Josh Volk: Build Your Own Farm Tools

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Beschreibung

Josh Volk, author of the best-selling Compact Farms, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations. Volk begins with the basics, such as setting up a workshop and understanding design principles, mechanical principles, and materials properties, then presents plans for making 15 tools suited to small-farm tasks and processes. Each project includes an explanation of the tool's purpose and use, as well as the time commitment, skill level, and equipment required to build it. Projects range from the super-simple (requiring a half-day to build) to the more complex, and include how-to photographs and illustrations with variations for customizing the finished implement. Along with instructions for building items such as simple seedling benches, a mini barrel washer, a DIY germination chamber, and a rolling pack table, Volk addresses systems design for farm efficiency, including how to design an effective drip irrigation system and how to set up spreadsheets for collecting important planning, planting, and market data.

Über den Autor

Josh Volk is the best-selling author of Compact Farms and the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm in Portland, Oregon. He has been working on and managing small farms around the country for the last 20 years, studying the systems that make them efficient. He travels in the United States and abroad, consulting with farmers and researchers, teaching farm apprentices and new farmers, presenting workshops at agricultural conferences, and writing articles for publications, including Growing for Market magazine.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why Build Your Own Tools?
1 Setting Up a Basic Shop
General Tool Safety Notes
Basic Mechanic's Tools
Basic Woodworking Tools
Basic Metalworking Tools
Workbenches and Toolboxes
Treating Your Tools Right
PROJECTS
2 Greenhouse Tools
Simple Seedling Benches
Germination Chamber
Potting Bench with Mixing Tub
3 Tools for the Field
Hoop Bender
Rolling Bed Marker
Hand Cart
4 Irrigation Tools
Drip Winder
Drip Irrigation System
Easy-to-Move Sprinkler System
5 Wash and Pack Tools
Glove Drying Rack
Hand Truck Pallet
Onion Bag Filling Stand
Simple Spray Table
Mini Barrel Washer
Rolling Pack Table
CSA Boxes
6 Office Tools
Spreadsheets for Seasonal Planning
Useful and Useable Data Collection Sheets
Hacking Photos and Videos for Data
Epilogue
Appendix
Designing Your Own Tools
Cost Analysis for Tools
Mechanical Principles in Common English
Basic Materials Properties
Acknowledgments
Metric Conversion Chart
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Landwirtschaft & Gartenbau
Genre:	Importe , Umwelt
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Ökologie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781635863208
ISBN-10:	1635863201
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Volk, Josh
Hersteller:	Storey Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	256 x 207 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Josh Volk
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.08.2021
Gewicht:	0,549 kg