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Re: Cleaning equipment

Carl,

I just HAD to comment that your creativity shines through again! I'm not in 
the market for a hammer-mill, but what a great idea to recycle old 
machinery from a junkyard rather than spending $1000+ (and that used more 
mineral and energy resources to manufacture) to buy new...

My best to you and Linda --
Deb
At 09:43 PM 08/23/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Scott-another type of hammermill device is a re-thrasher from an older
>Massey Ferguson combine, they are available from junk yards for a very
>reasonable cost.  You would need to mount it on a stand, and power it with
>an electric motor and do some modifications, but it might be possible to do
>a complete job for about $150.00.  They work very well for species like
>Echinacea pallida which is as hard as a rock.  After processing you would
>need to screen the material.  We often just plant debris and seed just
>incase we missed something in the seed head.
>
>For small amounts of seed we use a hammer, our feet or our hands with
>leather gloves. This is for our planting purposes only, but it does the job
>and we get great results.
>
>Carl Kurtz
> >

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