How to make a manual tornado cultivator. How to make a hand cultivator with your own hands. Structural diagram of a manual cultivator made from bicycle parts

Evgeniy Sedov

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Cultivation is a method of processing a layer of land without turning it over. Such superficial work of leveling, preparing for sowing, hilling up potatoes, clearing weeds, and harvesting can be facilitated by using hand cultivators. They will become indispensable assistants in small areas, in hard to reach places, when working in small greenhouses. If you need to cultivate areas of more than 3 acres, it makes sense to think about purchasing or creating a motor cultivator powered by electric or gasoline traction.

Types of hand cultivators

The variety of devices for cultivating land is determined by the types of agricultural work that must be carried out with early spring until autumn. Some types of hand cultivators are used all year round to care for indoor plants or greenhouse crops. Based on the type of movement, they are divided into moving and point. Moving machines include all types of rotary openers, hillers, scarifiers, and harrows. Point devices include tornado root removers, potato diggers, and indoor plant cultivators.

Rotary hand cultivator

The operating principle of a rotary cultivator is based on the rotation of 4-5 finite stars or cutters, the ends of which are bent and sharpened. They are driven into rotation either by an external mechanical drive or by manual pressure. Rotating cutters cut the roots of weeds, pull them out, and crush the top layer of soil. At the same time, the surface is loosened. Such a device without a mechanical drive can only be used on improved lands. If virgin soil cultivation is required, you must purchase an electric or gasoline motor cultivator.

Ripper

To improve irrigation, quickly remove weeds and apply fertilizers in a personal garden or personal plot you need to buy a manual cultivator. It consists of 3-4 hooks curved to the bottom, which can be attached to a long handle for cultivating an area or attached to a short handle for loosening the soil of indoor plants. It is possible to attach the ripper, as one of the replaceable devices, to the frame of a wheeled manual cultivator or with a mechanical drive.

Root remover

To get rid of weeds, it is necessary to remove the plant root from the ground. A manual plant remover along with roots will help solve this problem. It consists of three sharp rods welded to the base, the ends of which are bent in one direction for screwing into the earth crust. The base is welded to tubular element with extended cross handle. This device is called “Tornado” and works as follows:

• position the tool so that the weed is in the center between the tips of the rods;
• holding the ends of the handle, screw the root remover into the ground clockwise to the depth of the weed roots;
• pull out the plant along with the roots;
• shake off the soil along with the weed.

Potato digger

Traditionally, villagers use pitchforks to dig up potatoes. A small improvement in their design will turn them into a simple manual potato cultivator for people of any age. This requires a small transformation:

• the forks are not positioned vertically, but are bent at an angle of 30-50 degrees to the ground;
• a vertical pointed pin is welded to the tulle;
• instead of a handle, a metal pipe with a horizontal handle is inserted into the tulleka;
• Digging up potatoes is done by sticking the tool into the ground near the bush, turning it around an axis until the fork penetrates under the bush and tilting the handle until the tubers are extracted.

For indoor plants

Hand garden cultivators are used for indoor plants and include a ripper and a shovel. With the help of a ripper, the top layer of soil is loosened, making it more accessible for the penetration of moisture, oxygen, and fertilizers. The spatula is used when replanting plants to add fertilizer. They are made of stainless steel with a rubberized handle. Hand tools for caring for plantings can be used not only for indoor potting, but also in small greenhouses, greenhouses, when decorating dachas, garden plots, and loggias with flowers.

Flat cutter

The theoretical basis for the use in the reclamation of virgin lands, in contrast to flat-cutting plows, was laid at the beginning of the twentieth century, and was practically implemented in the 50s of the last century during the development of Kazakh virgin lands. In this case, the flat cutter cuts off the roots of weeds, loosens them, but does not turn over the top layer, which does not disturb the soil structure and increases productivity. A flat cutter consists of several mounted on vertical rods from reinforcement, sharpened flat peaks or flat knives, which, when moving, go to a depth of 10-20 cm, cut the upper layer.

How to make a hand cultivator with your own hands

You can make manual cultivators for cultivating soil in the country with your own hands. For this you may need:

• metal narrow strips or pins,
• wooden or metal handles with the possibility of attaching horizontal handles;
• standard set of tools - screwdriver, hammer, grinder, pliers, vice, chisel, screws.
• Some products may require sharpening and welding.

Manufacturing a flat-cutter cultivator

The most famous hand-held cultivator is the Fokina flat cutter. A design close to it can be made independently. For this you will need:

• steel strip 3-5 mm thick, 40-50 cm long and 4-6 cm wide;
• wooden round or square handle;
• 4-8 wood screws.

The manufacturing process will include several steps, for which you will need a vice, pliers, a chisel, and a sharpening machine. To make a flat cutter, perform the following operations:

• drill 4-8 holes in the strip on one side for its fastening;
• bend the steel strip in the form of the number “7” with its lower part straightened;
• harden the workpiece - bring it to red with a blowtorch or put it in a fire, then let it cool;
• on one side of the square wooden handle, make a handle that is comfortable for the hand (if you have a round handle, use a chisel to make a flat surface on one edge for attaching the strip);
• secure the strip to the flat surface of the handle using self-tapping screws;
• sharpen the horizontal part of the flat cutter on a grinding wheel.

Tornado

If it is not possible to purchase a Tornado fork root remover, you can make it yourself. The most in a simple way is a change in the shape of the teeth of a conventional fork - the bases of the teeth must be placed evenly around the circumference, and the sharp ends must be bent in one direction in a spiral. Instead of a handle, it is advisable to weld a vertical corrugated pipe up to the owner’s chest length with a transverse handle 80 cm in shape resembling the letter “T”. The handle should be comfortable to grip with both hands on the edges, and increasing the leverage will make it easier to cut into the ground as you turn it.

DIY star cultivator

The main tasks of the star cultivator are cutting the roots of weeds at depths of 10-20 cm and mixing the top layer of soil. Low-power manual electric and gasoline motor cultivators easily cope with this task. To simplify the creation of such a home-made unit can be used in the design of an old bicycle with transmission of wheel rotation to the star via a chain drive. For those who want to make a simple star cultivator, you need to stock up on:

• sheet metal 2-3 mm thick;
• a smooth rod with a diameter of 5-8 mm;
• a tube 20 cm long and an internal diameter of 7-10 mm, which should correspond to the diameter of the rod;
• a tube 15-20 cm long and an internal diameter of 30-40 mm to create a tulle; a metal or wooden cutting with a diameter of 30-40 mm and a length according to the height of the farmer.

Creating such a device on your own involves the difficulty of solving the problem of rotating stars or cutters without friction. Using a complex mechanism with bearings for this purpose will create many additional tasks - the need for lubrication, protection from the ground, and moisture. Instructions for making a simple star cultivator include:

1. From available steel sheets, 6-7 ray stars are cut out with a grinder with a ray length of 5-8 cm from the disk and a hole in the middle.
2. The tube is cut into 2-3 equal parts and welded to the sprockets.
3. The resulting rotary disk element is mounted on the rod (rotation on it must be free).
4. The rod is bent to give it a bottle-like appearance (in this case, its ends are connected together; the arc of the bent rod should not interfere with the movement of the rotation element).
5. The ends of the rod are inserted into the pipe and riveted or welded to the tulle.
6. A handle is inserted into the tulle and secured with a self-tapping screw.
7. A strip 3-5 cm wide is cut out of a sheet of metal and shaped into a U-shape.
8. The strip is attached to the rod closer to the tulleka.
9. After anti-corrosion painting, the tool is ready for use.

Cultivator from an old bicycle

An old bicycle can be an ideal blank for creating a cultivator. To do this, you need a frame, a steering wheel, and one of its rear wheels. A drawing of such a modification can be found on the Internet. Do the following:

• remove the front wheel;
• turn the steering wheel with the handles outward and fix it (can be welded);
• remove the levers with pedals;
• axle shafts with cutters can be attached to the front sprocket axis on both sides;
• if you leave the chain, the rotation of the wheel will be transmitted to the sprocket and rotate the cutters; to speed up the rotation, it is advisable to swap the positions of the large sprocket and the sprocket on the wheel;
• on the lower part of the vertical seat tube, secure a pipe with fasteners with bolts for additional attachments - rippers, plows, hillers, crevice machines, harrows;
• control of such a unit consists of pushing the handles with the wheel forward;
• You can adjust the depth of penetration of the cultivating tool into the ground by pressing down.

Advantages and disadvantages of hand cultivators

Agricultural work - digging, weeding - is difficult physical work. Therefore, any means of simplifying it will always be appreciated by farmers. Caring for indoor plants and flower gardens in the country will require the use of hand rippers and spatulas. Garden plots with an area of ​​more than 3 acres will be difficult to cultivate without a universal motor cultivator with a set of different attachments. For small areas, difficult places or greenhouses, the use of manual cultivation tools is justified. Their advantages are.

With the onset of spring, summer residents and owners of garden plots have a lot of work, because before planting garden crops soil cultivation is required. The most difficult work is considered to be digging and loosening the area.. For this purpose, most summer residents use an ordinary shovel, but such work takes a lot of time and effort. Fortunately, there is a more effective device - a cultivator. With its help, you can complete a large amount of work in a short period of time. You can buy a device or make a manual cultivator with your own hands, saving a lot of money.

The most popular are small structures, whose weight does not exceed 20 kg. They are very productive and compact, and with the help of such products you can perform various tasks on the site: removing weeds, loosening the soil and even applying various fertilizers. A hand cultivator will also be useful when caring for some plants, as it is capable of loosening the soil near the beds, thinning and hilling them.

Note! Of course, you cannot compare a hand cultivator in terms of power with a walk-behind tractor, but for elementary tasks on garden plot it is quite enough. The advantages of hand tools include the absence of fuel or electricity costs, as well as the ability to use them in hard-to-reach places.

The design of most types of cultivators includes special cutters, which, moving around the site, loosen the soil. Other attachments can also be used:

• paws for loosening the soil;
• special sock, which loosens and cuts the soil, thereby removing weeds;
• hiller to create small grooves in the soil, which are needed for sowing various crops;
• needle disk, which is used when a large crust forms on the soil surface;
• feeding knives with special dispensers. They are necessary for applying fertilizers to the soil.

When used correctly, hand cultivators make it much easier to excavation. Of course, for this you need to use the appropriate nozzles and types of structures.

Types of cultivators

The classification of devices is carried out depending on the mechanisms used. Cultivators are shared with the following equipment.

1. Electrical. Mainly used for processing large areas. The device can only operate if there is a source of electricity. The design has Not heavy weight and compact sizes, moreover, such devices do not pollute the atmosphere with harmful substances.
2. Rechargeable. This type of equipment is used to work in small areas. The advantages of battery-powered cultivators include high mobility and small dimensions.
3. Gasoline. Another type of equipment that is considered one of the most common among summer residents. It has high performance, good mobility, and is easy to use. But such devices must be properly maintained, not to mention polluting the atmosphere with harmful substances.
4. Mechanical. It is no secret that hand cultivators are very easy to use, they do not take much time and effort, and are also low in cost. There are several types of designs of hand cultivators, starting with a simple “Tornado” cultivator, which is an ordinary fork with curved fingers on the bottom, and ending with a flat cutter.

The advantages of hand cultivators also include the fact that they are easy to make yourself. This does not require special skills, just follow the recommendations. To make a particular design, you need the correct drawing of the product, a little free time, patience and, of course, some tools and materials.

What do you need for work?

To make at home various devices for soil treatment, you need to prepare special materials for this. First of all, you need to take care of getting steel. The more different pipes, sheets or metal rods you have, the better. You can’t do without a set of tools, but they are present in any garage, so you don’t have to bother finding them.

A welding machine is one of the most important tools for working with metal products. With it, you can connect different parts made of metal in just a few seconds. Of course, in most cases you can do without a welding machine by connecting the parts using self-tapping screws. But the quality of such connections cannot be compared with the quality of welds.

Assembly of hand cultivators

Once you have prepared everything you need for work, you can begin making a hand cultivator. This is a unique product that has whole line advantages, for example, compactness, availability of materials for its manufacture and efficiency of the finished cultivator.

A homemade cultivator will make it possible not only to remove weeds throughout the entire area, but also to thoroughly loosen the soil. But, as noted earlier, hand cultivators are not designed for large areas, so if your garden or vegetable garden has large area, then it makes sense to purchase a gasoline cultivator. Manual designs are best for dacha work. At home, you can make such types of hand cultivators as rotary, disk, flat cutter and others.

Cultivator-weeder: 1 - wheel assembly (from a garden cart), 2 - main frame, 3 - spring, 4 - chain lock, 5 - hook, 6 - U-shaped rotary handle assembly, 7 - Ml2 fixing screw with hexagon head (3 pcs.), 8 - rotating bracket, 9 - weeder frame (steel strip 20×7), 10 - mounted raker (steel chain from a rod with a diameter of 10), 11 - 15-star weeder-clump breaker (from agricultural machinery), 12 - M10 nut with lock nut and washer (2 pcs.), 13 - rotating cultivator arm (from agricultural machinery, modified), 14 - axle bolt with nut and washers (2 pcs.), 15 - M14 bolt with nut (2 pcs. .).

Rotary cultivator

Main goals rotor design consist of harrowing the soil and further leveling it. The cultivator consists of special hemispherical disks in the amount of 2 or 4 pieces. Each pair of these disks is attached to an axis, due to which the base of the structure can move. This allows you to increase or decrease the angle of inclination of the disks during operation.

The base must be metal, since it is subject to a large load during operation. The base itself can be attached to the handle. If all the parts are made of metal, this will significantly increase the weight of the structure, which is why many summer residents make handles from wood. When working, grass will not cling to the discs of such a cultivator, which is very convenient, especially when cultivating areas covered with weeds.

Cultivator "Tornado"

An excellent cultivator with the simplest design, consisting of only three parts - submersible element, handles and handles. In many ways, the principle of operation of a cultivator is similar to the operation of a corkscrew. You need to press the structure into the ground and rotate it, and then the cultivator can be lifted. During the treatment of the site, weeds are removed along with the root system. The product can easily be made at home if you follow the step-by-step instructions below.

Table. Manufacturing of the Tornado cultivator.

Steps, photo	Description of actions
	Cut 4 blanks from a steel rod, the length of which should be approximately 30 cm. Bend each blank using a vice.
	Sharpen each of the blanks on one side. This is required so that the structure fits well into the ground. All rods must be equally smooth and sharp.
	Weld the blanks to the metal pipe. A regular or profile pipe may be suitable. Make sure that all parts are welded at the same angle. This will increase the efficiency of the design.
	Treat the welding area with a grinding wheel or file to remove all irregularities. This will give the structure a more attractive appearance.
	Weld a handle to the profile pipe. To do this, you can take the same diameter. If desired, wrap the handle with duct tape, especially in areas where you will be holding it with your hands. It is also advisable to treat welding seams.
	Test the finished structure in action, and if any of the elements are not welded well enough, then during the test of the cultivator it will fall off. If the product passes the test, then paint it and safely use it for its intended purpose.

On a note! If you need a larger structure, you can use larger pieces. The manufacturing technology will not change as a result, and the reliability of the cultivator will not suffer.

Disc cultivator

Another option for making a hand cultivator, main detail which are steel wheels. The standard design includes 5 discs, to which special teeth must be attached. Due to these teeth, loosening of the soil occurs. You can make such discs yourself or buy them in specialized stores. The surface of two disks must be smooth, and teeth must be attached to the rest. Alternatively, curved nails can be used instead of teeth..

Disc hiller: 1 - row of potatoes being processed, 2 - assembled hiller disk (from agricultural machinery, 2 pcs.), 3 - fist (from agricultural machinery, 2 pcs.), 4 - T-shaped bracket, 5 - stand, 6 - scraper steel (from agricultural machinery, 2 pcs.), 7 - bridge beam (steel pipe 32×2.5), 8 - locking bolt Ml0, 9 - beam-handle

The finished discs need to be put on the axle one at a time, and then the bearings are installed. The finished structure is attached to a handle made of wood. When cultivating the soil, the discs begin to rotate, and the teeth alternately stick into the ground. A disc cultivator is capable of cutting weeds and loosening the soil. It needs to be cleaned periodically to remove stuck plants.

Flat cutter

Another type of cultivator that you can make yourself. A flat cutter is a fairly effective piece of equipment; it requires an old bicycle and one wheel to make. Next you need to follow the instructions given below.

Step 1. Prepare two small semicircles made of red-hot metal. They must be durable, since they carry the main load.

Step 2. Bend two meter lengths of 15mm pipe for the handles. Then cut off the excess from the bike frame.

Step 3. Weld the handles to bicycle frame, as well as a persistent rod that will take the load from the handles during tillage.

Step 4. Connect the two plates together by welding, sharpen the resulting blade and weld it to the bicycle frame. It needs to be installed on the seat so that you can adjust the blade in height.

Step 5. Paint the assembled structure, thereby protecting it from corrosion. If desired, you can wrap the handles of the flat cutter with electrical tape. On at this stage The process of manufacturing a hand cultivator can be considered complete.

Video - Homemade flat cutter or saving drowning people

Chainsaw cultivator

In case you have an unnecessary chainsaw lying around in your garage, some of its parts can be used to make a good cultivator. But, unlike previous versions, those people who have at least a little knowledge of technology can make a product from an old chainsaw. Moreover, there is additional expenses, for example, the purchase of fuel and lubricants. Since the chainsaw runs on gasoline, the cultivator you make from it will also run on it.

1. First, make a metal frame for the future cultivator using metal corners. The frame should have a cubic shape.
2. Attach the engine from the chainsaw to the finished frame, or rather to its upper part.
3. Make handles for your design. It is advisable to use metal pipes for this. This design will be more convenient to use.
4. Prepare two sprockets, one of which should be driving, and the second should be driven and installed on the intermediate shaft.

Note! A chainsaw cultivator has a number of advantages over other designs, for example, high power and productivity, minimum effort, etc. But such a cultivator also has disadvantages, the main one of which is the need for regular refueling. Therefore, you should always have gasoline ready on your farm.

If, after reading the step-by-step instructions, you decide to make such a cultivator yourself, then you should not forget about safety measures. First of all, it is necessary to protect your eyes and hands, especially when working with a welding machine. If arc welding is used during work, then you need to protect yourself not only from intense and very bright light, emitted by the device, but also from scale, which, having appeared at the site of the weld, can break off from the metal and fly high.

Ten rules of welding

When using gas welding, when heating the metal, be sure to wear protective gloves and use special face protection. You work with high temperatures, so your skin needs to be protected from burns. The remarkable thing about hand cultivators is that they can be made even without special skills or experience.

Making a homemade cultivator is not as difficult as it might seem

Video - Making a hand cultivator

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In order to get a good harvest, the land not only needs to be plowed and sown. During the growth of various crops, the soil also needs to be loosened and cultivated. It is necessary to pull out all the weeds and it is especially important to hill up the soil. A cultivator is perfect for these purposes. You can make such a device at home with your own hands, you just need to have a great desire.

Options for homemade hand cultivators

This important function can be performed with a shovel.. But hard labour will not justify itself. Labor efficiency itself increases several times if you use mechanized soil tillage. Hand plow Any owner of a small plot of land can do it with his own hands. From special tools may be needed welding machine.

It should be noted that soil cultivation began a very long time ago. Several decades ago, at the peak of the garden and dacha lifestyle, such a tool was very popular. It was either bought from factories or made independently.

The most popular types of tools are:

The scope of application of the devices is the widest. Cultivators can perform the following tasks:

• loosen the soil, thereby saturating it with oxygen;
• cut rows for sowing crops and sprinkle them;
• rid plants from the influence of weeds, etc.;
• used together with a walk-behind tractor;
• break up lumps of soil and level the ground.

Required materials and tools

To always be able to make some kind of food at the dacha necessary products, it is necessary to prepare the most popular materials in advance.

First you need to stock up big amount become. It should be in every workshop. The number of different strips, profiles and pipes determines how many necessary tools you can make with your own hands.

Welding will be an indispensable tool in every household. With its help you can quickly and reliably connect all parts various designs. Bolts and nuts are used as an alternative to welding, but the reliability will not be comparable.

Many people do not know where to start when assembling a hand cultivator with their own hands. Drawings are the first thing a novice owner should stock up on . You also need to have the following set of tools and materials:

Cultivator "Tornado"

Making such a cultivator is not difficult. Its base can be made of a metal pipe. It is necessary to weld steel rods to the end of the lower part of the pipe, thereby forming a square shape. After this, the rods are bent in a spiral direction, and the ends are sharpened.

As an alternative, you can use a bicycle handlebar as a lever, and instead of a metal handle, install a shovel shaft. This will save you a lot of money own strength while working.

Such a device is designed for digging out various roots at great depths, for preparing holes for planting trees, etc. It can be used as an electrophoresis for cultivating the soil with your own hands.

How to make a flat cutter

Many people are looking for a cultivator for weeding. You can make such a weeding machine yourself. A profile pipe made of metal or steel is used as the basis for the frame. This base must be made of 2 parts. You need to weld at an angle of 30 degrees. A wheel fork made of a steel pipe or plate 3 millimeters thick is welded to the frame. The wheel itself can either be made independently or purchased. The steering wheel must be made of 2 steel pipes fixed to the frame.

The horizontal part of the frame is an adapter for the cutting attachment. Then you need to install a knife, which is made of steel tape 2-3 millimeters thick. Then the knives are sharpened. The sharpening angle can be changed or adjustable knives can be installed. If there is an old bicycle on the farm, then all the spare parts can be taken from it. Due to the large diameter of the bicycle wheel, the ride becomes very easy when working. The knife is made in the form of an inverted letter “P”, or T-shape. It should be noted that a T-shaped knife must be used very carefully between rows, as there is a possibility of spoiling the harvest.

A special subtype of the flat cutter is the design with forks. This device has several knives that are attached to a fork. It is made of steel rods, and they, in turn, are curved in a special way.

For such a device you also need to make knives self made with your own hands. Drawings of these devices can be found in various thematic forums and blogs.

The design has a fairly easy movement. A similar device can be used by both a fragile girl and a small child. Loosening occurs on top level, but the roots of the weeds are practically not cut off. To do this, you need to choose what is more important: high-quality loosening or removing pests from the soil.

Although such a device is called a plow, its intended purpose is contradicted. It does not have the classic properties of a plow. Even two people are not enough to work with such a tool. He is more of a classic cultivator. The device resembles a flat cutter, but an additional traction handle is installed.

Such a structure is handled by one person from the front, who acts as a traction force. And the second, the operator, controls the process of cultivating the land. It is impossible to use such a device without a co-pilot.

It is important to note that such a tool is not suitable for plowing soil for two reasons. The first is that a normal plow turns over layers of soil, but the device only loosens it. In addition, human power alone is not enough for normal plowing of the land.

Rotary or star

Making such a device is not difficult task. To make the structure, you need 5-7 stars, which will serve as knives, strung onto the axle. These knives can be either straight or curved to the sides. After cultivating the soil with such a tool, it is recommended to walk between the rows and a flat cutter. A combination of two models is also possible, when the stars are first used in the design, and then a flat cutter is used for the final stage. This can significantly save the worker’s strength and energy. Since the stars perform the function of wheels in the design, an additional axle is not needed.

Working with such a tool is quite difficult, so only a physically trained person can handle it. In such a garden structure, you can install wheels of the same diameter instead of stars. In this case, you will get a good weeding hiller.

Cultivator "Hedgehogs"

For the base you need to prepare a powerful fork made of steel strip. In front of the tool there is a working axis with attachments. They need to be made from pieces of pipe onto which steel rods with pointed tips are welded. Actually, that's where the name comes from.

Loosening is carried out by lightly shaking the soil and piercing it, but the weeds remain in place, especially their roots. The main advantage of this subtype is the easy movement of the tool. Inter-row passage is carried out almost effortlessly.

Just like in the star model, in the “hedgehog” design you can additionally install a flat cutter for last stage cultivation of the land, with the help of which all weeds are removed. For the handle, you can use either a shovel stick or a bicycle handlebar. This steering wheel can be used in front of you or behind you.

For the first option, you need to drive the hedgehog attachment itself into the ground with its own weight. This process is quite labor intensive. For the second case, you need to make the working part heavier. Nevertheless, it is much easier for them to work, despite excess weight. In such work, you can listen to the advice of your parents. They are familiar with such tools personally. In the past, manual structures were very often used, since there were no mechanized means at all.

Important nuances when working

When performing any work in the workshop, it is necessary to comply with all safety measures. It is very important to protect your eyes when welding, regardless of the type of welding.

When using arc welding, the danger can come not only from the light from the arc, but also from the breaking off steel at the site of the newly formed seam. Moreover, the seam can break off on its own and be thrown out over a long distance.

Tapping a hot seam is also a bad idea because hardened steel It can get not only into your eyes, but also into your collar or hair. Therefore, these places need to be closed first.

When working with electric welding, you must have gloves and a protective helmet, since the work takes place during high temperatures. You should also avoid combining oxygen and oil, since this is an explosive mixture and a spark is not needed for detonation.

Production manual ripper Do-it-yourself soil will cost much less than its factory-made counterparts. The cost will be higher when the design includes both mechanized and additional funds, and "gadgets".

By making an inter-row homemade product, you can not only save money, but also get the opportunity to design it for your personal needs. This will allow you to achieve maximum convenience when working with such a tool.

Therefore, even such simple products as a “hedgehog” or a cultivator made from a bicycle can significantly reduce labor costs during work. This process will be unique and very convenient.

Cultivation is loosening the soil, which has already been previously processed, with pruning of weeds and other plants harmful to the crop.

Cultivation helps improve the water and air conditions of the soil, thereby increasing its fertility and the possibility of planting complex and demanding plants, such as sunflowers.

In the fields, cultivation is carried out using special equipment with the necessary equipment, but as for small farms and plots, for their cultivation you can use light motorized equipment, such as cultivators such as an electric cultivator for a summer residence, a mini cultivator, Loplosh or manual cultivators.

If we talk about a homemade manual cultivator for the garden with your own hands, it is quite possible to do it.

It can be made without the use of any special materials or tools, and this can be done in a day or a couple of hours, depending on what exactly the future product will be - simple hedgehog with a handle, or a modification of an old bicycle.

But you will definitely get benefits from such a product. It will be a well-kept garden, where a variety of crops bear fruit equally well, free of weeds, with soil that is easy to cultivate.

Such products operate solely with the help of muscle power, so there will be no costs for electricity and fuel, especially engine maintenance and replacement of parts.

All mechanical parts are extremely reliable due to their simplicity, and if they break down, it will be very easy to replace anything - you just need to make a new part from existing materials.

Also, making homemade hand cultivators requires virtually no experience in design or engineering, since they consist mainly of only a few movable joints.

For more information about the do-it-yourself hand cultivator, watch the video:

Necessary materials

In order to be able to independently produce various types of products useful for cultivating the garden, it is advisable to have the most necessary and frequently used materials on hand. Materials that should be in any workshop are, first of all, steel.

The more profiles, strips, rods and steel pipes there are on the farm, the easier it will be to carry out various works, carry out repairs and produce useful equipment.

Also, definitely needed welding machine, with which you can quickly and reliably connect all metal parts.

This can also be done using metal screws, but their scope of application and reliability are not comparable to welding.

The drawings will tell you no more about how to make a manual cultivator with your own hands than understandable words, therefore, in order to follow the assembly order and not miss a few useful tips, you should carefully read all of the information below on how to make a manual weeding cultivator with your own hands information.

For masters with a lot of experience, it may not seem new, but for those who have just started farming, vegetable gardening, such instructions will be more than useful.

Here you will find several options for solving the problem of quick, cheap and effective weeding and cultivation of the site, bringing it to perfect condition, with fertile, well-breathing soil, free from weeds and pests.

Weeding cultivator

Weeding between rows is a very important process in gardening. It helps loosen the soil, remove weeds and allows useful plants develop a good root system.

And in order to constantly monitor the cleanliness of the garden and good condition soil, you need a manual cultivator for your dacha to weed yourself.

The best choice, in terms of inventory model, is perfect manual hedgehog cultivator It’s very easy to do it yourself, and the benefits will be no less than from a walk-behind tractor.

But before you use it, you should remember that this is a device that requires some effort to work properly.

Also, when making such equipment, it is necessary to take into account that, due to its small size, large stresses will arise in some parts - they should be strengthened before these parts break.

The main point of risk is the connection between the stem holder and the rest of the structure.

In order to make the main working part of the product, you will need a steel, non-rusty pipe of small diameter, about 22 centimeters long, a steel rod, approximately the same diameter as the hole in the pipe, and a little longer - 23-24 centimeters, and also pins from durable steel or fittings.

Strictly perpendicular to the pipe several pins are welded on along the circumference, in rows with a distance of several centimeters. Just don't make them too long unless you have ground them to a cone shape - then it will be more difficult to work with such a product.

Next, you need to make a bracket from a metal strip in such a way that it has some reserve for bending. Holes are made at its edges, and a mount for the handle is welded to the end, on the other side. Next, you just need to insert the axle, with the hedgehog on it, into the holes and secure it with welding or cotter pins.

The product is now ready for use. If necessary, you can add another bracket to it, directed end down, thus adding loosening of the soil to the weeding.

Tornado

One of the simplest products of agricultural implements is DIY manual tornado cultivator. It is very simple to make, just like a cultivator for a vegetable garden. In order to start making it, you first need to become familiar with how it functions.

“Tornado” is a simple device that consists of three components - a handle, a handle and a working part, which is the main part of this device.

The handle, perpendicular to the cutting, is long and serves as a lever that facilitates the work of “twisting” weeds from the ground, using the lower part of the product - long steel rods twisted in a spiral around the central axis.

The principle of its operation is similar to a corkscrew, but much larger.

With light pressure, the “Tornado” is driven into the ground where the weed is located, scrolls in place, and has no direction of rotation special significance, and rises up.

In this case, the weed, along with the entire root system is removed, “unscrewed” from the ground. You can make this product yourself and it is not at all difficult. There are two ways to make it.

Using spring steel, you will make a completely new, very easy-to-use “Tornado”. To do this, you need a strip of similar steel, with the following dimensions: length 0.5 meters, thickness 0.15 centimeters, width 2 centimeters. Next, you need to make a loop out of it, a downward spiral.

If there is only one loop in the product, then it needs to be given several turns, but if there are several of them, then a large number of turns can complicate the work - they should be short. The loops are welded to the base of the pipe into which the handle will be inserted.

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The ends of the curved tape need to be sharpened, giving them the shape of a long, stretched cone with a sharp end. Also, you can attach a long perpendicular handle to the handle, similar to the handle of factory models.

Also, "Tornado" can make from old pitchforks. This will require, oddly enough, a pitchfork, a hammer and patience. Using a hammer, you need to give the desired shape to the fork teeth, bending them with gentle blows.

Tornado made from old pitchforks

Work must be carried out simultaneously in three planes, since if you immediately bend the teeth in one direction, it may be difficult to continue working.

Also, in order to make your task easier, you can heat up the metal by welding, but it should not become too soft - the steel that is used for such equipment loses its properties when overheated and can simply break under hammer blows.

For the lever, in in this case, Can use a metal or plastic pipe, which is attached using self-tapping screws. The optimal length of such a handle is approximately 50 centimeters.

This length is needed in order to work with any, even heavy soil, and cope with weeds that may have a branched and persistent root.

Flat cutter

Another useful inventory item is a manual cultivator flat cutter It’s quite possible to make it with your own hands, although its design is different from the “Tornado” - it is somewhat more complicated. First of all, you need a bicycle, an old one that no one uses anymore and one bicycle wheel will be ideal.

It should not be too large, since such a wheel is inconvenient to use, it is better to take a medium and small one. Also, the cutting part from a two-handed saw is perfect for the main working part of the flat cutter. Although, if you can find a head from a cultivator, this will be a simpler and more reliable option.

In order to make the frame of the product, you can only take a bicycle fork with an attached wheel, to which you will need to attach handles using welding or bolts. A crossbar is installed between the handles, to which the cultivator head or a flat cutter made from a saw is attached.

Flat cutter

But this option, although easier to manufacture, is still not as reliable as a cultivator made from the main part of the bicycle frame.

In order to get stronger and more reliable equipment, you need to turn the frame over with the rear wheel attached, and weld to it: handles on top, at an angle convenient for you, cultivator knives on the bottom, similar to the previous product. This design will be heavier, more stable and stronger.

Also, this design can be made more universal, adapted to the use of various attachments, by mounting the cultivator with bolts. Such equipment will be much more convenient in work.

In addition, its use is the most productive of all the variations of cultivators presented here - it is extremely simple to use, it moves continuously and almost independently, all you need to do is press your hands slightly, so that the blade penetrates the ground to the required depth.

When carrying out any work in the workshop, it is necessary observe all safety measures. First of all, it is necessary to protect your eyes, especially when working with welding, regardless of its type.

In arc welding, it is not only the intensity of light resulting from the burning of the arc that is dangerous, but also the scale that appears at the site of the frozen weld. Moreover, it can break off spontaneously while the metal is cooling, flying to a great height.

Hitting hot viburnum with a hammer towards you is also a bad idea, since it can get not only into your eyes, but also onto your open areas skin and collar, into hair. Therefore, they must be closed first.

When working with gas welding, heating the metal with it for processing or cutting, it is necessary use gloves and face shields– work is carried out at high temperatures. Also, remember that oxygen creates an explosive mixture when it comes into contact with oil - a spark is not needed to detonate this mixture.

Conclusion

While studying hand made agricultural implements, you save money, and the amounts are more noticeable when the product is motorized or has complex parts in its design.

In the same case, if you are making a simple mechanical product, then in addition to the money saved, you also get the opportunity to make it only for yourself, your personal needs.

Therefore, even such a simple product as a hedgehog for inter-row weeding, or a cultivator based on a bicycle will be unique and as convenient as possible, because in this case it will simply take into account all the ideas and nuances that came to your mind during its assembly, or even after her.

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DIY cultivator: homemade manual, electric, rotary options

Sometimes it is really more profitable to buy vegetables and fruits in the store. But there is always more confidence in the quality of products grown with your own hands. In addition, working on the land increases vitality if done wisely.

But hard physical labor is not always useful, especially for those who are used to working only in the office. To make spring chores enjoyable and not too burdensome, you need to acquire small-scale mechanization tools.

Modern equipment can, of course, be bought, but it turned out that making, for example, a cultivator with your own hands is quite simple. Make sure of this.

Option #1: manual tornado - death to weeds

Tornado is the name of a manual cultivator, which you can and should make with your own hands. Having such a device, which resembles a curved pitchfork, you can forget about endless battles with weeds.

The teeth of the tool are driven into the ground at an angle, after which the Tornado must be turned and lifted. To do this, you don’t have to exert excessive effort, because instead of a regular handle, the Tornado has a lever.

The Tornado cultivator is attractive because it is quite easy to use and working with it does not require any significant effort

Everyone loves this wonderful root remover, but familiarity with its store price can completely discourage the desire to become its owner. However, there is nothing complicated about this device. You can make a Tornado cultivator yourself and even in several different ways.

Spring steel tornado

We will need a steel strip 50 cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick and 2 cm wide. For our purpose, it is best to use spring steel. We bend the tape into a loop and attach it to the wooden handle of the instrument.

The length of the handle is determined depending on the height of the owner: it should be comfortable to work with the tool. You can also make a lever, the same as that of a store-bought root remover. The working steel loop should have a diameter of 20 cm, which is slightly less than the row spacing.

The edges of the loop are sharpened with a file on both sides.

For weeds - pitchfork to the side

If the Tornado looks like a pitchfork, then why not make a hand-held cultivator with your own hands from this tool familiar to all gardeners? Let's buy a regular fork at a hardware store and give the teeth of this tool the desired bend using a hammer. In general, the tool should resemble a kind of corkscrew. It is important to take your time and proceed carefully.

For the lever you will need a half-meter piece plastic pipe. We also buy in the store a plastic handle attachment for the handle, which is used for forks or shovels. We cut the tube lengthwise, put it on the handle and secure it with electrical tape so that it does not slip. Now the resulting lever protrudes approximately 25 cm from the handle on both sides.

It is logical to make the fork-shaped part of the Tornado from a fork - a tool well known to all gardeners, which everyone has

An important part for the Tornado cultivator is its upper lever part: thanks to the lever, you can, by applying minimal effort, do hard work

Option #2: flat cutter on a bicycle base

A flat-cut cultivator will help you cope with weeds and make the life of any gardener much easier. Structurally, it is more complicated than Tornado, but not much more.

To create a flat cutter you need:

• an old bicycle that no one uses anymore for its intended purpose;
• a head from a cultivator that has become unusable or the working surface of a two-handed saw;
• drill, grinder, keys, drills, bolts and so on.

A bicycle frame and one wheel will be useful. The cultivator head is attached to the frame.

The cutting part of a two-handed saw, a small plow, or sharp steel rods made independently can be used for the same purpose.

The handles for controlling the mechanism are made of aluminum or steel pipes. A piece of pipe approximately 2.5 cm in diameter will be useful as a cross bridge.

A flat cutter can be made based on an old bicycle, using it as a cutting part work surface two-handed saw, ironically called "Friendship"

There is no particular complexity in the design of this convenient tool no, it can be made if you have the right material at hand

The structure must be rigid, so the nodes are tightened with bolts. A medium-sized wheel should be secured to the frame with locknuts. The result is a homemade cultivator that is very functional and easy to use.

Option #3: disc rotary cultivator

Making a rotary cultivator with your own hands is not at all easy. This requires special skills and good physical preparation. If you have all the listed qualities, you can try to build this tool, which will be much more effective than all the previous ones. With its help, you can not only cultivate, but also harrow the soil, deftly breaking large clods.

The rotary disk cultivator consists of: 1 - disk, 2 - axis. 3 - bushing, 4 - large bracket, 5 - small bracket, 6 - rod, 7 - pipe, 8 - handle

The working parts of this cultivator are convex disks, which must be welded to bushings placed on the axle. The axial ends are secured with cotter pins, which are secured in a large bracket.

After which a hole is cut in the upper part of this bracket. Handles with a crossbar are attached to it. A rod 25 cm long and 24 mm in diameter will have to be welded to a small bracket. A rod of 16 mm diameter is screwed into it.

Part of the rod protrudes above the crossbar.

It is not so easy to give a 4 mm thick disk the desired spherical shape. To do this, you need to be able to deftly handle a hammer. A strong and precise blow to the center of the disc transforms it into a bowl.

This is the work that will require the main physical effort.

Special wing nuts located on the crossbar regulate the angle of inclination of the spherical disks relative to the direction of movement of the cultivator itself.

Option #4: a production meat grinder to help us

All of the above equipment is quite simple. But in your own workshop you can make a homemade electric cultivator. This once again proves that the possibilities of home craftsmen are almost limitless. To implement this idea, you will need an old industrial meat grinder. On its basis, an effective electric gardener’s assistant will be built.

An electric cultivator can be made based on a meat grinder industrial purposes: you get a fairly powerful unit that will last for several years

Everything is not as difficult as it seems if you have a welding machine and a master who knows how to use it for its intended purpose. Two corners should be attached to the gear housing. Bent pipes are welded to the corners, which will be used as handles. Another piece of pipe is welded between the resulting handles - a spacer, which gives the structure the required strength.

The axles for the cultivator wheels will also need to be welded to the corners. The wheels are selected to be of medium size so that they are easy to use and do not sink into the soil.

The main structural part is the shaft. It will have to be turned out of ordinary scrap. The connection is carried out as in the original: in a slot. The meat grinder attachment is chipped off with a sledgehammer, after which a bushing with thick walls made of cast iron remains.

A blank machined from scrap is placed into it, to which lugs in the form of a screw are welded. They are cut from car springs. Other lug material options were used, but these proved to be unviable.

The lugs are located at an angle of 120 degrees. They need to be screwed out as they rotate, then it will be easier for them to enter the ground, and the cultivator itself will be easier to control.

The engine of the device is connected according to the “triangle” circuit, the start is capacitor. For ease of operation, the engine switch is installed on the cultivator handle.

The device will last a long time if, before starting work, you lubricate the interface of the homemade shaft in the cast iron bushing with any used oil.

Take a good look at what the lugs should be and how they should be positioned: the efficiency of the device and its durability depend on this

The quality of tillage depends on the speed of movement of such a cultivator. Fast plowing will be rough, but slow plowing can literally turn the earth into dust.

Option #5: child of a bicycle and a washing machine

Don’t rush to throw away your old bike and used washing machine. These things may also come in handy if you want to make a cultivator with your own hands, spending a minimum of money on it.

Now you know how to make a cultivator yourself. All that remains is to apply your knowledge in practice.

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DIY hand cultivators

The dream of any summer resident is to get large harvests with a minimum of physical input. From the world of fantasy? Not at all.

Cultivators greatly facilitate the work of a summer resident, with the help of which you can dig up the soil and fight weeds. However, many refuse to buy them due to high price for industrial hand cultivators.

In this article we will tell you how you can make hand cultivators yourself from scrap material.

Hand garden cultivators

First, let's define which cultivators are manual and what function they perform.

All cultivators depending on type mechanical device are divided into manual, gasoline and electric. Manual ones are also called mechanical. The most effective of them are gasoline ones. But mechanical ones are distinguished by their low price and therefore greater availability.

If we consider the operations that cultivators can perform, the following can be identified as the main ones:

• loosening the soil;
• cutting furrows of various depths;
• ridding the area of ​​weeds;
• harrowing;
• soil cultivation.

Some types of cultivators can even provide all possible assistance in harvesting.
We'll talk about how to make hand cultivators with your own hands below.

Manual cultivator root remover

Industrial cultivators for weed control are called “Tornado”. They are a lever at the end of which there is a mechanism reminiscent of a fork with curved teeth. When you press (not intensely) on the lever, the forks are screwed into the ground, and when you lift the cultivator by the handle, the weeds, along with the roots, are pulled out of the ground.

We suggest making an analogue of the “Tornado” with your own hands, especially since it is not at all difficult to do. There are even two ways to make this type of cultivator.

1. Using spring steel.
   In this case, you need to stock up on a spring steel tape of the following sizes: length - 0.5 m, thickness - 0.15 cm, width - 2 cm. A tape of this size is bent in the shape of a loop. A steel loop is attached to a handle, which is used as an ordinary wooden handle for a tool. If desired, you can also build a lever similar to purchased models. The ends of the steel strip must be carefully sharpened, which will make working with the cultivator easier.
2. Using a pitchfork
   This type of cultivator is similar in appearance to a pitchfork, and therefore you can use this equipment to make a “Tornado”. To do this, take a purchased fork and give the necessary bend to its teeth. A regular hammer will help you deform the fork teeth. It is important to work carefully and monitor the bending angle so that the teeth do not break off and the tool is not damaged.

A segment is used as a lever plastic tube, which is threaded into the handle of the handle and firmly fixed there with electrical tape. The lever should protrude 20-25 centimeters from both sides of the handle.

Cultivator - flat cutter

This type of hand cultivator is more complex design, but it is also possible to make it yourself.

To do this, you need to have a bicycle that is no longer able to ride, a cutting surface from a saw (two-handed) or a head from an old, broken cultivator, an angle grinder, screws, a drill, etc.

Of the entire bicycle structure, only a fork and a single wheel are needed.

The head of an old cultivator, or the surface of a saw, or small curved steel rods with a sharp edge, or a small plow is attached to the frame. Here you are free to choose for yourself.

Next, a control lever, which can be made of a durable metal tube of small diameter, must be attached to the frame-wheel-harrow system. The entire structure is given rigidity using a connecting cross member. The cultivator is ready for use.

DIY rotary cultivator

Making this type of cultivator yourself is not at all easy.

The difficulty in manufacturing a manual version of a rotary cultivator lies mainly in the arrangement of the disks, which must have a convex shape, and not the usual flat one. Convexity is usually achieved using a regular hammer.
The stages of manufacturing a rotary cultivator are as follows.

First, you need to weld the discs to the bushings mounted on the axle. The ends of the disks must be secured in brackets. Secondly, a protrusion is formed in the largest of the brackets, through which the pipe with the crossbar will subsequently pass. Thirdly, a rod is welded to the smallest of the brackets, into which a rod is screwed, partially protruding above the crossbar.

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Do-it-yourself hand cultivator - a variety of designs and materials for manufacturing

To provide good harvest in your garden beds, it’s not enough to plow the ground and sow it. During the growth, and especially the ripening of crops, the land must be constantly cultivated. Hilling is carried out, weeds are removed, the hardened surface is loosened between the rows.

All this can be done with a hoe or shovel. However, labor efficiency increases by an order of magnitude if the soil cultivator is mechanized.

Any owner can make such a device with his own hands. You don't need any special tools, except a welding machine.

I must say that this idea is not new. Many decades ago, when the population of one sixth of the Earth was experiencing a gardening boom, such tools were popular. They were bought at hardware stores and, if possible, made independently.

Let's consider options on how to make a homemade manual cultivator

Main types of tools:

Flat cutter. It is a mechanized version of a regular hoe.

Rotary star. The principle of operation is to alternately cut the soil with flat knife-shaped elements.

Manual hedgehog cultivator. The design is similar to a star, but the ground is pierced not by knives, but by sharp steel rods, similar to porcupine quills.

Tornado. It is a pitchfork with teeth twisted into a small spiral. It cannot be mechanized; it simply needs to be stuck into the ground.

How to make a hand-held cultivator for a summer cottage from scrap materials?

Materials and tools used:

• Steel strips, pieces of reinforcement, or other metal blanks, depending on the selected model;
• A wheel with a mount, or a finished frame (for example, from a bicycle);
• Pen. You can use a metal pipe or a shovel shaft;
• Welding machine (preferably);
• Drill, grinder.

Cultivator "Tornado"

It's very easy to make. The base is made of steel pipe. We weld steel rods to the end to form a square.

Then the rods are bent in a screw manner and the ends are sharpened. You can use a shovel shaft as a handle, or use a bicycle handlebar as a lever. Then it will be easier to perform turning movements.

This cultivator is used to loosen the soil to a great depth, dig up the roots of shrubs and prepare holes for planting trees.

Cultivator flat cutter

The frame is made of square section corrugated pipe. One welding point at an angle of 30°. We weld a fork for the wheel from a steel strip 3 mm thick to the frame. The type of wheel does not matter; it can be ready-made or homemade iron.

The steering wheel stop consists of two pipes mounted on the frame. With its help, the operator adjusts the immersion depth of the knife.

The horizontal part of the frame serves as an adapter for the cutting attachment. The knife is made of steel strip 3-4 mm thick, the front lower edge is sharpened. The angle of attack can be changed by installing an adjusting screw.

If you have old bicycle parts, the design can be made from them. The large diameter of the wheel makes it easier to control the cultivator and makes its movement easier.

The shape of the cutter can be an inverted “U” or “T” shape. Important! When working with a “T” shaped knife, you must strictly follow the row. Otherwise, you can trim the roots of cultivated plants.

A type of flat cutter is a fork-type cultivator. In this design there are several knives, and they are attached to the so-called “fork” - a structure made of specially bent steel rods.

Drawings of such devices are found in garden magazines from the times of the USSR.

The main advantage of such an assistant is ease of movement. Both a fragile girl and a child can cope with it. Loosening of the soil occurs very efficiently, but the roots of weed plants are practically not cut off.

You can choose what is more important – deep loosening or clearing the area of ​​weeds.

Hand plow

Despite the name, the device is not a classic plow. To plow virgin soil, two human forces are not enough. This is a typical heavy cultivator. The design is similar to a regular flat cutter, but with the addition of a traction handle.

The second operator takes hold of it and drags the plow behind him like a horse. The first worker controls the direction and depth of plowing. It is impossible to use it alone.

Rotary sprocket
The design is quite simple to manufacture. It is necessary to make several identical stars - knives, and string them at a certain interval on the axle.

Knives can be straight or curved different sides. After passing through the stars, you can immediately trim the roots with a flat cutter. For this purpose, a combined structure is made, as in the illustration.

Since the rotors - stars act as support wheels - an additional axle is not needed. A physically trained person can handle such a cultivator; the movement of the device is quite heavy.

If instead of rotors - stars, you install spherical disks - you will get a hiller.

Cultivator type "Hedgehogs"

The base is a durable fork made of steel strip. On the working side there is an axis for attachments. The nozzles are made from sections of pipe with welded pins - needles with sharply sharpened tips (hence the name - “hedgehogs”).

Loosening occurs by piercing the top layer of soil and lightly shaking the surface. The weed roots remain in place. The main advantage of the tool is its amazing ease of movement. The earth is loosened almost effortlessly.

Similar to the previous design, the rear part of the frame can be equipped with a flat cutter, which will not give rest to the weeds in the row-spacing.

Either a shovel shaft or the same bicycle handlebar is used as a handle.

Advice! The rotary cultivator, or “hedgehogs,” can be used both in front of you and behind the operator.

In the first case, you drive the working attachment with your weight, the work is done with force. The second option requires loading (weighting) the working part. However, it is easier to work this way, despite the extra weight.

We figured out how to make a cultivator yourself, and what types of them are the most popular. Do not neglect the advice of your parents - their generation is familiar with this type of instrument firsthand!

Watch the video: how to make a manual hedgehog cultivator. Detailed explanation of the manufacturing process. If needed specific drawings with dimensions, you can download from this link.

Every gardener cultivates the soil in his dacha. The word “cultivation” came to us from the Latin language. Translated, it means to process, to cultivate. But it is so. During the cultivation process, the soil is processed and cultivated in order to get rid of weeds. But the purpose of cultivation is not only weeding. After cultivation, the soil becomes loose and more saturated with oxygen. A cultivator is used to cultivate the soil before sowing and after the crop is harvested. You also need to use a cultivator to cultivate the row spacing, hill up and replant the plants. Cultivator - very convenient device, it will make work easier and reduce the time of tillage in the garden, flower bed and any other area.

A modern cultivator can be bought at a specialized store. But such equipment can easily be assembled with your own hands. You just need to find clear instructions, necessary details and tools and get to work.

First, you should know that cultivators are divided according to the type of food:

• manual;
• gasoline;
• electric.

They are also divided by weight and power. There are ultra-light cultivators, mini ones, they weigh no more than thirty kilograms, ideal for small garden plots and cottages.

There are light cultivators. Their weight is more than thirty, but not more than sixty kilograms. Such cultivators are used on large areas, on plowed fields and virgin lands. Average cultivators weigh up to one hundred kilograms. Well, the largest cultivators are heavy. Their weight is more than one hundred kilograms. Such cultivators are used on large fields and lands.

There is another classification of cultivators - by purpose:

• universal - used for cultivating soil in any area, between rows, they are used for weeding;
• special - for processing a specific variety or crop;
• plant feeders - these cultivators are designed to cultivate the soil and gradually add fertilizers;
• pre-planting, steam – for harrowing any soil before sowing, suitable for summer cottages;
• row crops - for weeding rows in fields where crops have already sprouted.

There are cultivators for cultivating one row, mini cultivators for the garden, and cultivators for cultivating several rows at the same time. They differ in size, because for one row the cultivator is much smaller than for cultivating several rows.

But the most suitable for cultivating the garden and flower beds is a standard manual cultivator. It is lightweight and easy to use. It also takes up little space and is light in weight. There are garden cultivators, they are also small in size, ideal for the garden.

Advantages and disadvantages of cultivators

Each type of cultivator has its own pros and cons. Electric cultivators are lightweight and small in size. They don't need to be refueled because they run on electricity. They are also quite simple and easy to use, but are not suitable for a dacha that does not have electricity.

The disadvantages include the fact that they only work in the area where the power cord reaches. Also, electric cultivators do not have high power. With such a cultivator you can cultivate flower beds and greenhouse soil, but in large areas they are completely useless. After all, the length of the cord determines the place where this cultivator can cultivate the soil.

A cultivator that runs on gasoline (gasoline cultivator) has slightly more advantages. It is convenient to cultivate large areas, because such a cultivator has high power and functionality. Disadvantages include difficulties in maintenance, heavy weight and refueling. And the more powerful such a cultivator, the more fuel is needed to refuel it. Gasoline cultivators are often called star cultivators.

Hand cultivator - do it at home

Such a cultivator is the most useful thing on the farm. It has a lot of positive aspects:

• no stress on the lower back,
• ease of use,
• efficiency,
• availability,
• compactness.

With such a cultivator you will not spread weeds all over the area, and it loosens the soil very well and does not turn it upside down. But the cultivator is designed for cultivating small areas and only on plowed land. It is ideal for a summer residence.

First, you should understand for what purpose you need a cultivator. After all, the choice of a particular cultivator is influenced by both the set of crops that are planted on the site and the structure of the soil of the site itself. If you have a small plot, then a powerful and voluminous cultivator will take up a lot of space. It will only cause harm, there will be no benefit from it.

It is best to create a cultivator with your own hands, this way you will save your money and find an assistant on the farm. Some cultivators can be created from scrap materials, some require additional parts, but their cost will not exceed the cost of a whole cultivator in a store. Do-it-yourself cultivators are ideal helpers in the garden and are suitable for the garden.

The smallest cultivator

“Nimble Baby” is a small homemade cultivator; it can be called a mini cultivator. It covers only twenty centimeters of territory, but working with such a cultivator is very convenient. All you need to do is attach a few cut metal stars to the axle, and then attach a convenient handle. Here you go new assistant on the farm. It makes it easy to cultivate between rows when the crop has already sprouted. It is its mini size that will prevent damage to the desired plants. Also, if the stars are well sharpened, they cut weeds without any problems. In this case, the weed does not cling to the cultivator and is not spread throughout the area. Suitable for a summer residence, because it is convenient to transport.

Simple cultivator – “Tornado”

Another simple cultivator that you can make yourself is called “Tornado”. This cultivator is ideal for cultivating light soil. And it is made from the most ordinary forks or springy wire; it can also be called a mini cultivator.

1. In order to make such a cultivator, you will need a wooden handle, which will need to be modified. The wooden handle of your new cultivator should be strengthened. For this, a metal or plastic pipe cut lengthwise is used. It should not be much larger than a wooden handle. After the pipe is cut, put it on wooden handle and reel it in. This will make the handle much stronger, and it will be easier to work with such a cultivator.
2. Next, proceed to manufacturing the main part of the cultivator. Take a pitchfork and a hammer, you also need a picture or drawings of the original Tornado cultivator, because you need to exactly repeat all the bends.
3. From strong blow hammer, the fork teeth will bend in the direction you point them. But don't overdo it.
4. Once the cultivator base is created, attach it to the handle and you can till the soil with your new cultivator.

You can also make cultivator teeth from thick springy wire. This option will take more time and effort. But the result is worth it.

Cultivators from an old bicycle

For another version of the cultivator, which you can create with your own hands, you need bicycle parts. So, if you have an old and unnecessary bicycle, make your own cultivator and don’t waste money on the purchase. This is an ideal helper in the country.

1. We attach a cultivator head to the frame of an old bicycle; it can be part of an old cultivator, iron rods, or a small plow or glander.
2. A comfortable handle for controlling the cultivator is made from sections of iron pipes or other metal. A crossbar is attached between the handles.
3. All parts of the cultivator are assembled together using bolts, the nuts on which are tightened as tightly as possible so that the entire system is solid, or all parts can be secured by welding. This option is much more reliable than the previous one.
4. After the base is ready, a wheel is attached to it; it should not be too large so that the plow fits well into the ground. And not too small, so that you have to put more effort into pushing than is required with a medium-sized wheel.

If you still have an old medium-sized wheel, you can make another version of a home cultivator. Simply attach curved metal handles to the wheel, which also holds a small plow behind the wheel, closer to you. And now the homemade hand cultivator is ready.

DIY disc cultivator

There is also an option for a homemade hand cultivator, which is made from steel discs. There should be five discs in total, three of them have teeth attached to them, with the help of which the soil will be loosened. You can make such discs yourself or order them. After all, they are made on a lathe. Two discs will be smooth, and the other three will have special teeth or curved nails attached. When the disks are ready, they are put on the axle one by one, then bearings and washers are installed, and then the entire structure is attached to a wooden handle. The soil is cultivated with the help of these teeth; they alternately stick into the ground and loosen it. These tines also cut the roots of weeds. Due to its weight, this hand cultivator does not require special application strength. The only drawback is that you will have to periodically clean the teeth from weeds. After all, the cut grass clings to the teeth and spreads throughout the entire area.

You can make a rotary cultivator with your own hands; this type of cultivator is designed for harrowing and leveling the soil after plowing. It is somewhat similar to a disk cultivator, but the disks in it are of a different shape - they are hemispherical and convex. Also, there are not five of them, but only four. In this case, each pair is attached to its own axis. Also, the base remains movable, which helps to change the angle of the discs if necessary. The base will be metal, it can be attached to a comfortable wooden or metal handle, which will have screws for adjusting the angle of the discs. An all-metal cultivator of this type will be heavier, so if you do not have the strength, make the handle wooden. This cultivator is convenient because the grass will not cling to the discs.

Convenient chainsaw cultivator

If you have an old chainsaw that you haven't used for a long time, don't rush to throw it away or sell it. From its serviceable parts you can make an excellent hand-held cultivator with your own hands. This option is suitable for those who are technically savvy. You will also need to purchase some materials, lubricants and fuel. After all, this cultivator is gasoline-powered, that is, it runs on gasoline or other fuel.

1. First you need to make a frame for the walk-behind tractor from the corners. It will be cubic in shape.
2. Next, the engine is attached to the upper part of the frame of the future cultivator.
3. The handles are made of metal pipes; with such handles it is very convenient to work the soil.
4. You will also need two sprockets, one for the intermediate shaft and the other for the drive shaft. It is because of these details that the cultivator is called a star cultivator.

The disadvantage of this homemade cultivator in that it requires constant refueling.

DIY electric cultivator

If you wish, you can create an electric cultivator at home. But it should be taken into account that it will break the earth into large pieces, this is when working quickly. If you cultivate the soil slowly with such a cultivator, the clods will be smaller, and the soil will become softer and plowed. It should also be remembered that the work area will be limited by the length of the electrical cord.

1. In order to make such a cultivator, you need two metal corners that are attached to the gearbox. Curved handles are attached to them for greater convenience.
2. The axle for the wheels is also attached to the same corners. The wheels for this cultivator are of medium size. After all, it won’t be very convenient to work with big ones, and small ones will fail.
3. Next, you need to connect the shaft to a conventional electric meat grinder. You will need to break off the standard nozzle and insert the prepared screw into the resulting hole.
4. Next, for greater convenience, you can move the power button from the meat grinder itself to the handle of the cultivator, and you’re done.
5. You should replace the power cord on the meat grinder, because the standard cord is usually very short and will not work.

There are many more options for making cultivators with your own hands. You just need to show a little imagination and ingenuity. After all, having an old but working engine from washing machine, you can also create a well-functioning electric cultivator. You just need to find the parts of an old bicycle and connect them together. You can also add batteries, and you will have a homemade battery cultivator.

After all, not always all the work can be done with a large and professional cultivator. Sometimes it is much easier to cultivate the row spacing with a hand cultivator without harming the plants.

As soon as spring comes and the snow melts, everyone begins to wait for warm weather. Many people want to quickly start cultivating their plots to prepare the ground for abundant harvests. And here every summer resident and gardener will need a manual cultivator. After all, if you loosen the soil before planting, then plants will germinate much faster in oxygenated soil. And when working with a cultivator, no special effort is required, and the work is completed much faster. Both adults and children can work with the cultivator that you made yourself. It takes a little time to learn. The main thing is to follow all the instructions when making a hand cultivator.

With a hand cultivator, you not only fluff up the soil before planting, but it also creates convenient harrows for planting seeds. The cultivator can also be used to control weeds when everything has already sprouted. After all, you don’t always want to pull out the grass by hand. And you need to cultivate your garden often.

Any of the hand-made, home-made cultivators are ideal for a dacha. After all, they are quite small in size and very convenient to work with. In one mini cultivator you will find an excellent assistant in the country.

It is not always profitable to buy vegetables and fruits. After all, there is no guarantee that store-bought vegetables are grown in compliance with all technologies. And it’s much more pleasant to eat vegetables that you grew in your own garden or dacha. Moreover, if you do gardening correctly and wisely, it even lifts your mood. Your physical health also improves, because permanent physical exercise. To make gardening and gardening more convenient, you should buy or make some tools yourself. If you are technically savvy, then there is nothing complicated, you can easily assemble homemade instrument for cultivating land and removing weeds. If you are not particularly knowledgeable, choose a type of manual cultivator with a simple design. If you want to create a complex cultivator yourself, ask your friends to help you. Together with friends it will be much more interesting and fun to create such useful equipment for the household.