Hand Powered Mini Baler

Hand Powered Mini Baler BALERS My homemade hand-powered mini baler is modeled after old-time stationary balers It makes 4 1/2 by 5 1/2 by 9 1/2-in bales and is made almost entirely out of poplar Hay or cedar shavings are fed into a black metal funnel on top of the baler A 3-ft long pipe handle compresses the hay inside a long wooden box that forms the body of the baler Each bale is hand tied with baler wire The baler bolts to the top of a wooden sawhorse so I don’t have to bend over The wire is stored on a spool on one side of the sawhorse I belong to a local antique tractor club and often demonstrate the baler at our shows I’ve also taken it to local schools where I let kids make their own bales Bob Evans 6337 Whispering Pine Rd Harrison Ark 72601 ph 870 743-0555; bobevans@windstream net

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