Mr. McCormick's Reaper Binder - Part 3

Elevator, Binder & Bundle Carrier

Now it is looking like photo's of the real thing, a mishmash of mechanics with little clue as to what does what!

The Elevator lifts the wheat into the binder attachment which ties and pushes the bundle into the carrier.

It is made from card except the yellow binder spindle is wire, as is the cradle.

How to make the tiny cradle? It is only 7mm x 5mm. The answer was to splay the inner cores of a 7/0.2 wire and whilst still attached solder a single wire across the cores. (This piece forms the outer guard and strut) Then, cut the cores from the wire alongside the strut.

To Part 4.

To Part 1

David