Hard physical labor of a farmer can facilitate such a gift of human genius as a cultivator. You don't even need to buy it, any gardener can easily make a tool with his own hands. Step-by-step instructions for creating an electric cultivator, tornado cultivator and other options are in this article. Plus a list of necessary parts, drawings, advice and feedback from experienced inventors.

Cultivator instead of a shovel

Hectares of dug and loosened land will add neither strength nor health. Especially if the tedious procedure must be carried out every spring and autumn. And to dig up 6 acres by hand is a laborious task.

An electric cultivator is able to help the summer resident, facilitate and speed up the process. The gardening tool works and loosens the soil, opening its layers, and breaks the earthen lump, saturating it with oxygen. With the help of an electric assistant, you can remove weeds and huddle plants.

Attention! The choice of the tool you need depends on the type of beds and the set of crops grown. If this is a greenhouse or a zoned area with a flower garden, vegetable garden and garden, then light options with manual control will do. Higher-end electrical tools are needed to machine large areas.

The approximate cost of a cultivator created in an industrial environment varies from 5 to 30 thousand rubles. depending on the type. And if you also need a lawn mower, a lighting system for seedlings, drip irrigation in a greenhouse and much more that you want to mechanize and improve, then this amount can be saved.

To help the farmer - 5 cultivator options, collected and tested by Russian summer residents. To create inventions, ordinary tools and spare parts that are at hand are suitable.

DIY small manual cultivator

Summer residents affectionately call this type of homemade tool "baby".

It is suitable for small areas, including a greenhouse. Extremely lightweight and easy to use. It looks like a massager on a handle, only instead of small thorns - sharp wedges.

For manufacturing you will need:

• long handle with a diameter of 24 mm. length corresponding to the growth of the farmer or purchased stalk;
• massive wooden axle;
• 5 robust heavy discs with a diameter of approx. 150 mm. with holes in the middle and sharp spines along the edges. You can cut them out of metal yourself.

Installation steps:

1. Discs are mounted on a metal pin and fixed.
2. A pin with sharp discs is attached to a massive wooden or metal axle.
3. The design is put on and screwed tightly to the handle or to the handle.

Cultivator "Kid"

Pluses of the tool:

• convenient to use outdoors and in a greenhouse;
• can be equipped with a motor if desired.

• captures to a depth of about 20 cm. Considering the assertion of microbiologists that deep loosening of the soil kills aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, this minus can be considered a plus.

Making a tornado cultivator

A tornado garden tool looks like a large corkscrew with handles. Several of its blades are located at an angle to each other. When working, they are screwed into the ground, making it easier for the summer resident, because there is no need to bend over. The tornado is ideal for digging ripe potatoes. The bushes of the plant are simply scrolled clockwise and pulled out of the ground along with the tubers. The tool can remove weeds along with the roots and spud the beds with rotational movements.

Attention! The length of the handle together with the pitchfork must correspond to the height of the person. The curved blades should be up to 25 cm.

To assemble a tornado you will need:

• pitchfork;
• plastic attachment for the handle;
• half a meter of a pipe of such a diameter that it fits over a plastic handle-nozzle.

Installation steps:

1. The pipe is cut to length and put on the handle so that it protrudes 25 cm in both directions. That is, the top of the handle acquires a T-shape. Fix the pipe with electrical tape.
2. The forks are shaped with a hammer. That is, they simply twist them in a spiral.
3. Connect the handle and the pitchfork. The tool is ready.

Cultivator from an old bike

One of the most common options among gardeners. Differs in ease of installation, parts do not need to be welded. It is considered a little more complex in design than a tornado.

To build you need:

• the front of the bike frame with the wheel;
• working surface of a two-handed saw;
• tools.

Installation steps:

1. The cutting surface of the saw is attached to the part of the frame cut off by the grinder at the bottom. Its role can be played by a plow or a surface with sharp spikes, made by yourself.
2. The handles of the device should be longer than the bicycle handlebars. They are constructed from pipes and attached to the frame.
3. The fasteners must be fixed, each of them tightly bolted together.
4. The wheel must also be fixed to the frame.

The result is a handy homemade loosening device. If desired, you can strengthen the motor on it.

Mini cultivator with wheel

Manufacturing of a disc rotary cultivator

The disc-based tool is capable of harrowing the ground, breaking its lumps, leveling the surface. Making it much more difficult than all of the above options, this requires special skills.

For assembly you will need:

• disks;
• staples;
• sleeve;
• stock;
• pipe, handle.

Installation steps:

1. Convex discs are welded to bushings mounted on the axle.
2. The axle must be secured in the brackets using a cotter pin.
3. A pipe with handles and a crossbar goes through a large bracket.
4. A rod protruding above the crossbar is screwed into the rod, welded to the small bracket.

In fact, the construction of a trip to the "baby". But it is much stronger and more functional.

An electric tool from scrap materials can be made in 2 days, but you need to prepare in advance.

It may be useful for its assembly: an engine from a washing machine, a gearbox, "sprockets" and a chain from a children's bicycle, bearings, cultivator knives welded from car springs, corners, wheels, a cable about 50 m long, a piece of tin to protect the motor from the soil ... Instead of a washing machine engine, you can use a powerful Soviet drill, plus a reducer from a burnt grinder, or an electric meat grinder.

A structure assembled from various proposed elements will look something like this: a metal frame with two wheels on both sides. The engine from the washing machine, meat grinder or drill is in the center. It must be connected to the cultivator blades and rotated using a chain and "sprockets" from a child's bike.

The trigger cable can be attached to the two handles.

Advice. The sharpened parts of the knives must be located on the side of rotation of the shaft. The blades should be 5 cm apart, at an angle of 120 °.

Installation steps:

1. First, the main parts are made and fastened, then a frame is made for them. The dimensions depend on the materials at hand that you use.
2. A gearbox with a transmission mechanism is welded to the engine housing.
3. Blades are attached to the output shaft of the gearbox. You can use sharpened and fastened machine springs or any other metal.
4. The engine is attached to a frame made of corners with clamps and bolts.
5. The central axle should be an axle with wheels on the sides.
6. Handles and cable are welded on top.

Advantages of the unit:

• lightweight and convenient electrical design;
• environmentally friendly, unlike mechanisms that run on gasoline. This means you can use it in hotbeds and greenhouses.

• when manufacturing, it is imperative to use welding;
• not suitable for large areas.

Mechanical improvements not only make work easier, but also increase the efficiency and speed of soil cultivation. Any of the considered farmer's tools are indispensable when working on the ground and are easy to use.

As you know, in order to prepare the soil for sowing, it must first be well processed. It is for these purposes that such an irreplaceable and necessary device as a cultivator was created in the last century. This mechanism will perfectly cope with the functions assigned to it and will greatly facilitate the work of the owners. However, modern devices of this type cost a lot, so it will not be superfluous to think about how to make a cultivator with your own hands. But first you need to figure out what advantages this device has.

Advantages of hand cultivators

Such mechanisms have recently become quite widespread. Moreover, it is much more profitable and, of course, more pleasant to design a cultivator with your own hands, without spending extra funds on factory equipment.

These devices have a number of advantages. So, with their help, you can work the soil even in the most inaccessible places, where any other equipment will be unable to fulfill its task. With the help of a cultivator, you can perfectly loosen the ground in the area of ​​fences, on flower beds and alpine slides. Such treatment will allow the plants to receive a sufficient amount of oxygen and, of course, will have a positive effect on their growth.

A hand cultivator is perfect for a small area. It will not be difficult to make this mechanism with your own hands, and there will be a lot of benefits from such a device, since the sharp teeth will easily cope with the hardened crust where heavy equipment cannot pass. This will be a great addition to your garden equipment and will allow you to forget about tedious work forever.

Types of cultivators

The main parameters by which these mechanisms are usually divided are weight and power. Accordingly, there are several varieties of cultivators:

Criteria for choosing a cultivator

In order to design a cultivator with your own hands, it is important to take into account the factors that will affect the functionality of the equipment itself.

So, the main criteria for choosing these mechanisms are as follows:

• Power... The higher this indicator is, the faster and deeper the cultivator will work. Also, do not forget about such a factor as the capture bandwidth. If it is wide, then labor productivity will increase and less processing time will be required.
• Weight... As a rule, the weight of the equipment is directly proportional to the power of the cultivator.
• The material from which the knives are made. This element is the main cutting part of the device, so you should not save on its quality. In addition, good steel significantly increases the service life of this functional part of the cultivator.
• Equipment reliability. Depending on the type, the model may have its advantages and disadvantages, and the most reliable confirmation of the practicality of a particular device is possible only during its use.

Making a hand cultivator

You can make a homemade cultivator with your own hands in two ways: using a pitchfork and using a bicycle frame. Both of these methods are not particularly complex and are quite easy to perform.

The first option involves the use of forks, the teeth of which should be bent like a corkscrew, and then mounted on a holder made of plastic. As a handle, you can use a pipe made of the same material, fixed on the upper side.

To create a cultivator with your own hands from a bicycle frame is somewhat more difficult, but absolutely real. In order to build this mechanism, you will need to use:

• bicycle frame;
• wheel;
• material intended for the head device; it can be sharp rods, a part of a plow, a part of an old cultivator, etc.

First, you need to fix the wheel and head, and the part responsible for controlling the mechanism can be made from the steering wheel. All parts of the device must be welded together and tightly fastened with bolts. With such a sample, there will be no problems in operation, and its repair is very simple.

Creation of the tine cultivator

To build such a mechanism, you will need to have the following materials available:

• 5 steel discs with a diameter of 30-35 cm;
• a rod made of the same material with a diameter of 10 mm;
• special axle 32 cm long and 15 mm in diameter;
• holder made of wood or plastic.

The discs need to be equipped with special holes designed for sharp teeth. These cutting elements are made from a steel bar. Then the discs need to be mounted on the axle, from the edges of which pins and bearings must be equipped.

The work of such a cultivator proceeds according to the following principle: the sharp teeth of the device, piercing the ground, remove the soil layer, thereby loosening it. This not only allows the oxygen to penetrate deeper, but also helps to remove small weeds. In the event that one of the teeth of the mechanism is damaged, it can always be dismantled and a new one can be installed in its place using a welding machine.

Rotary disc cultivator device

Making, for example, a cultivator for, you can construct a special disc apparatus for removing weeds, breaking clods of earth, loosening, etc. The main difficulty in the installation process may arise with the device of disks, which should not have a flat, but a convex shape. To do this, you can use a hammer to hit the work piece several times to give it the look you want.

The process of creating such equipment is non-standard, it differs in some peculiarities and should take place according to the following scheme:

1. The discs must be welded to the bushings fitted on the axle, and their ends must be tightly fixed in the brackets.
2. In the largest of them, it is necessary to equip a protrusion through which a pipe equipped with a crossbar must pass.
3. Next, the stem is welded to the smaller of the brackets. It is necessary to screw a rod into it, part of which must necessarily protrude above the crossbar.

Having completed all the steps correctly, creating such a cultivator with your own hands will not be difficult.

The process of making a cultivator for a walk-behind tractor

Very often, this mechanism is used on such an economic vehicle as a walk-behind tractor. Thanks to this, the process of soil cultivation will become easy and will not take much time.

In order to design a cultivator for you must have the following construction tools available:

• disk type complete with disks for it;
• welding machine;
• 2 emery elements with varying degrees of abrasiveness;
• drill.

Materials for manufacturing should be as follows:

• made of a plate, having a square shape and a section of 15x15 cm;
• rectangular elements with parameters 12x4 cm, made of the same material (for the cutters of the mechanism);
• steel pipe;
• fasteners (bolts and nuts).

You need to design a cultivator with your own hands for a reduced-type tractor as follows:

1. Each of the squares should be equipped with a hole, and then connect it on both sides with cutters using bolts and nuts.
2. The resulting structure must be fixed to the base, and it is not recommended to use welding, since it will not be possible to achieve the desired strength of the joints with its help.
3. Similar actions are required to be performed with all squares.
4. After manufacturing the working part, you need to make a hole that will match the diameter of the steel pipe.
5. The part needs to be cut in half and then, using welding, fix the elements of the running gear with milling cutters on each of its sides.

On this, the manufacture of a cultivator for a walk-behind tractor can be considered complete. As it becomes clear, there is no particular difficulty in such work, but it is extremely important to strictly follow the procedure and to acquire all the necessary tools and materials in advance.

Cultivator maintenance rules

We figured out how to make a cultivator with our own hands. However, it is important to know not only the algorithm of actions for its manufacture, but also the rules of operation. So, the main task is to maintain the performance of the driving mechanism. Before starting to work with the device, first check the oil level. It should also not be forgotten here that the quality of the fluid used to lubricate the engine parts largely affects the operation of the equipment, therefore it is important to replace it in a timely manner, avoiding clogging of the internal parts of the device.

In the event that the equipment will not be used for more than one month, it needs to provide good storage conditions. To do this, you first need to run out all the gasoline, thoroughly clean the engine surface and all the functional parts of the mechanism. To avoid damage to electrical parts of the cultivator, it is not recommended to use a strong pressure of water for cleaning. To protect against corrosion, the metal elements of the device must be lubricated with a small amount of oil, and the cutters must be wiped with a cloth soaked in it. Storage conditions include keeping the device in a dry and clean room.

Compliance with all the above operating rules will allow the equipment to serve for a long time, properly and without any serious breakdowns.

Gone are the days when our ancestors worked the land by hand. This is a long and laborious process that was exhausting and time-consuming. But with the development of technology, now the process of land cultivation has become much more convenient. Since cultivators appeared. This invention makes the work of the peasant easier. But, even if you do not have enough funds to purchase a cultivator, you can do it yourself. The main thing in this business is the hands that grow from the right place. And then everything is a matter of technology.

Before making a cultivator with your own hands, you need to know what types of cultivators are. This will help determine what kind of work this miracle of technology will perform.

Cultivators are divided by purpose:

• tilled to cultivate the soil between the rows;
• pre-sowing or it is also called steam (it is used to continuously cultivate the soil);
• a plant feeder is a cultivator that not only processes the soil between rows, but also automatically applies mineral fertilizers;
• special, which are designed to handle a certain type of culture;
• universal, which are used for all types of processing (both inter-row and for continuous).

By the type of working parts:

• disk;
• rotary;
• milling;
• paw.

By how the soil is cultivated:

• multi-row - several rows are processed at once;
• single row - each row is processed separately.

By how the cultivator itself is attached to the tractor:

• trailed;
• hinged.

Types of cultivators that work at a specific angle:

• cultivators that work only at an angle of 20 °;
• cultivators that work at any incline.

• lungs, which are used to treat small areas;
• medium - these cultivators are used mainly for working on clay surfaces:
• heavy, which are considered professional and have just a lot of power, but also the ability to install additional equipment.

According to the ratio of power, service life and price:

• amateur, which are characterized by a short service life, low power, but are ideal for working in small areas;
• semi-professional, which last longer than amateur models and have more power;
• professional, which are considered the most expensive and reliable.

What the cultivator consists of

When you have decided on which homemade cultivator you will assemble, you need to know what parts it consists of. This will help in the future to use your drawings.

The power plant is, in fact, the heart of any cultivator - an electric motor, or an internal combustion engine. Wherein

Experienced craftsmen recommend taking an electric motor from a ventilation system that has not been used for a long time. You can also use the filling of an industrial compressor. Such power plants are highly reliable and have a long service life.

Using the internal combustion engine from a moped must be forced to cool. Therefore, you need to get a fan in advance. But the chainsaw has a built-in cooling system.

The gearbox allows you to control the engine torque. That is, the engine operates with a constant very high power, and the gearbox allows you to reduce the speed and increase the power on the working shaft.

The frame and portal for the attachment attachment can be used from anything. Even a regular two-wheeled car will do the job. You need to carefully think over the scheme and sketch on paper where and what will be located.

Control knobs should be comfortable and adjustable. Usually, the controls for the entire cultivator are brought out to the handles. Therefore, you need to carefully consider how the structure as a whole will look like, because you will have to roll it.

Tornado cultivator

An example is the Tornado cultivator created in Russia. How is it different from other cultivators? Its design is comfortable and lightweight. It is a rod, on top of which there are handles, like on a scooter. At the bottom of the structure there are sharp teeth that easily enter the ground and cultivate the soil. It is also worth noting the special hardening, due to which the teeth remain sharp.

The Tornado cultivator is designed to cultivate, loosen and dig up the ground, as well as remove weeds, grass and roots. However, it is suitable for different types of soil and land. The loosening depth is about 20 cm, which is convenient for planting various fruit and vegetable crops.

And it is great for small to medium sized areas. And during the cultivation of the soil, the layer does not turn over, but is evenly crushed into uniform lumps, while it does not harm earthworms and beneficial microorganisms.

Convenient design allows you to carry it by hand. The cultivator weighs up to 2 kg, and the structure itself is disassembled into three parts. That is, there are no uncomfortable and bulky walk-behind tractors, additional devices that will only load the back and lower back. The designers also made it so that the axis itself can be changed in height.

Another advantage of this design is that during operation, it does not consume either electric or gasoline energy. To do this, you just need to insert it with its lower part into the ground, and turn the knob 60 o. At the same time, unlike the same shovel, the handle is designed in such a way that it works like a lever, and the gardener does not spend so much effort to dig up the area.

Some types of homemade cultivators from craftsmen

For those who want to make a cultivator with their own hands, folk craftsmen give some useful tips.

A hand-held cultivator that looks like the Tornado model. The advantages of such cultivators are that neither electricity nor gasoline or diesel fuel is needed to operate such a mechanism. Of course, you have to make some efforts here, but they are not as heavy as when working with standard tools. And for this you need to take a pitchfork and bend the teeth with a hammer so that they look like a gimbal. Then you need to take a plastic tube and cut it from one side along. Then you need to find the handle from the shovel and put it as a pommel on the pitchfork. A cut plastic tube is pulled from above, and the entire handle is firmly pulled together with electrical tape.

A homemade cultivator from an electric meat grinder is assembled if you have at least basic knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering. And for this you need a working motor from an electric meat grinder.

Two corners are screwed to the gearbox housing. Then two pipes are welded to the corners. They will serve as arms. The pipes will need to be bent slightly to make it easier to hold onto them. In addition to pipes, two axles are welded to the corners, on which the wheels will then be put on. For this, craftsmen recommend using medium-sized wheels. The next step - with a sledgehammer, you will need to break the nozzle of the meat grinder, take the crowbar and insert it into the sleeve. The scrap will serve as a shaft. Then we take the screw-load carrier and weld it to the shaft.

The control buttons can be installed anywhere, but the best option would still be to do this on the handle to provide quick access to the cultivator control.

The downside of this design will be, perhaps, that in order for the earth to be loose and without lumps, you will need to move very slowly.

A flat cutter based on a bicycle is a design that successfully copes with weeds and is somewhat reminiscent of a Tornado, but more complex in engineering terms. And for this you need an unnecessary old bicycle, as well as either the head from an unusable cultivator or the base of a two-handed saw. As well as a drill, a grinder, a set of tools, bolts, nuts, etc.

Only the frame and one wheel should be left of the bike. The cultivator head (saw base) is attached to the frame. All this can be replaced either with a plow, or you can make your own sharp rods. For the handle, you can use steel or aluminum pipes. You will also need a small piece of pipe (about 2.5 cm in diameter), which will be used as a transverse jumper.

The entire structure is bolted to ensure rigidity. The bicycle wheel must be secured to the frame with locknuts. Such a cultivator is convenient in operation, uses exclusively physical strength, and also successfully copes with its task.

As you can see, building a cultivator with your own hands is not so difficult. The main thing is to understand the device itself. And this requires knowledge and skillful hands. The process is described in detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=wn3R94R5t7E. Therefore, if you do not have the necessary skills, or your hands are sharpened for other things, then it would be better to buy a ready-made cultivator. But, a home-made cultivator definitely saves money, and you can also build it up to fit your needs and the peculiarity of the land on the site. In this case, such inventions will significantly improve plowing and land cultivation. And this is much more convenient than working with a shovel, as well as tools of the last century.

The manual cultivator is a tool for gardening work related to the cultivation and loosening of the soil. We will talk about several design options for this tool, from the simplest manual option to the option with an electric motor.

Do-it-yourself manual cultivator

The simplest option is the Tornado cultivator

The Tornado cultivator, which is the simplest in its structure, is a bit like a corkscrew on a vertical handle, ending in a horizontal handle.

"Tornado" - hand-held cultivator for processing light soil

It is done independently simply, from ordinary pitchforks. Pre-buy a plastic nozzle for a shovel handle in the form of a handle at the household store - they are used both on forks and on shovels for ease of operation. Since the handle of the original "Tornado" is a long horizontal tube, our handle also needs to be modified.

To do this, we use a piece of plastic pipe about half a meter long and with a diameter slightly larger than the thickness of the plastic shovel attachment we purchased. We carefully cut the pipe lengthwise, then turn the edges of the cut to the sides and put it on the purchased nozzle. It is advisable to wind the pipe to the handle of the nozzle so that it does not fidget during operation and does not move from its original position. As a result, our horizontal cultivator arm will protrude approximately 25 cm on both sides.

Making a handle for a hand-held cultivator Tornado

Now you can do the fun part and bend the forks into a corkscrew shape. To do this, we will use an ordinary hammer, from the blows of which the metal teeth will bend in any direction. At the same time, it is necessary to check the result with the photo of the original model of such a cultivator and carefully repeat all the bends of the teeth on it.

Cultivator option from bike parts

Another manual cultivator offered to your attention has a more complex device and one might even say that it is partly mechanized. To make it we will need a frame and a wheel from any old bike.

Manual cultivator from bicycle parts

We attach a cultivator head to the bike frame, which can be a ready-made head from any cultivator or a self-made construction from sharpened steel bars. If you have a cultivator head, you can use a small plow.

The comfortable handle for reliable control of the cultivator is made of pieces of steel pipes or aluminum. For the cross member, take a small piece of pipe with a diameter of 2-2.5 cm.

Structural diagram of a manual cultivator made of bicycle parts

The wheel of medium diameter is bolted to the frame with special wing nuts or conventional locknuts.
With this DIY cultivator, you can easily kill weeds by weeding the spaces between the rows of plants.

How to make a hand cultivator

The main part of this homemade cultivator model is five steel pancake discs, which are put on the axle and can be rotated on it. Three discs out of five contain sharp L-shaped teeth, which are working bodies for loosening the soil. At the ends of the axle, pins with bearings are installed, to which steel brackets are attached, which are connected on a wooden handle.

Toothed plower diagram:

• 1 - pancake discs,
• 2 - L-shaped teeth,
• 3 - axis, 4 - pivot,
• 5 - steel bracket,
• 6 - handle

Pancake discs and axle are either milled independently. or an order is made for their manufacture on a lathe. Five holes are drilled in the outer surfaces and in the lateral faces of the three discs to fix the teeth from a steel bar with a diameter of 10 mm.

The toothed discs are put on the axle, then we install the trunnions with bearings and washers.
Rolling on the soil, the cultivator discs pierce the ground with their teeth and loosen its top layer. Sharp teeth cut the roots of the weeds, crush the soil and help aerate it.

Rotary disc cultivator

With a homemade rotary cultivator, you can harrow, break up large pieces of land and level the surface of the site. The diagram of this model is shown in the figure below and is called a disc cultivator.

Homemade disc cultivator:

• 1- disc,
• 2 - axis.
• 3 - bushing,
• 4 - large bracket,
• 5 - small bracket,
• 6 - stock,
• 7 - pipe,
• 8 - handle

The working body of the disc cultivator are hemispherical convex discs welded to the bushings. Two hemispherical discs are put on two axles, the ends of which are fixed in brackets with cotter pins.
Pipe 7 with a transverse crossbar, into which the handles 8 are screwed, passes through a special ledge welded to the large bracket 4. The end of the rod 250 mm long and 24x2mm in diameter is welded to the small bracket 5 with a blind threaded hole into which a 16 mm diameter rod is screwed, the upper end of which ( with lambs) protrudes above the crossbar.
Steel discs 1must be hemispherical, and it is not easy to make them with this shape from ordinary steel plates 4mm thick. It is necessary to hit hard with a hammer, "knock out" the bowls from the blanks.

The lugs at the end of the rod allow you to adjust the angular position of the hemispherical discs. When the thumbs are rotated clockwise, the rod and stem move upward, lifting up the small bracket and the inner ends of the axles, as a result of which the angular position of the discs will change.

Hand cultivator video compilation

There are many more ways to make cultivators for loosening the earth with your own hands, for example, the designs of homemade cultivators from a chainsaw are known.

You just need to know a little about the details of machines and electrical engineering, as well as a little imagination. Here is an interesting video that shows how to make an electric cultivator with your own hands from a bicycle frame, chain and sprocket, as well as a washing machine engine.

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Every gardener cultivates land in the country. The word "cultivation" came to us from the Latin language. Translated, it means - to process, cultivate. And indeed it is. In the process of cultivation, the soil is cultivated, cultivated in order to get rid of weeds. But the goal of cultivation is not just weeding. After cultivation, the soil becomes loose and more oxygenated. The cultivator is used to cultivate the soil before sowing and after the crop is harvested. You also need to cultivate the aisles with a cultivator, huddle and replant the plants. The cultivator is a very convenient device, it will facilitate the work and reduce the time of tillage in the garden, flower bed and any other area.

A modern cultivator can be purchased at a specialist store. But such a technique can be easily assembled with your own hands. You just need to find clear instructions, the necessary parts and tools and get to work.

To begin with, you should know that cultivators are divided according to the type of food:

• manual;
• gasoline;
• electrical.

They are also divided by weight and power. There are ultralight cultivators, mini, they weigh no more than thirty kilograms, ideal for small garden plots and summer cottages.

There are light cultivators. Their weight is more than thirty, but not more than sixty kilograms. Such cultivators are used in large areas, in plowed fields and virgin lands. Medium cultivators weigh up to one hundred kilograms. Well, the largest cultivators are heavy. Their weight is over one hundred kilograms. Such cultivators are used on large fields and lands.

There is another classification of cultivators - by purpose:

• universal - used for tillage in any area, between rows, they are used for weeding;
• special - for processing a certain variety or culture;
• plant feeders - these cultivators are designed to cultivate the soil and gradually add fertilizers;
• pre-planting, steam - for harrowing any soil before sowing, suitable for summer cottages;
• row-crop - for weeding row spacings in fields where crops have already risen.

There are cultivators for cultivating one row, mini cultivators for summer cottages and cultivators for cultivating several rows at the same time. They differ in size, because for one row the cultivator is much smaller than for processing several rows.

But the most suitable for cultivating vegetable gardens and flower beds is a standard hand-held cultivator. It is lightweight and easy to use. It also takes up little space and is light in weight. There are garden cultivators, they are also small in size, ideal for giving.

Advantages and disadvantages of cultivators

Each type of cultivator has its own pros and cons. Electric cultivators are light and small in size. They don't need to be refueled as they run on electricity. They are also quite simple and convenient to use, but they are not suitable for a summer cottage that does not have electricity.

The disadvantages include the fact that they work only in the area where the power cord reaches. Also, electric cultivators are not very powerful. With such a cultivator, it is possible to cultivate flower beds and greenhouse soil, but in large areas they are completely useless. After all, the length of the cord determines the place where this cultivator can work the soil.

A cultivator that runs on gasoline (a gasoline cultivator) has slightly more advantages. It is convenient to handle large areas with it, because such a cultivator has high power and functionality. Disadvantages include difficulty in maintenance, heavy weight, and refueling. And the more powerful such a cultivator, the more fuel is needed to refuel it. Gas powered cultivators are often referred to as star cultivators.

Hand cultivator - do it at home

Such a cultivator is the most useful thing in the household. It has a lot of positive sides:

• no stress on the lower back,
• ease of use,
• efficiency,
• availability,
• compactness.

With such a cultivator, you will not pull the weeds all over the site, but it loosens the soil very efficiently and does not turn it out. But the cultivator is designed for working on small areas and only on plowed land. It is ideal for a summer residence.

First, you should understand for what purpose you need a cultivator. Indeed, the choice of a particular cultivator is influenced by the set of crops that are planted on the site, and the structure of the soil of the site itself. If you have a small plot, then a powerful and large cultivator will take up a lot of space. He will only do harm, there will be no benefit from him.

It is best to create a cultivator with your own hands, so you will save your money and find an assistant on the farm. Some cultivators can be created from improvised means, some require additional parts, but their cost will not exceed the cost of an entire cultivator in the store. DIY cultivators are ideal helpers in the garden and are suitable for giving.

The smallest cultivator

"Nimble kid" is a small home-made cultivator, it can be called a mini cultivator. It captures only twenty centimeters of the territory, but it is very convenient to work with such a cultivator. All you need to do is attach a few cut-out metal stars to the axle, and then attach a comfortable handle. So the new farm assistant is ready. With him, it is easy to process the aisles at a time when the crop has already risen. It is its mini size that will prevent damage to the desired plants. Also, if the sprockets are well sharpened, then they cut weeds without problems. At the same time, the weed does not cling to the cultivator and does not spread throughout the site. Suitable for a summer residence, because it is convenient to transport it.

Simple cultivator - "Tornado"

Another simple cultivator that you can make with your own hands is called "Tornado". Such a cultivator is ideal for cultivating light soil. And it is made from the most ordinary pitchfork or springy wire, it can also be called a mini cultivator.

1. In order to make such a cultivator, you need a wooden handle-handle, which will need to be finalized. The wooden handle of your new cultivator should be reinforced. For this, a metal or plastic pipe is used, cut lengthwise. It shouldn't be much larger than a wooden handle. After the pipe is cut, put it on a wooden handle and rewind it. This will make the handle much tighter and easier to work with.
2. Next, start making the main part of the cultivator. Take a pitchfork and a hammer, you also need a picture or drawings of the original "Tornado" cultivator, because you need to exactly repeat all the bends.
3. A strong hammer blow will bent the forks in the direction you point them. But don't overdo it.
4. Once the cultivator base is created, attach it to the handle and you can till the soil with your new cultivator.

You can also make cultivator teeth from thick, springy wire. This option will take more time and effort. But the result is worth it.

Old bike cultivators

For another version of the cultivator, which you can create yourself, you need bicycle parts. So, if you have an old and unnecessary bike - make your own cultivator and don't waste money on buying. This is the perfect assistant in the country.

1. We attach the cultivator head to the frame of the old bicycle, it can be a part of an old cultivator, iron bars or a small plow, glanders.
2. The comfortable handle for operating the cultivator is made from pieces of iron pipes or from another metal. A crossbar is attached between the handles.
3. The assembly of all parts of the cultivator between themselves is carried out with bolts, the nuts on which are tightened as tightly as possible, so that the whole system is solid, or all the parts can be fixed by welding. This option is much more reliable than the previous one.
4. After the base is ready, the wheel is attached to it, it should not be too large so that the plow fits well into the ground. And not too small, then you have to put more pushing force than is required with a medium-sized wheel.

If you have an old medium-sized wheel left, you can make another version of the home cultivator. Simply attach the curved metal handles to the wheel, which also mounts the small plow, which is attached behind the wheel, closer to you. And now the homemade hand-made cultivator is ready.

DIY disc cultivator

There is also a variant of a homemade hand cultivator, which is made from steel discs. There should be five discs in total, on three of them teeth are attached, with the help of which the soil will be loosened. Such discs can be made by yourself or ordered. After all, they are made on a lathe. Two discs will be smooth, and the other three will have special teeth or curved nails fixed. When the discs are ready, they are alternately put on the axle, then bearings and washers are put, and then the whole structure is attached to a wooden handle. The soil is cultivated with the help of these teeth, they alternately plunge into the ground and loosen it. These tines also cut the roots of the weeds. Due to its weight, this hand-held cultivator does not require much power. The only drawback is that you have to periodically clean the teeth of weeds. After all, the cut grass clings to the teeth and spreads throughout the site.

A rotary cultivator can be made by hand, this type of cultivator is designed for harrowing, leveling the soil after plowing. It is somewhat similar to a disc cultivator, but the discs in it are of a different shape - they are hemispherical and convex. Also, there are not five, but only four. Moreover, each pair is attached to its own axis. Also, the base remains movable, which helps to change the angle of inclination of the discs if necessary. The base will be metal, it can be attached to a comfortable wooden or metal handle, which will have screws to adjust the angle of the discs. An all-metal cultivator of this type will come out heavier, so if you don't have the power, make a wooden handle. This cultivator is convenient because the grass will not cling to the discs.

Convenient chainsaw cultivator

If you have an old chainsaw that you haven't used in a long time, take your time to throw it away or sell it. From its serviceable parts, you can make an excellent manual cultivator with your own hands. This option is suitable for those who are versed in technology. You will also need to purchase some materials, lubricants and fuel. After all, this cultivator is gasoline, that is, it runs on gasoline or other fuel.

1. First you need to make a frame for the walk-behind tractor from the corners. It will be cubic in shape.
2. Then the engine is attached to the upper part of the frame of the future cultivator.
3. The handles are made of metal pipes, with such handles it is very convenient to work the soil.
4. You will also need two sprockets, one for the intermediate shaft, and the other will be the driving one. It is because of these details that the cultivator is called a star cultivator.

The disadvantage of this homemade cultivator is that it requires constant refueling.

DIY electric cultivator

If you wish, you can create an electric cultivator at home. But it should be borne in mind that he will break the ground in large pieces, this is with fast work. If you work the soil with such a cultivator slowly, then the clods will be smaller, and the soil will become softer and plowed. It should also be remembered that the work area will be limited by the length of the electrical cord.

1. In order to make such a cultivator, you need two metal corners that are attached to the gearbox. Curved handles are attached to them for greater convenience.
2. The axle for the wheels is also attached to the same corners. The wheels for this cultivator are of medium size. After all, it will not be very convenient to work with large ones, and small ones will fail.
3. Next, you need to connect the shaft to a conventional electric meat grinder. You will need to break off a standard nozzle and insert the prepared screw into the hole.
4. Further, for greater convenience, you can transfer the power button from the meat grinder itself to the cultivator handle, and you're done.
5. The power cord in the grinder should be replaced as the standard cord is usually very short and will not work.

There are many more options for making cultivators with your own hands. You just need to show a little imagination and ingenuity. After all, having an old, but working motor from a washing machine, you can also create a well-functioning electric cultivator. You just need to find the parts of the old bike and connect them together. You can also add batteries and you have a homemade cordless cultivator.

After all, not always all the work can be done with a large and professional cultivator. Sometimes it is much easier to process the row spacing with a hand cultivator without harming the plants.

As soon as spring comes and the snow melts, everyone begins to wait for warm weather. Many people want to quickly get to the cultivation of their plots in order to prepare the soil for bountiful harvests. And here a hand cultivator will come in handy for every summer resident and gardener. After all, if you loosen the soil before planting, then in the soil saturated with oxygen, the plants will germinate much faster. And when working with a cultivator, special efforts are not required, while the work is done much faster. Both adults and children can work with a cultivator that you made yourself. It takes a little time to learn. The main thing is to follow all instructions when making a hand cultivator.

With a hand-held cultivator, you not only plow the soil before planting, it also creates a comfortable harrow for planting seeds. Also, the cultivator can be used in weed control when everything has already risen. After all, there is not always a desire to pull out the grass by hand. And you need to process the garden often.

Any of the hand-made, home-made cultivators is ideal for giving. After all, they are quite small and very convenient to work with. In one mini cultivator, you will find an excellent assistant in the country.

It is not always profitable to buy vegetables and fruits. After all, there is no guarantee that store vegetables are grown in compliance with all technologies. And after all, it is much more pleasant to eat vegetables that are grown by you in your own garden or dacha. Moreover, if you do gardening correctly and wisely, then even your mood rises. Your physical health also improves, because constant physical activity appears. In order for it to be convenient to do gardening and horticulture, you should buy or make some tools yourself. If you are good at technology, then there is nothing complicated, you can easily assemble a homemade tool for cultivating the land and removing weeds. If you are not particularly versed, choose a type of manual cultivator with a simple design. If you want to create a complex cultivator yourself, ask your friends to help you. Together with friends, it will be much more interesting and fun to create such useful equipment in the household.