How to make do-it-yourself do-it-yourself cutting from a washing machine

Real gardeners and gardeners know a lot about such devices as grass cutters and choppers. This is not the only device that such people have in the household.

Buying all useful devices is not always possible, which is why people come up with all kinds of ways to make them with their own hands. And today we will describe how to make a grass cutter from an old washing machine.

We prepare parts and tools

In order to determine what it takes to make a grass grinder with your own hands, you need to have a good idea of ​​its device. In fact, there is nothing complicated in it. Something like a chopper or a straw chopper resembles a food processor. Its main nodes include:

• a shaft with knives rotating on it;
• electric motor;
• grinding container;
• receiving tank;
• electrical cable;
• frame.

Based on the design of the device, three in one: a shredder, a straw chopper, a grass cutter, we will prepare the necessary materials. Try to use improvised materials and tools. So, you need to prepare:

• a metal tank from a Soviet washing machine, for example, from an Oka machine, you can use the housing from a Typhoon vacuum cleaner as a container;
• the engine from the washing machine at 180 watts, you can more;
• old hacksaw for making knives, you can take a ready-made circular knife;
• electric wire with plug;
• start button;
• a bucket under the silo;
• metal corner for the frame;
• bushings, nuts, washers, bolts for connecting parts;
• tools: pliers, hammer, screwdriver, grinder, drill.

When choosing an engine, pay attention to its power. A low-power engine can be used only for cutting grass or straw, but to make a chopper of large branches with your own hands will not work out of it.

In order to make a chopper with their own hands, capable of processing branches larger than 5 mm thick, craftsmen suggest choosing a gasoline engine not from a washing machine. Such an engine is much more powerful.

Putting the case together

Making the grass cutter with your own hands will start from the top container into which the grass is thrown. And in which it will be crushed. To do this, the housing from the washing machine must be cut in height, thereby making it more convenient. At the bottom side, in the case we make a rectangular hole about 20x7 cm in size so that the knives are located slightly above the hole, well, or at a level with it.

Around the hole you need to make a casing of a metal plate. The casing will prevent grass from flying out in all directions. You can fasten the casing to the bolts. Next, we will make a stand out of a metal corner by welding. Its height will depend on what you will substitute under the silo. If the pelvis, then you can do with a low stand, if a bucket, then it should be higher.

As for the engine, two holes with a diameter of about 7 mm must first be made on its shaft with a drill. Then, a sleeve with holes and with a thread on the end is mounted on the shaft and fixed on the bolts with your own hands.

The sleeve will have to be ordered in advance from a turner if you cannot carve it yourself on a lathe. Its length should be at least 50 mm.

Now you need to fix the engine to the bottom of the tank with studs. Then put knives cut and sharpened in a special way on the shaft and carefully fix them with nuts, for example, 32 mm water pipes. Knives should not touch the walls of the container. Next, the container together with the engine is rigidly fixed to the stand by welding. The design must be reliable. The support under the chopper of branches and grass can be sheathed with a metal sheet, but first connect the trigger and the electric wire to the engine.

We connect the engine

Connecting the motor to the electric cable begins with a search for the starting and working windings of the motor itself. This is done with the help of a tester. The resistance of the working winding is less than the starting resistance. When the contacts are found, you can connect. This is done as follows:

• one end of the starting winding is connected to the wire from the starting button;
• the second end is connected to the cable and the working winding;
• the second end of the working winding is connected to the cable and wire from the start button.

The diagram shows this connection.

When operating a homemade branch shredder, remember the following rules:

1. do not lay too much straw or grass;
2. do not put raw branches and straw in the chopper, the mechanism may jam;
3. observe safety precautions when working with the appliance, so as not to harm your health!

Thus, the simplest chopper or straw chopper from improvised parts is ready. Such a homemade grass cutter will be no worse than the one you buy in the store. For those who want to make a grass cutter from a washing machine, we include a video. Well, if you're interested, what else can be done from machine partsRead the articles on our website.