Do-it-yourself manual feed cutter. How to make your own crusher and shredder from a washing machine? Electric feed cutter from a washing machine

home

Scud

Devices such as homemade feed cutters and feed choppers will help feed livestock much faster and more conveniently required quantity food. The presence of such tools is especially important if there are a lot of animals, and their food should be of different quality and degree of grinding.

You can make a feed cutter and other tools with your own hands from scrap items or unnecessary details household appliances.

Show all

Creating an electric feed cutter from a washing machine

In order to make this unit, you need to use some materials that can be extracted from old household appliances. Before you begin work on creating an electric feed cutter, you will need a washing machine, from which you will need to remove the motor and drum.

Hole

Specifications such as the width, height and length of the slot should be the same as the motor shaft. After the measurement has been taken, you need to start drilling the outer sides of the drum. Here you need to create three slots for the bolts - 2 identical and 1 smaller, as in the figure above.

One of the walls must have an outlet (for discharging feed) in the form of an additional iron part, which is separately attached to the drum. The finished product will come out of it. In the following figure you can see this design.

Fragment for ejecting feed from the drum

This completes the main stage. Now you need to start working with the cutting part of the device.

Device blade

The cutting part must be secured to the motor shaft using bolts. For this design you need to use 2 knives:

1. The first one includes a propeller with slightly concave blades. It should be installed closer to the bottom of the drum. Its tasks are to throw the feed up and push out the crushed particles from the feed cutter.
2. The second knife is the main cutting element; it can be made from an old saw blade. The following picture shows what the blades look like.

The knives are slightly curved in shape. This increases the productivity of the electric feed cutter. After completing the creation of the device blade, you need to start making the support.

Electric feed cutter stand

The support in this device is a metal structure that resembles a stool. Attach the assembled structure to it using bolts.

Stand

In the picture above you can see the stand in more detail. It does not need to be additionally covered with sheets of iron.

This is the job of creating an electric feed cutter from washing machine completed. The result is an effective feed cutter from a washing machine. This device is capable of processing much more feed than conventional manual grass cutters.

Feed cutter - schematic representation of the final result

Making a shredder from a cylinder or durable bucket

When working on creating a device, you first need to evenly separate one part of the gas vessel from the other, using a grinder, so that you get two almost identical cylinders. Next, you should take one half and prepare an iron mold for the blades, as shown in the following image.

Bottom of the cylinder

Having completed these manipulations, you can proceed to working with the blades. To do this you will need to bend them slightly. Then attach the knives with screws to the prepared iron disk, which must have pre-made slots.

The figure below shows in finished form what this fragment should look like.

Cutting elements

After creating the cutting elements for the feed cutter, an opening should be cut out of the cylinder using a grinder. This should be done on the side of the gas vessel.

Under the disk with the blades shown in the image above, you need to install an iron stand with a cut-out opening, which should look like a stool in appearance, to connect the disk and cutting elements to the engine.

A cylinder with a disk attached to an iron stand and a motor under it

The motor, in turn, is installed under an iron stand. Thus, a device for grinding feed is obtained. You need to attach a bucket to it, where the finished product will be poured - as in the image above.

How to make a feed cutter from an angle grinder?

A disk device can be made at home from a corner grinding machine. For this there is different drawings, but the most popular is the grinder feed cutter scheme.

Feed cutter diagram

In the diagram on the left you can see all the necessary structural elements:

bucket;
chopper;
bunker;
Bulgarian;
lid;
cutting element;
stand;
outlet for releasing food.

Electric feed cutter includes a bucket made of quality steel. In the image it is schematically represented by the number 2. At the bottom of this object, you should drill a hole in the center with a diameter of 1 cm - in the diagram this part is marked with the number 3. In the bottom of the bucket you also need to make holes along the edges (two on the right and left), the size of which should be 15 mm.

Next, you should prepare the stand - its parts are marked with numbers 4 and 6. Then make holes on its base (number 4 in the diagram) - just like at the bottom of the bucket on the outer sides. After this, fasten these two items with bolts. Next, you need to connect the motor from the grinder (number 7) to the disk (number 5). On this main stage work completed. You can begin to create the feed exit opening.

It is necessary to cut a hole at the bottom of the bucket and insert a part that will be designed to release food for animals (it can be seen in the diagram under number 2, near the base under number 4 at the cut site). The chopper must contain a lid with an additional hole in the center (number 1). Feed is placed in it for subsequent processing. If necessary, the central part is additionally covered with a smaller lid so that the raw materials do not fly out during processing. This completes the creation of the feed cutter.

The feed cutter is a simple and very convenient unit, which is indispensable for anyone who has a large number of livestock and poultry.

Designed for grinding various vegetables, herbs and grains, the unit can be not only factory-produced, but also made independently.

At the same time, a do-it-yourself feed cutter may not be inferior to purchased analogues in terms of reliability and performance. It can be made quite simply and quickly from almost any available materials.

Design and principle of operation

The main components of a homemade feed cutter are:

Receiving tray or hopper, – structural element, located above the working chamber (on the side of it) and used for laying the crushed feed raw materials (grass, vegetables, fruits, grain).
Working chamber with a knife rotating inside it– in this part of the feed cutter, raw materials are crushed by the sharp edges of moving knives.
Power unit (motor)– designed to give the chopper knife a high rotation speed. It is most often used as Electrical engine from any electrical device ( washing machine, juicers).
Outlet pipe, or tray for crushed food,– is located, as a rule, in the lower part of the working chamber and serves to divert the result of the feed chopper operation into a container placed under them.

However, in some cases, such a design due to lack of materials and the need fast production simplified, as a result of which the raw materials are placed directly into the working chamber and the crushed feed is subsequently poured out of it.

A simple, but at the same time quite productive homemade grass cutter from such electric tool, like a drill, can be made as follows:

A hole with a diameter of 12 mm is made in the middle of the seat of a simple wooden stool.
To the wooden narrow end wooden block 20x40 mm bearing unit UPC 201 is attached.
The block together with the bearing assembly is attached to back side stool seats. In this case, the inner hole of the bearing and the similar one drilled in the seat of the stool must completely coincide (be coaxial).
A galvanized 12-liter bucket with a 12 mm hole drilled in the center of its bottom is secured to the stool using short self-tapping screws.
The shaft for the grass cutter knife is made from a durable rod with a diameter of 12 mm. To do this, an M12 thread is cut at one end of it, after which. By pushing it with the other end through the holes in the bottom of the bucket and the seat of the stool, it is pressed into the bearing. In this case, the length of the threaded rod protruding inside the bucket should be no more than 10-15 mm. The length of the lower end is selected taking into account the size of the drill used: it should be such that when the shaft is clamped in the chuck of a vertically installed tool, it rests on the floor and is stable.
A diamond-shaped knife 10-180 mm long and 35-40 mm wide is cut from durable tool steel.
The narrow ends and ends of the knife are sharpened on one side.
The knife is installed on the working shaft and secured with a nut.

The drive for this grass cutter is simple drill power 850-1000 W. The chopped grass is loaded in small portions when the drive is turned on, and the container must be closed with a lid.

After the working chamber of the grass cutter is filled with chopped food, tilt the stool with the bucket and pour it into a larger container.

Important! If there is no metal bucket available, under no circumstances should it be replaced with a plastic one - such a seemingly profitable and simple way out of the current situation can lead to disastrous consequences in the future. The fact is that if the knife is destroyed, this material will not be able to protect a person nearby from metal fragments flying at high speed.

Homemade apple, potato, tomato crusher

The assembly technology for vegetables and fruits used for feed consists of the following stages:

Making a working chamber - any old boiler will do for this. A hole is made in the center of its bottom, and a rectangular window is cut on the side, to which a small box is welded.
A disk with a diameter 15-20 mm smaller than that of the bottom of the working chamber is cut out of metal 3 mm thick.
A hole is made in the center of the cut out disk.
Stepping back 20-30 mm from the central hole and the edges of the disk, 4 oval-shaped slits are made on the disk for knives. The angle between two adjacent slots should be 900.
According to the size of the slots, 4 blanks are made from a 30x30 mm corner. In the outer plane of one of the corner shelves, 2 oblong adjustment holes are drilled. The distance between them is measured and recorded.
Blanks from the corners with the ends of the shelves are welded to the side of the oblong slots. In this case, the adjustment holes should be located on the outer plane of the shelf that faces directly to the slot.
To drain the crushed feed from the tank into the receiving tray, two rubber elastic strips are also attached to the lower surface of the disk.
4 knives with one-sided sharpening are made from rapid cloth. After releasing them on the fire, 2 holes are drilled into them. In this case, the distance between them is equal to the same value between the adjustment holes on the corners.
A frame with legs is welded from the corner.
The tank is welded to the frame.
Next to the tank, an engine with a power of 500-700 W is attached to the frame using 2-3 bolts. Before installing it on the frame, a seam (driven) is attached to the motor shaft.
A shaft for a disk with knives is made from a strong rod. A thread is cut at one end, and a groove for a keyed joint is cut at the other.
The disk with knives is installed on the shaft.
The shaft is inserted into a hole in the bottom of the tank.
A second pulley (drive) is attached to the end of the shaft.
The pulleys are connected by a belt.
A button to turn the engine on/off is mounted at the end of the stand.
The motor is connected to the button and to the electrical network.
To eliminate the need for human participation in the process of grinding raw materials placed in the device, a special stop-bar is attached to the inner wall of its tank, resting against which, the raw materials will be crushed faster by the disc knives.
To prevent impacts electric shock The frame of the feed cutter is grounded.

Using such a device, you can chop not only tomatoes, but even harder and denser apples and watermelons.

You can make a simple, but at the same time very productive and convenient feed cutter from an angle grinder (grinder) using the following technology:

The frame of an old 40-50 liter aquarium is thoroughly cleaned of rust and welded if necessary.
A pyramidal receptacle for crushed feed with a hole in the lower part (has a truncated top) is welded into one of the ends of the frame.
A plate is cut out of thick metal according to the dimensions of the end part, and a hole is made in the center of it for the grinder gear shaft. Also, to load raw materials, a window is made in the plate, to which a funnel-shaped hopper or pipe is welded large diameter(80-100 mm).
A trapezoidal knife is made from tool steel.
The grinder shaft is inserted into the hole in the plate, and the knife is secured to it using the lower support washer and a locking nut.
The platinum is fixed at the end of the frame with 4-6 bolts.
The body of the angle grinder is attached to the plate using a bracket.

When working on such a feed cutter, the raw materials - various vegetables, fruits, grains - are placed in a funnel-shaped hopper and, under the influence of gravity, gradually fall onto a knife rotating at high speed, which crushes them.

The finished feed enters the pyramidal receptacle and is poured through its truncated top into a container placed under the feed chopper.

Important! The finer and better the food is crushed, the better it will be eaten by a domestic animal (cow, pigs, rabbits) or poultry (chickens, ducks).

Making a powerful and compact feed cutter from an old gas cylinder is as follows:

All the gas is drained from the old cylinder.
Using a hacksaw for metal top part the balloon is cut down.
From a thick-walled pipe with a diameter of 50-60 cm, reinforcement number 12 (diameter 12 mm) and corners, a frame with 3 legs and 6 reinforcements connecting the frame in the upper and lower parts is welded.
A 3-phase motor with a power of 2-2.5 kW is placed on the frame so that its shaft faces upward.
A hole is drilled in the center of the bottom of the container, a window and a tray on the side for ready-made crushed food.
In a similar way, as in the case of a vegetable crusher, a disk with 2 knives is made.
The disk is connected to the motor shaft using a rod of the required length.
The motor is connected to the network via a starter.
A bolt is welded to one of the lower frame reinforcements to connect the unit to the ground loop.

This feed chopper, unlike those described above, has a very high engine power, which directly affects how much electricity it will consume. However, since its operating time, even when the tank is fully loaded, does not exceed 5-7 minutes, the electricity consumption will not be too large.

The design of such a homemade device consists of:

Tank from an activator-type washing machine (with vertical loading, without a rotating drum).
A two-blade sharp chopper knife mounted on the activator shaft instead of a disk for mixing water.
A tray for crushed feed, which is a continuation of the extended drain hole of the tank, with a pipe with a diameter of 50-60 mm inserted into it.
Square frame on 4 legs.
A motor connected to the chopper shaft using a V-belt drive (two pulleys and a belt).
Engine start buttons.
Cable for connecting the feed chopper to the network.

To ensure that the raw materials crushed in such a feed cutter do not fly out of the tank during operation of the unit, it is covered with a lid.

Advantages of DIY feed choppers

The main advantages of homemade feed choppers are:

Cheap and relatively easy to manufacture. A do-it-yourself feed chopper will cost 3-5 times less than its factory counterpart, allowing you to save from 4,000 to 7,000 rubles.
High performance. Such units can grind up to 100-150 kg of raw materials per hour.
Ease of repair and improvement. A homemade feed chopper can be very easily improved.
High-quality grinding of the supplied feed. High speed rotation of sharp knives allows the units to sufficiently and uniformly grind all the raw materials placed in them.

The main disadvantage of such units is their noise. – the knives rotating at a speed of at least a thousand revolutions per minute, chopping the food, make a very loud noise.

Conclusion

Homemade feed cutter - a convenient and practical device that has earned a single positive review among the craftsmen who made and used them.

Distinguished by high productivity and high-quality grinding of the raw materials put into it, its cost is several times lower than purchased analogues, which will allow you to keep household(chickens, rabbits, geese) at no extra cost.

It's not a secret to anybody, Agriculture is a troublesome and complex matter. There should be tools and appropriate premises, and in addition, livestock and poultry should be kept in normal conditions. Especially if there are enough chickens and there are enough eggs from them, then you can make them happy. Now we come to the point. From of this material You will learn how to make a feed cutter with your own hands.

There is, of course, the option of buying a feed cutter. But, believe me, after a long trip around the market, you will see that a high-quality feed cutter is not so easy to find, since not a single device on sale is modern and progressive. For this reason, it is better to use your wits and make a feed cutter from an ordinary stainless steel bucket.

Believe me, the joy of your chickens will not be limited when you make a feed cutter for them. First of all, you should make detailed analysis pregnancy bucket, namely the markings. After this, you need to rack and drill the bucket, stamp the holes and install the flange and axle, on top of which, in the future, the housing, bearings and seals will be installed.

To arrange a feed receptacle, you can use another bucket. For further work To make such a device as a feed cutter with your own hands, you will need a welding machine.

There’s no need to get too fancy, you just need to cook it metal frame, on which all components of your unit will be secured. The drive in the feed cutter is designed to be manual, and it is implemented using an ordinary handle from a familiar device - the Strumok juicer.

At first glance, it seems that this idea is dubious, but practice shows that a homemade feed cutter made using the described method works just fine. Since the container with the product is huge, and the manual drive works flawlessly, filling the feed receiver occurs almost instantly.

In field tests, the “beta version” of this unit proved to be a quite successful device, but in the future it would be better to improve it with a pusher, with the help of which cutting off the beams becomes impossible. Also, we note that do-it-yourself feed cutting is far from uncommon, and world wide web, is simply teeming with drawings of similar inventions, but if you have at least minimal skill manual labor, and natural intelligence, then you do not need to use instructions to make this device.

Making holes in the feed cutter drum (in the bucket)

In conditions farms With an impressive number of livestock or poultry, a feed cutter seems to be an indispensable unit. It is quite possible to make such a device with your own hands, which will significantly simplify the procedure for preparing feed, as well as reduce costs.

Planning to simplify the care of their pets, many farmers prefer to purchase special household grinders, which allow them to process an impressive amount of raw materials into feed of the required fraction. At the same time, their cost is quite high, which is why many make the units themselves.

The simplest vegetable cutter can be made with your own hands in a short time, and its assembly will require a minimal amount of material. In terms of its performance indicators and functionality, it will not differ from purchased analogues, but its cost will be significantly lower.

You can make a feed cutter yourself

There are several varieties homemade units, among which it is worth mentioning:

manual feed cutter for root crops;
model from an angle grinder;
drill device;
device made from a barrel/gas cylinder;
craft from a washing machine.

It must be remembered that homemade device may not withstand the loads of intensive use, which is why it is recommended to operate the unit intermittently.

How the device works

Before you figure out how to make a feed chopper from a washing machine or other variations of a similar device, you should study the principle of its operation and the main design elements. The most important components of any homemade or purchased cutting model include:

bunker - designed for storing processed raw materials;
working chamber - used for grinding grain and root crops to the desired fraction;
motor - responsible for rotating the knives;
output hopper - used for feeding finished products.

If desired, the design can be changed by the master towards simplification, which will reduce the list necessary materials. For example, it is possible to supply feed directly into the chamber, eliminating the use of the input hopper.

The operating principle of the unit is extremely simple- the raw material enters the working chamber, where it is crushed by the working bodies until the desired state. It is then fed into the output hopper, after which it is used to feed livestock and poultry.

Electric feed cutter from a washing machine

If a craftsman is interested in a do-it-yourself feed crusher, he should pay attention to the most efficient and easy-to-use variation of the unit, made from a washing machine. In order to successfully create such a product, you will need to adhere to the simplest algorithm of actions:

Remove the motor and drum from the washing machine.
Drill a hole in the back of the drum so that it is sized to match the motor shaft. You will also need to make holes for fasteners.
In one of the walls you will need to implement an output for the finished product using metal part, which will need to be secured to the drum.
Make cutting elements - the first resembles a propeller, is mounted closer to the bottom of the working chamber, and the second is on top.

Drawing of a homemade feed cutter

Grinder root vegetable grinder

Homemade units can be made from various devices, for example, from a grinder saw. To do this, you will need to select a suitable tank for the working chamber, and then perform the following steps:

Install a raw material receiver, which can be made from sheet metal.
A hole is cut in the central part of the body corresponding to the gearbox shaft of the angle grinder.
Craft a knife using stainless steel, sharpen it.
Install it inside the body, attach the angle grinder shaft.

In order to avoid mistakes when constructing the device, it may be convenient to use video instructions. This model is electric, like the unit from the washing machine, which requires electricity for correct operation.

Manual chopping for vegetables

If in the process of agricultural activity there is a need to prepare a small amount of food for several pets, you can make a simple cut for vegetables manual type. Its operating principle is similar to a grater, but the productivity is significantly higher. This option is perfect in cases where the farm does not have access to a source of electricity.

If the household has an old washing machine, there is no need to rush and take it to the landfill. Especially if you have your own farm. Even if the machine is completely non-functional (which is rare), then at least it can be disassembled into parts. And if its engine is working, then this is just a gift - you can make a useful mechanism out of it: a feed cutter, a grain crusher, a chopper of branches and grass. How to make a grain crusher from a washing machine with your own hands will be discussed in our article.

You shouldn’t look at your modern washing machine with a bad squint - it has a slightly different design. But the well-known old washing machines like “Oka” or “Fairy”, which have a barrel shape with an engine located at the bottom and top loading, are just what you need. A do-it-yourself grain crusher from a washing machine of this type is made with minimal modifications. Even if the motor is not working, you can install any other one in its place - the main thing is that its power is 1500-2000 W, the flange fits the mounting holes.

Naturally, such a do-it-yourself grain crusher is inferior in performance to specialized equipment - but the question here is the price. Manufacturing homemade grain crusher will cost mere pennies, and to buy a new one you will have to spend at least 9-10 thousand rubles.

How to make a grain crusher with your own hands from a washing machine

The design of a grain crusher is completely identical to a coffee grinder and works on the same principle. The main alterations will be the installation of knives and the manufacture of a bunker for finished raw materials. Here are approximate drawings of a do-it-yourself grain crusher from a washing machine:

We make a grain bin. To do this, it is necessary to expand the drain hole located at the very bottom of the tank to a size of 120-150 mm.
In the hole that has been widened, it is necessary to install an outlet pipe, from which the crushed grain will be poured into the prepared container.
Install the knives on the motor shaft. For this, steel plates 200 mm long and 1.5-2.0 mm thick are suitable. A hole for the shaft is drilled in the middle of the plate, after which the sides parallel to each other are sharpened. In order to avoid overlapping of the blades, and at least 3 of them need to be installed, each blade is placed separately and then secured with a clamping nut.
To ensure that whole grain remains in the tank and does not spill out along with the crushed grain, it is necessary to install a filtration grid in front of the outlet pipe. The grate should have a mesh fraction such that it allows crushed grain to pass through, but prevents the passage of whole grains - the optimal cell size is 3-4 mm.
The grate is installed at an angle of 15-20 degrees to the ground. It is to the ground, to the lower surface of the tank, located obliquely, that it turns out almost perpendicular. It is fixed to the wall using bolted connections, and then coated with sealant to eliminate the slightest cracks and gaps.

DIY grain crusher from a washing machine engine

If you don’t have a whole old washing machine at hand, but have a “living” engine, you can take a different route. In this case, you will have to work a little more, but the created unit will be universal. This is not just a grain crusher, but also a do-it-yourself feed chopper from a washing machine, an apparatus for cutting grass and even branches.

A grain crusher from a washing machine engine is made as follows:

1. We make the frame from a regular angle or pipe. The engine, grain bin and all other mechanisms will be attached to the frame.
2. Any cylindrical or rectangular container is suitable for the bunker. The bottom of the bunker must have a slope; holes are cut in the very bottom of the bottom through which the raw materials will flow into the mill.
3. Weld a pipe to the hole, in which you can make a slot to install a valve that allows you to regulate the grain supply.
4. A disc called a mill is made from sheet steel 4-5 mm thick, in which the cutting mechanism will be installed. The optimal disc diameter is from 250 to 400 mm, height 50-70 mm. It is desirable that there is a side on the lower edge of the disk (it can be made by welding a wire or strip of metal around the circumference).
5. The top cover of the disk is solid, but you need to make holes in it to mount the motor, as well as a hole for the pipe through which the grain will flow from the hopper into the mill - otherwise how to make a feed cutter from a washing machine, through which the grain will flow?

A sieve is installed at the bottom. It is recommended not to weld it, but to install it with latches - this will allow, if necessary, to change gratings with different fractions for appropriate purposes. For example, to grind grain into bran you need a sieve with a fraction of 1.0-1.5 mm, for cutting grass or greens - 4-6 mm.
The motor is screwed to the top cover. It must be installed on a rubber gasket, which will absorb vibrations from the operation of the motor. After this, the engine is tightly fixed with nuts.
The length of the blades of the cutting mechanism is selected in such a way that a gap of no more than 2-3 mm is formed between the walls of the mill. The blades are welded to the sleeve and mounted on the shaft, while the blades themselves are not located parallel to the screen, but at a slight angle. The edges of the blades are sharpened.
The bushing is fixed with clamping nuts so that the gap between the cutting mechanism and the sieve is within 2-4 mm, and between the mechanism and the top cover - 10-15 mm.
Make a bag from thick fabric. The length of the bag should be such that when filled it fits clearly under the frame.
Sew a strong elastic band into the hem of the bag - it will fix it on the edge of the lower part of the disk and the bag will not fall off when the shredder is used in the washing machine.
For the starting device, it is used to start from a conventional washing machine or any other similar mechanism.

That's all - the do-it-yourself feed cutter from the washing machine is ready. It is recommended to immediately start it at idle and let it run for a while - if something goes wrong, you will see it.

How to make a DIY herb grinder from a washing machine

Fresh mown grass, cabbage or beet leaves are excellent food for pets. But if the farm is large, then manually chopping several tens of kilograms of greens for livestock by hand is a task that requires serious effort, especially if you do it every day. In this case, you can make a feed chopper with your own hands - it’s not that difficult to do if the farm has everything you need, and your existing skills allow you to do it.

The easiest way to make a herb chopper with your own hands is from a washing machine, working on the principle of a food processor.

The body of an old washing machine is an ideal container for a shredder and does not require much modification. The only thing you have to do is attach a plate inside the body to prevent the crushed grass from smearing.
If there is no body, you can make one from a barrel or other cylindrical container. In this case, it will be a grass grinder from a washing machine motor. In terms of its characteristics, it will not be any different, only slightly more difficult to manufacture.
The main thing in a homemade grass and twig shredder from a washing machine is the knives. It is recommended to install 4-6 blades and a strong cutting edge, especially if branches will be chopped. The operating principle is the same as that of a grain crusher.

Do-it-yourself straw cutter from a washing machine is done in exactly the same way, the main thing is that the knives have a sharp edge - you can make them from old ones hacksaw blades. Sharpen to razor sharp they are not needed - the revolutions will do their job and will easily kill or cut straw, grass and branches.

Sections