Comment on I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings

• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Make a self propelled machine and a machine that cuts grass and smoosh them together.

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  • X@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I generally prefer the squish method, but absolutely recognize the smoosh method and its inherent effectiveness.

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You end up with more problems than you solve with squish and smoosh. These are sophisticated machines that can all too easily interfere with each others operation. The snuggle method has been proven to improve operability, lower service calls and reduce complaints

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cuddle works best because the machine spirits are happy.

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  • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i do be lovin the smooshes

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We did two things first:

  First we made a (simple) machine that cuts wheat stalks at ground level (scythe).

  Second we made a (complex) machine that is self-propelling.

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m gonna guess there was an intermediate step where we put mechanical scythes on horses or something

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    • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was called a McCormick Reaper.

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course, yes, there was. But it was extremely brief in the grand scheme of things.

      farm-equipment.com/…/4269-timeline-of-ag-equipmen…

      1830’s the first mechanical (horse drawn) harvester comes out, and by the 1860’s steam powered tractors were being introduced.

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• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well first there’s the cutting technology. Scything is ancient. Industrial production of push mowers using cylinder blades were developed in the 1800s and the more modern gas powered rotary cutters came along in the 19th century with many other self-propelled and automated mechanisms. This started with coal and wood fired agricultural equipment used for processing, like threshing and winnowing. As internal combustion engines (gas powered) developed in the 20th century more equipment and processes could be incorporated on-site and in-field.

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• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The first version is just a machine that mimics the human motion of doing that task. Its a mechanical reaper that is pulled by a horse:

  https://okfronline.com/2024/02/inventions-of-agriculture-the-reaper/

  Then someone figures out how to make a self contained engine and it becomes self propelled.

  This is a process that occurred over centuries.

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• gnu@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How does one even start to make a self-propelling machine that cuts wheat stalks at ground level?

  You look at a horse-drawn mowing machine like this and start thinking about how you could do something similar without the horse.

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• mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You take a self-propelling machine and put a hydraulic arm on its side that can be adjusted to be very close to the ground.
  Mount a chainsaw at the end horizontally. Then experiment with blade lengths and different methods to keep it level over uneven ground.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stationary processing of grain. Then stationary automated processing of grain. Then add cutting machine (from harvesting hay) and self-propelling and you got your combine harvester.

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