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Show Dividends Paid by Farm Shops in Time Saved Repairing Equipment " By IRA MILLER 1 Farm Electrification Bureau Farm shops come In assorted shapes and sizes. They may be a converted shed, one half of a two-car garage, or built for the purpose. You can tell quite a lot about a farm and the larmer by looking around the average aver-age shop. The hand and power tools be has are pretty fair indications of equipping a farm shop. Like so many other buildings, it should be tailored to meet a farmer's requirements and skills. Also, it should be wired to provide pro-vide sufficient electricity for all power tools, and be well-lighted. Standard recommendations call for the installation installa-tion of lights on the basis of one for every 200 square feet of floor area. There should be one light installed for each permanently installed piece ? O. rf-v. 'I ' , ' " - " -.' , " I WHEN BREAKDOWNS NEED FIXING IN A HURRY a welder is farmer's best friend. his skill at repairing and maintaining equipment, making improvements on some machines, and just plain hobby work. On many farms which require a number of different machines, a shop becomes practically the heart of production pro-duction operations. The investment in tools of various kinds pays off in fewer trips to town, quick repairs of broken parts, and time saved when hours lost mean red ink on farm records. In addition, those energetic 4-H boys and their shop-conscious dads enjoy trying their hands at making those built-in cupboards, desks and other things which mother has seen pictured In farm magazines. Often, they add something here, or subtract something there to adapt a piece of standard equipment to fit their own farm machinery needs. Ther is no common pattern for of equipment, and one for every 10 feet of work bench length. You will need a No. 6 wire, 230-volt 230-volt branch circuit for your electric welder one of the "musts" on any well-equipped farm. It's necessary, too, where improvements are contemplated con-templated on metal machine parts, and in making such things as buck rakes, feed carts, elevators and trailers. A lathe, compressor, band and circular cir-cular saws will require two 230-volt branch circuits. And you'll need some duplex convenience outlets for that drill press, grinder and other small electrical tools. When you plan your shop, plan wisely. Locate it where it can serve you best, and equip it with those tools which you need now. Then add equipment equip-ment as your skills and requirement! Increase. I |