Perfesser_Bear
Mechanic Tools
Those Farm Machines Won't Fix Themselves!
Toward the late 19th and into the early 20th Centuries, the United States saw a progression of new agricultural implements and automated machinery. Horsepower on the hoof, as it were, gave way to the steam-powered traction engine and the internal combustion driven tractor. New, mechanical methods for tilling, planting, weeding and harvesting crops emerged as automation progressed.
The burning question was, "Who is going to fix those infernal machines?" Once again, there were a handful of specialists, machinists and mechanics, capable of making repairs on the most complicated equipment, but as always, it fell to the farmer to play 'Jack of All Trades' and help himself.
These tools are not strictly for mechanics, witness the meat cleaver in the top left and the buck saw, axe and pickaxe hanging on the wagon wheel. The hacksaw, multitude of wrenches, hammers -- and the drill press on the bottom left -- are all tools the average farmer would welcome while fixing a balky corn harvester. On the bench I see four blowtorches, but there are many tools at which I am at a loss to identify.
Mechanic Tools
Those Farm Machines Won't Fix Themselves!
Toward the late 19th and into the early 20th Centuries, the United States saw a progression of new agricultural implements and automated machinery. Horsepower on the hoof, as it were, gave way to the steam-powered traction engine and the internal combustion driven tractor. New, mechanical methods for tilling, planting, weeding and harvesting crops emerged as automation progressed.
The burning question was, "Who is going to fix those infernal machines?" Once again, there were a handful of specialists, machinists and mechanics, capable of making repairs on the most complicated equipment, but as always, it fell to the farmer to play 'Jack of All Trades' and help himself.
These tools are not strictly for mechanics, witness the meat cleaver in the top left and the buck saw, axe and pickaxe hanging on the wagon wheel. The hacksaw, multitude of wrenches, hammers -- and the drill press on the bottom left -- are all tools the average farmer would welcome while fixing a balky corn harvester. On the bench I see four blowtorches, but there are many tools at which I am at a loss to identify.