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Keeping Busy In Self Isolation

rusty6

rusty6

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Business pretty much as usual here while the rest of the world self isolates to avoid CV19. I've lost my second twine cutter of the winter so spent yesterday morning building a new one. Its crude but cost nothing to make and if I lose it in the cattle feeding area its no great loss. Some real craftsmen and artisans may smile or laugh at my crude skills and methods in this video. Still white as winter here but sunshine and blue sky with temps approaching 40 starting to melt a little snow around the buildings. Two new calves.
Cheap twine cutter
 
I still have one of those that my grandfather made out of a hockey stick handle. It was for cutting weeds that had a tough stem. I still use it once in a while.
 
(quoted from post at 08:08:02 03/27/20) I still have one of those that my grandfather made out of a hockey stick handle. It was for cutting weeds that had a tough stem. I still use it once in a while.
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Yes, an old broken hockey stick could make some good handles for twine cutters but I don't get many of those. I think I might try a Chinese/Siberian elm branch next time as that is some very hard and durable wood to work with.
 
We used to make them out of old hockey stick shafts, never bothered with the slit, just bolted the section on to the stick. If you drill a hole in the end, you can put a small rope on it. I usually braid some plastic bale string. The rope has several advantages, makes it easier to find if you drop it in the hay or snow. I generally made a loop that would fit over my hand, then if you drop the knife, it is still hanging off your wrist. And once you are done using the knife and get back on the tractor just take the loop off your wrist, and hang it on a lever or hook on the tractor, and it?s always there ready for next time. These knives are great for square bales too, but net wrap, not so much.
 
Hi Bruce ..... I'm sure the new hollow hockey stick shafts from $300 composite sticks aren't going to give you what you need. Finding wooden ones these days isn't as easy as it used to be, a lot of kids have never seen or used one, I guess you know all that being from north of the 49th. How things change right?
 
(quoted from post at 10:27:59 03/27/20) Nice to see the "innovation". Do you burn wood for home heat? Snow mostly gone here in Southern MN.
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Ron, that firewood in the bin is the remnants of wood burning days. Been about 20 years since the wood stove was retired and gas heat took over. Still got the stove out in the barn and wood all over the farm if it ever became necessary.
 
Like Bruce, I've used old hockey stick handles from my son's retired hockey stick collection he left when he moved out. I just bolt them on rather than make the slit. I spray paint them Kubota orange and drill a hole for a piece of wire to hang them on to help in keeping track of them.
 
That?s a pretty nice twine cutter I need to get a real camera so I could film videos like that . Do the old twine cutters ever resurface or are they like most of my things once they are gone that?s it
 
(quoted from post at 00:04:51 03/28/20) That?s a pretty nice twine cutter I need to get a real camera so I could film videos like that . Do the old twine cutters ever resurface or are they like most of my things once they are gone that?s it
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I still have hope the lost cutters might show up when the bale feeders get low or emptied right out. More likely they are tramped into manure and will get pushed away into a pile to rot and rust away.
 
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