Can Be Made by Anyone Having a Little Ingenuity.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 2, 10 January 1905, Page 3

Can Be Made by Anyone Having a Little Ingenuity.

■ In reply to a request for directions 'for making a sod cutter, I offer the following, which is very easy to construct N by anyone having 1 ordinary ability in the use of tools end who may have use for such an article as a sod cutter. It is for use with a horsey"eiinid will cut sod art. a very rapid rate, and will cut of a uniform thickness and width. By using a spade that is sharp to follow and cut out the lengths, it is" easy to get any,, sized piece that may be desirable to, handle.

To construct, it; procure a piece ofpine or: oak two inches thick by six'

inches wide and 1 seven- feet long.. Cut in the center and shape one end of each piece like Fig. I.': For the top use a piece of pine two inches thick, 14 inches /wide and three feet long. Spike or fasten • the top board firmly to the side pieces or runners as though making a sled, as in Fig. 4, It will-r equire .two steel cutters, about eight inches long •and firm enough, to be substantial, like FigC S. One steel cutter- (3), thebottorii to be flat 4nd about iy z inches wide, the •length of which, must be width of sled, but which naust be fastened to the sled

on an angle so that the knife or cutt-er ■ which is fastened upright in front will be in .'vdyance of .the^ther..' This cutter ;must--l^''' # yi*eli^made';;6i- r g^dd :: ste'eli ; Svi+ii^." good stout ivpright- en>3s and well bodted to the sides so it will project belo^Jv the ' bottom of the runners about 2^" incfies,> or whatever thickness is deemed best tp cut the' sod. Have it well sharpened , across the- • width- , Place .the two up-! ; right ;? knives^ • well . sharpened; ft just in advance of the uprighls of the

just in advance of the uprights of the i.riife or cutter, allQwing their points : to project half aarinch below the cutter bar. / Fig.'4 shows the cutter compiete with the bottom up. . Uings ; cari.beiput front and a shortchain attached. to hitch the horse to. v : ' y.

In cuttingl drive straight and stand oii the cutter over the knife. It is, best to^,.cu,t crosswise at each end of the strips and remove it, and there will be less trouble to stacrt it eaSfiTtiine. The whole .expense of su<?.h a cutter ought not. to exceed a dollar, andif well made wilJ? last a» lifetime and be' very easy to lend, but harder. t«o keep trace of.— S. L. Harper^ in Qhio Farmer.> ;