been scientifically proven that crushed feed is better absorbed in the body of animals, significantly increasing their productivity.
Ready-made feed chopper options
There are quite a lot of agricultural products on the Russian market various options similar devices that combine several purposes at once. Let's look at the most popular devices, including a grass cutter, a feed cutter and a grain crusher.
ElectroMash IKB-003
IKB-003, produced at the ElektroMash plant, is a feed chopper, but combines several additional functions– grass cutters and grain crushers.
The design of the unit itself, like that of a grain crusher for farming and households, is quite simple, which allows it to be operated by people who do not have special technical skills.
With the help of this device You can grind a fairly wide range of all kinds of raw materials: potatoes, beets, hay, carrots, grain, barley, etc. The design of this device includes removable sieves and gratings, by changing which you can use the unit as a grass cutter or grain crusher.
Technical characteristics of IKB-003:
- power consumption indicator - 1150 W;
- rotation - 12 thousand revolutions per minute;
- total weight – 8 kg;
- unit length – 36 cm;
- unit width – 31 cm;
- unit height – 31 cm;
- productivity (for grain) – 240 kg/h;
- productivity (for root crops) – 900 kg/h.
A distinctive feature of IKB-003 is that it operates for a fairly long time without stopping - about 6 hours in a row. Considering all this, the price of this device, which is approximately 3,700 rubles, seems extremely attractive.
Feed chopper IK-07
IK-07 belongs to the category of feed choppers that combine additional functionality. With its help, you can grind not only ready-made feed, but also raw materials such as grain, legumes, vegetables and fruits, potatoes, grass, etc.
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The design of this device uses a universal knife, which is suitable for chopping grass and root vegetables. At the same time, the device supports the inertial release of processed grain, which significantly improves the quality of grinding.
- power consumption indicator - 1500 W;
- total weight – 7.5 kg;
- unit length – 31 cm;
- unit width – 31 cm;
- unit height – 34 cm;
- productivity (for grain) – 350 kg/h;
- productivity (for grass) – 150 kg/h;
- productivity (for root crops) – 600 kg/h.
The average cost of this device is about 2800 rubles.
Crusher Zubr 2a
The Zubr 2a grain crusher also combines both a grass cutter and a feed chopper. Thanks to this versatility, this unit is among the best-selling in the agricultural sector.
One of the main features of this grain crusher is its unpretentiousness to environmental conditions, which is expressed in the ability to function in a fairly wide temperature range - from -250C to +400C.
Equally reliable and unpretentious are the grain crushers Shmel, Khryusha, Cyclone, and Kolos.
The Zubr 2a design uses two removable sieves different diameters– 2 and 4 mm respectively. Thanks to this, you can adjust the degree of grinding, making the grinding coarser or, conversely, finer.
In order for the device to perform the functions of a feed cutter, you need to take knives for grinding grain and a sieve, replacing them special grater included in the kit.
Technical characteristics of IK-07:
- power consumption indicator - 1800 W;
- total weight – 17 kg;
- unit length – 44.5 cm;
- unit width – 51.5 cm;
- unit height – 29.5 cm;
- productivity (for root crops) – 650 kg/h;
The cost of this model is about 4,500 rubles, depending on the region of sale.
Elicor 4 device
Elikor 4 is a multifunctional device capable of chopping grass, root vegetables and grain crops. The design of this unit is quite typical for similar devices, which includes a grinding chamber and a hopper for loaded raw materials.
Also included are removable sieves. various diameters, as well as a disc grater, which allows you to grind feed and grass.
Technical characteristics of Elikor 4:
- power consumption indicator - 1700 W;
- total weight – 16.5 kg;
- unit length – 51.5 cm;
- unit width – 29.5 cm;
- unit height – 75 cm;
- productivity (for grain) – 180 kg/h;
- productivity (for root crops) – 480 kg/h;
- productivity (for grass) – 380 kg/h;
- rotation - 3 thousand revolutions per minute.
The price for this unit is about 6,500 rubles.
How to make an electric feed vegetable cutter with your own hands
A do-it-yourself grain crusher, feed cutter and grass cutter can be practically in no way inferior to ready-made store-bought options. The main condition in self-assembly is the presence of a fairly powerful engine with which the device would function.
It is not surprising that craftsmen have learned to adapt grinders and washing machines for grinding various raw materials, through minor alterations in the design. Let's look at both methods in more detail.
Making from a grinder
The grinder is an integral part of any farm, especially in rural areas. If there is more than one such tool, then one of them can be adapted for a feed chopper.
The algorithm of actions will be as follows:
- First we need a sheet of fairly durable plywood. This material will act as the base of the unit on which other working units will be installed.
- In our plywood we need to make two through holes, fix the grinder in one of them, and in the second - a reservoir for raw materials.
- The grinder is attached to the plywood using bolts and metal brackets. Next, you need to make a knife that will stand in place of the grinder disk. This knife must be double-edged.
- You need to attach some kind of mesh to the bottom of the plywood to sift through the recycled material. For this purpose, a colander or an old saucepan is suitable, in the bottom of which you need to drill many holes.
- A 5-liter plastic bottle can be used as a reservoir for raw materials.
In principle, this is all manufacturing work homemade device. As we can see, manufacturing costs are minimal.
Making from a washing machine
The design of the washing machine is very suitable for turning it into a feed chopper, combining the functions of a grass cutter and a grain crusher. This applies to older models washing machines with vertical loading.
The work process will be as follows:
- The design of the washing machine must be equipped with an additional motor, which must be attached at the top, under the lid itself. It is installed on metal corners using bolts.
- We make a double-edged knife of such a size that its edges do not touch the walls of the washing machine.
- The second such knife must be installed below, where the factory motor of the washing machine is located. At the same time, both knives should rotate in different directions so that the grinding quality is better.
- It is necessary to make a hole in the top cover of the washing machine through which you can pour material for recycling. You also need to provide some kind of funnel so that grain and other raw materials do not spill.
- You also need to cut a hole at the bottom of the washing machine so that the recycled material can spill out.
This unit from a washing machine will work on the principle of a coffee grinder. We do not publish specific drawings, because there are quite a lot of washing machines, each with its own specific design, etc.
Here it is important to understand the very principle of operation of such a device, after which it can be very easily put into practice.
Conclusion
Multifunctional devices have always had special value.
In the agricultural sector, this can be seen more clearly, because there are quite a lot of specific jobs in this area, and it’s good when there is a device that can simultaneously cope with several at once.
Devices that combine the functions of a grass cutter, grain crusher (feed crusher) and feed cutter are among such devices. They have a fairly simple design and intuitive operating principle, which makes it possible to make them yourself.
At the same time, the costs are minimal, which is an additional advantage.
