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Show , HOME-MADE POST DRIVER. U Can Be Used to Drive a Well Also. Posts may bo driven with speed nnd economy on mnny farms, If well sharpened and tho right method Is followed. A real pout driver Is ono of tho most easily mndo things and ono of tho most usoful that n farmer can got up. Uprights aro bolted across to a slod, or a rough plank sled may bo made for tho purpose Tho standards may ho 12 or 15 foot high. To them Is bolted a cross bar which supports the hoist for tho wolght. For this a block of Iron or lead weighing not less than 25 pound must bo obtained, nnd It must havo a staplo or ring In It so it may ba lifted. Tho post Is placed where it In MI : ; Easy to Drive Posts with This. to bo driven nnd the weight lifted and allowed to fall on it. A littlo practico will cnablo ono to drive posts In soil Hint scorns too hard. Tho rig is usoful uso-ful also In putting down driven wolls. To drlvo a well, Bays tho Farm nnd Homo, 14-lnch plpo is preferred. Tho length Bhould not ba ovor six feet. Tho first plpo to bo drlvon must havo a point of Iron or steel. Any blacksmith who Is nn expert at welding weld-ing can readily mnko a point solid In tho end of tho plpo, nnd then boro numerous nu-merous ono-fourth-lnch poles In it for tho first 18 Inches of its length abovo tho point. Before driving, n coupling must bo screwed down tight and fast on tho thread that Is to connect con-nect It to its mate, so tho thread may not be Injured. AIbo on top of this coupling must always rest a block of lend or seasoned hickory, to rccelvo and distribute tho concussion, to preserve pre-serve tho plpo from destruction. Tho pipe Is driven tho samo as :i post, another length being attached ns fast ns ono Is sunk In tho ground. One rulo must never bo forgotten: Each length of plpo must bo threaded so long ns It screws into tho coupling nnd rests (huts, they call it), on tho nnrl nf Hin nlttn tinnnnHi It Tlilc provonts splitting tho coupling and leaky Joints. |
