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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: wdkits1 on May 26, 2010, 08:10:00 am
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Here is a restoration of a circa 1900 Hocking Valley corn sheller that I was commissioned to do.
When I first took on this project I had my doubts whether or not I could get it to work. After doing a bit of research and finding some good photos of the original corn sheller it was obvious to me that this was going to be a fun little project which would test many of my skills. The only thing that my client wanted was for me to make it functional but I did talk him into letting me do the original paint job as I thought would really add a lot to the over-all looks of the project. These are a couple of pics of what I had to work with. Most of the original wood was either rotted away or was missing completely and what was left is full of post beetles, but I did have enough to get most of my measurements.
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/HockingValleycornsheller003.jpg)
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/HockingValleycornsheller004.jpg)
I began by building the frame using the same mortise and tenon joinery as the original paying attention to every detail knowing that tolerances were very tight on the original.
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip011.jpg)
Dry fit frame
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip020.jpg)
Because all of the parts for the sides were a full 1?thick I bought a nice piece of 5/4 poplar that I used to get all the pieces to complete the rest of the woodwork
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip004.jpg)
I ordered square headed nuts and bolts like the original and even had to order the flat head slotted wood screws. Between the original pieces that I had and some photos that I found I had enough information to do the paint job. Photo of an original Hocking Valley Corn Sheller.
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss229/midpw/Hocking%20Valley%20Sheller/cf52_3.jpg)
So Here is my version of a restored ? Improved Hocking Valley? corn sheller. I haven?t tried an ear of corn in it yet. but the mechanicals seem to work pretty good.
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip013-1.jpg)
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip014-1.jpg)
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip018-1.jpg)
(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/wdkits1/hockingvalleywip017-1.jpg)
This was a fun project and I will soon be posting a link to a video showing the operation of the "Improved Hocking Valley" corn sheller
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This was a huge undertaking and you did an awesome job of it! I really love the step-by-step pictures. It really took a lot of skill to reproduce the original and make it look so authentic. They will be thrilled with the job. Great work!
:D Sheila
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Wonderful job!
David.
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WOW!!!!!!!! AWESOME JOB YOU DID!!!!! THAT TURNED OUT FANTASTIC!!!
Tonya
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i really like that alot, awesome job. being from the south, i remember my grandparents having one of those, along with a pea sheller too.
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Very nice job on the restoration project. Now, does it really shell corn? I would love to see it in motion. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice job. Just curious, about how many hours do you have in the project? 8)
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Excellent work, very nice.