Spring is early this year, so now is the time to get ready for the summer season. Before you have time to look back, it’s time to harvest. But while there is time, you need to think about the maximum mechanization of gardening work. And this is very important, because work in the country should be a joy, not a burden. What is the point of straining and bending your back if you can use simple mechanization techniques and a handy tool that you can also do with your own hands? And today we are not talking about cultivating the land, but about harvesting in the garden. The main problem is that the fruit is not easy to remove from tall trees. Even with a good, stable ladder, you will be forced to leave some of the crop on inaccessible branches. It's a shame when overripe fruits will then simply break on the ground. The simplest pickers can help you out, but the trouble is that it is not easy to manage them, and part of the harvest will still be lost due to imperfect design. But not if you follow the advice of the author of the YouTube channel. Musiy4uk. His invention is so convenient and practical that the author can be safely called a genius.
Read in the article
- 1 Materials for making a fruit collector
- 2 Assembling the main support part
- 3 How to make a hand from a plastic bottle
Materials for making a fruit collector
To make a fruit collector, you will need regular plastic bottle "Polorashka", a skein of rope and a few parts from the plumber's arsenal.
From tools, you will need scissors, a soldering iron and a hair dryer for heating and connecting the pipe.
Assembling the main support part
The plastic pipe is connected using heat or special glue. Tightness is not required in this design, but the strength of the connection is important.
This completes the preparation of the fasteners, now you need to prepare the very mechanical "hand" that will collect the fruits.
How to make a hand from a plastic bottle
The author's idea is not just that the fruit collector has a container into which the apple will fall or other fruit, but also in the fact that the mechanism carefully picks the fruit from the branch without damaging it surface. We usually do this by pinching the fruit with our fingers, but how to make a mechanical analogue of such fingers?
The advantages of this ingenious design without undue modesty are obvious. Plastic fingers gently pluck the fruit from the branch and prevent it from falling out of the collector, even if you tilt the stick with the mechanism horizontally. Great idea, isn't it? Yes, you will have to tinker a little with the assembly of the structure, but it will serve you indefinitely.
And if you don't want to waste time assembling such a model, here is a video with a simple fruit picker option:
How did you like the idea of a mechanical harvesting arm? Describe your impressions in the comments, share your opinion on the effectiveness of such a design. And if you yourself are an inventor and innovator in the mechanization of garden work, send us a photo with a description of your products, we will certainly publish the most interesting options.
