Care of Gear
Trade shearers know the importance of keeping their gear in tip-top condition, but the farmer who shears only occasionally often has gear which is defective or downright dangerous.
Next winter the Wool Board will launch a new service, providing one-day sessions on the assembly, adjustment, and maintenance of gear. Trial sessions in sheds throughout the country have shown farmers to be interested.
“They have also shown the need for this,” said the board’s chief shearing instructor (Mr Robin Kidd). “Some farmers have brought along gear which was quite unusable.” One man had cut himself seriously three times simply because his gear was not in good order. “But apart from the safety aspect, good gear takes half the effort out of the job.”
Mr Kidd said the sessions would cover the setting and use of grinders, the dressing of combs and cutters and the maintenance of plant and handpieces. Discussion would also cover shed design.
“The board will welcome inquiries from groups of farmers who would like a visit from one of our instructors,” he said.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33052, 20 October 1972, Page 10
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