Stainless Steel Spade
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After reading in FARM SHOW about the stainless steel shovel made by Richard Cox of Franklin, Ill. (Vol. 19, No. 4), David Wilson, who also lives in Franklin, contacted Cox to see if he would make him a stain-less steel tile spade.
Cox notes that stainless shovels stay clean all the time with no rust. The key is making them out of heavy enough steel (he uses 1/8-in. thick plate).
What he does is to cut along the "frog" of the shovel or spade, and then shapes a new shovel body from the stainless. Since stainless can't be cut with a torch, you have to use a plasma torch. It takes some skill to get the curvature right, but Cox says any good metals man should be able to do it.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Cox, Rt. 1, Box 52, Franklin, Ill. 62638 (ph 217 245-5692).
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Stainless Steel Spade MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 20-5-8 After reading in FARM SHOW about the stainless steel shovel made by Richard Cox of Franklin, Ill. (Vol. 19, No. 4), David Wilson, who also lives in Franklin, contacted Cox to see if he would make him a stain-less steel tile spade.
Cox notes that stainless shovels stay clean all the time with no rust. The key is making them out of heavy enough steel (he uses 1/8-in. thick plate).
What he does is to cut along the "frog" of the shovel or spade, and then shapes a new shovel body from the stainless. Since stainless can't be cut with a torch, you have to use a plasma torch. It takes some skill to get the curvature right, but Cox says any good metals man should be able to do it.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Cox, Rt. 1, Box 52, Franklin, Ill. 62638 (ph 217 245-5692).
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