Promised Land Homestead

Plucker Progress 1

I dove into building my plucker this Saturday and made decent progress.

This is the plucker barrel I cut out to size with my jigsaw.

The frame the entire assembly will be attached to.

All the nuts and bolts for the plucker laid out in pretty rows.  I'm not actually OCD like this.  I had to sort them to make sure I had everything.  DW is OCD (not really) and was drawn to my work bench when she saw all the pretty organization.  Ohhh....

This is the used motor I bought from a local shop.  The plans call for a 3/4 hp motor.  This one is 1.5 hp.  It was the only one they had in stock, and was a REALLY good price.  I figure more horsepower can't be bad.

This is the flanged shaft and 16" pulley I purchased online.  A fabricator in town wanted twice the price I paid online to fabricate one.  Again, I got a good deal.  Underneath the pulley and shaft you can see the plucker plate that will actually spin inside the barrel.  This is an expensive part of the plucker, but luckily my FIL had this steel plate sitting around, and donated it to the project.  His "pack-rat" tendencies have saved me a lot of money of the years.

That's it for now.

gun carry poster

10:37 AM, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

I love the one that asks "Why carry? - because a cop is too heavy" I sent that to the 2 in AZ :)
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