Cutting Tires for feeders/etc.

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I have checked through the archives and checked around... WHAT kind of jig saw blade do you use to cut the tires? Using a knife takes FOREVER and the saw blades we are using gum up too quickly! I made a feeder for the horses as it described in a recent CS and it works GREAT!! The old SOW of a Quarterhorse likes to dump her food and then run off everyone else from _their_ food because she doesn't like food on the ground. What a pain in the butt! She wasn't able to dump this feeder! Thanks everyone!!

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 09, 2002

Answers

Can they be used for pigs? I'm interested in this!

-- julie (jbritt@ceva.net), April 09, 2002.

I'll be making one for the calf I just got when he gets older and for my goats too. Maybe the coarsest blade would be best?

-- Alison in NS (aproteau@istar.ca), April 09, 2002.

I would think a fine tooth metal cutting blade would be best. There are metal band in tires, and use a lubricant that is harmless like cooking oil. Can you describe the area of the tire that is being cut?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@cutlink.net), April 09, 2002.

You cut off the bead on one side and cut near the tread on the other. We weren't able to turn it otherwise! Make sure you use the 2x4 base described in the CS issue (2" wider on each side with TWO layers of 2x4's. Set at right angles to one another sorta like this II --

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 09, 2002.

And, yes, you could use it for pigs. The fellow said that he used them for his draft horses and THEY couldn't tip it over. Heavy and square with the indestructable tire sides...

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 09, 2002.


I have the book on tire crafting. It's great ;-)

http://www.tirecrafting.com/02retiring/02retiring_farbers.htmTire

Cutting Saw Blade This blade cuts tires fast, easy, and more importantly, accurate. The kit includes an order form for additional blades, and it also shows how to make your own blades. The blade included with this kit has a 1/4-inch universal shank, and will fit most jigsaws. Each blade will cut an average of 20 tires.

-- Peace and Carrots Farm, Vermont (wsm311@aol.com), April 09, 2002.


I can remember my dad creating a swing out of a tire for us. He used mom's electric carving knife to cut handles and put the knife back into the cupboard without telling anyone. Next time mom went to use it, it smoked. That was over 30 years ago and we still laugh everytime.

-- chickadee (chickadee@treetops.com), April 09, 2002.

OK SHOW ME A PICTURE OF THE TROUGH!!!! Any directions???

-- julie (jbritt@ceva.net), April 09, 2002.

Well, that would entail me having a pix taken digitally. Anyway. I will get the month of CS that it was in and let you look at HIS pix! The old, fat sow Quarterhorse can't tip it over. I'm sure she will try A LOT. I snickered a lot when she was trying, in vain, to tip it over. The chickens were REALLY disappointed that she wasn't spilling so much grain/feed...

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 09, 2002.

I did that once thinking to be Miss Smarty Pants - wellllllllllllll, it was a radial tire with tons of very sharp wire (therefore no use for me) in it so my advice is make sure it is an old tire with just string type threads in it otherwise you will just be wasting your time.

-- kel (kellytre@hotmail.com), April 13, 2002.


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