Wooden Farm Toys for Haymaking

Step 7 The baler

 The baler is made from pieces of 3/4 inch birch glued together to make 1 1/2 inches in thickness.  The mouth of the baler is made from the lower piece that protrudes a bit and has a rounded nose.  The opening is made from rabbeting away part of the top piece.  The drawbar is from some 5/16 inch aluminum rod.  I bent it so the baler tracks offset to the side.  When baling hay, the tractor never drives on the hay, but usually to one side of it.  (Some new balers require the tractor to straddle the hay winnow.)  The fender washers suggest a flywheel, which is very common to a baler.