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Manual plow "Vyatka plowman" (shovel of father Gennady) with his own hands (drawings and diagrams)

Manual plow "Vyatka plowman" (shovel father Gennady) - a tool for quickly digging up the earth. Increases plowing performance by 4 times compared to a conventional shovel. Due to the rotary method of operation, it does not load the lower back at all. Efforts are applied only to the "steering wheel".

The shovel of the monk Gennady is adjustable in height, which allows you to perfectly fit it to the height of the tiller. Bucket width 30 cm - 1.5 times wider than a conventional shovel. Plowing the land is quick and easy! Suitable for virgin soil, dense soil, soddy soil.

Shovel father Gennady "Vyatka plowman":
Increases the speed of digging up the earth by about 4 times;
Unlike a conventional shovel, it does not require you to bend down and squat;
In one go, it pulls out a volume of earth 2 times more than a shovel;
Makes planting potatoes convenient and fast due to the dumping of the earth to the side.

A few years ago, they showed on television how a priest in the Russian outback was deftly digging a site with a strange shovel, in the upper part of which was ... a bicycle handlebar. I was very interested in this (I myself did not see that program), and according to the words of my wife, who saw that program, I designed a miracle shovel, which can easily dig up the ground twice as fast and without bending at all, thereby not loading the back.

Materials for the manufacture of a shovel used improvised:
1. The steering wheel from an old bicycle, I put pieces of hose on the handles, it’s more convenient to work

2. Stainless steel pipe with a diameter of 22mm.

3. Shovel made of cold-rolled stainless steel 2 mm thick

4 Pin with a spring or steel movable (adjust to the ground).

Abroad, as well as in our country, every year they come up with something new in loosening the soil so that the microflora is not disturbed, and the microorganisms remain at their level: the lower ones are at the bottom, and the upper ones are at the top, which is very important for future crops in home gardens and summer cottages. plots.

When digging with such a shovel, you get a real pleasure: you want to work and work, and you don’t get tired at all. It is very good for older people suffering from sciatica and other diseases of the spine.

It is not suitable for digging grass or cereals, because the earth needs to be turned upside down, and it turns the soil only 180 degrees, and with a sharp movement, 100-120 degrees is enough

You can also use material from a miner's shovel. From the height of a person (namely the arm lever), I derived the formula:

Thus, I determined the height of the miracle shovel - from the steering wheel (upper part) to the cutting part (I sharpened the shovel at the bottom).
The steering wheel is in a straight line. The pin enters the pipe and is locked with a 2.11 M8 bolt and serves to turn the miracle shovel.
You need to start digging from right to left or right to back
I add drawings for making a miracle shovel. Such a tool of labor satisfies me, I work in the hunt and do not particularly strain. I advise everyone to make such a wonderful shovel in order to facilitate their hard work.

In fact, the sapper shovel has a lot of pluses. The first basic plus is the ability to dig your car out of almost any mud, snow and ice. Even if you are buried in the sand, trying to flaunt your incredible coolness, racing along the coastline and catching a dozen or two enthusiastic looks from wheelless but tanned men and women, alone you will be able to dig a rut very quickly for a safe exit to the asphalt or wooden platform.

In addition, a real protective-colored sapper shovel gives its owner a feeling of peace of mind, and all your enemies on the road - burning and itching in the Sauron ring. Just imagine: you calmly get ahead of the frozen stream along the dirt roadside so as not to produce an already extensive traffic jam, then without unnecessary movements wedged in front of the overpass into the right lane and steadily continue to move in your lane. And then suddenly some insolent person cuts you off, sprayed with a sharp braking to the right of your car, jumps into the stream, almost touching the polished bumper of your “swallow”, and violently moves his thin lips, obviously cursing at you.

Of course, any sane person will not tolerate this and decide to teach the road boor a lesson. Moreover, you have a compact but strong sapper shovel in your trunk. So, choosing the moment when the movement has stopped, you break out of the interior of your car with sharp, polished movements, rush headlong to the trunk, grab a spade, and then, with the speed and fury of a desert eagle, rush directly to the unsuspecting offender. I assure you, having noticed in the rearview mirror a daring silhouette with a sparkling something in his hand, your opponent, instantly losing his former pride, will hit the gas and try to dissolve in the aisle, just not to taste the sudden gift.

Of course, many will say: “Why do I need a shovel, if there are other, more brutal means of self-defense and a preventive attack?”, But I will answer why the sapper shovel is out of competition here. Yes, a baseball bat is a kind of classic of the genre, but baseball as a sport is not developed in our country, so the words “food for training” will cause poisonous laughter from any law enforcement officer. In addition, today they can even pack you in a jail for a bat, and, having found a shovel in your hands, even if you hold it right at the wheel, you will only be asked a well-founded question: “Why?”, And you, without a shadow of a doubt, answer importantly that, they say, I’m going to dig the Volga truffle in the morning, sir.

Or maybe they will ask you: “I also want this ... Where did you buy it?”, Then you say, tell, show, make friends with the policeman and be comrades until the end of time.

The next plus of the sapper shovel is, of course, its compactness. Unlike full-sized shovels, a sapper shovel can be easily and naturally placed anywhere in the car: under the mat, in the trunk, in the front seat pocket ... In large SUVs, you can even put it in the glove compartment with a special pronounced desire.

But I warn everyone who reads these lines: choosing a spatula is a serious, painstaking and long business. This is akin to searching for enriched uranium in the clandestine storage facilities of the Middle Eastern Arab states. After all, you can stumble upon a banal Chinese fake. And then you are destined for a series of pain, suffering and cruel earthly disappointments. Chinese folding shoulder blades look great, but break in one or two. Suddenly stuck in the plowed black soil, during a summer thunderstorm, replaced by a colorful rainbow, you will break your folding-multi-tool-shovel after only five minutes of digging in the ground. And then what? A long journey on foot in search of a nearby village and a sober, hungry tractor driver.

Therefore, we need to look for a strictly authentic sapper shovel, from the Soviet military bins, honestly communed by a mercenary ensign. Come to any covered market and start glaring at the ruins of rusty garden and construction tinsel: there are pipes, anvils and locks by weight, here are sledgehammers and saws ... There she is! A good sapper shovel is a matte green metal sheet, impaled on a thick short handle. The shovel kit must be accompanied by a cover made of eternal, non-perishable material with a brown leather strap for attaching the shovel handle. On the bayonet of a shovel, you can find engraved numbers corresponding to the year of manufacture of the tool. It is advisable to look for your peers among the shovels.

When the choice is made, you will realize another important plus of this wonderful tool - its price. Two hundred, two hundred and fifty rubles. At most - three hundred rubles, and you become the proud owner of a real friend who will help you out in almost any situation.

The sapper shovel is a unique tool. She can dig the ground, chop wood, scare enemies ... Yes, you can even fry potatoes on it like in a frying pan! You never know what you need on the road, the spatula will help, come in handy in difficult times, and after use it will peacefully wait for its next hour.

And now let someone try to say that a sapper shovel is not a car accessory? This is the most necessary thing in the fleet after the pump, first aid kit and fire extinguisher.

We forgot about the cons! And the spatula has only one minus: it is difficult to find it, but it is easy to lose it in loose earth or melted snow when you put it aside and try to get out of an awkward situation.

From the editor:

Seriously though, the site frowns on road rage and curbside driving, and let's hope it's humorous. In general, a shovel, sapper or ordinary, is an absolutely necessary thing in the automotive industry, because only it can turn your car from a hatchback into a crossover for 500 rubles. Or a crossover into an SUV. By and large, a driver with a shovel is not afraid of almost any off-road, except for a swamp, if not too lazy to dig. Out of town on an unfamiliar route without a shovel? Yes, you like risk! Well, if it’s a snowy winter, then a shovel, alas, becomes an indispensable helper even for city dwellers.

There is a lot of work in the garden and in the garden, but the most exhausting is digging the earth, cultivating it and removing weeds. They start digging ahead of time, in small areas, since the load is too large. The miracle of a shovel will help to reduce the complexity at times and at the same time speed up the process at least twice. This relatively inexpensive and uncomplicated device really works, even in difficult soils.

What is different and what can

To be precise, this is not a shovel, but a ripper, since it not only digs, but also breaks clods. The miracle shovel consists of two (sometimes one) planks with pins movably connected. Some models also have a rear stop for easier digging of dense heavy earth. So it actually looks more like a double pitchfork (see photo below).

Miracle shovel and its components

It is clear from the figure that this tool does not have a shovel as such, but the differences from the classic bayonet shovel do not end there. She also has a much higher handle - it should reach you up to your shoulder. It is also convenient if there is a transverse crossbar on its top - you can operate with both hands.

The miracle shovel performs three operations at once:

loosens the soil;
breaks clods;
"extracts" the roots of weeds without tearing or cutting them (in any case, damaging them much less);
easily digs root crops - you can dig carrots, potatoes, etc.

But its main advantage is that it greatly facilitates digging the earth, and the main load falls not on the back, as when using a conventional bayonet shovel, but on the legs (to drive the working forks into the ground) and on the hands (to turn the forks out of the ground). The back during work is in a vertical position and is almost not loaded.

The only downside to this tool is the weight. It is indeed much larger than that of the bayonet. But the super shovel is rearranged, it does not need to be lifted. Rather, it is raised only a few times: when it is placed on the ground at the beginning of the row. Then, pulling the handle, it is simply pulled a little.

There is another very attractive point in using a miracle shovel - digs a garden at least twice as fast. This is due to the wider working part - up to 50-60 cm. Under the condition of low physical activity, this is very good.

How to work

Although this design is not particularly complicated, working with it has its own characteristics. Firstly, you need to start from the far edge of the garden, then move back, gradually dragging the pitchfork back. Well, the general procedure is as follows:

Holding the handle, put a miracle shovel, rest it on the front ripper.
Stick the pitchfork into the ground. Drive them so that the back stop touches the ground. If the ground is heavy, dense, you may need additional effort - press your foot on the front fork bar.
Pull the stalk "toward yourself". With this movement, the forks will begin to move upwards. Rising, they pass through the forks of the front stop, breaking up lumps.
Pull the device back a little, repeat all the steps (stick, squeeze, pull the handle).

In fact, everything is very simple. It is worth trying a couple of times and then everything repeats “on the machine”.

Constructions

In addition to the option shown above (under the name "Tornado", "Digger" or "Plowman"), there are several more design options for the miracle shovel under different names.

Soil loosener without front stop

This design also has a working and supporting fork, but does not have a front stop. Because it is less bulky, weighs a little less. But the front stop gives increased stability during operation. And the weight when dragging is not so important.

The handle is attached to the working forks, the rear stop is welded to the comb of the second fork. Both of these structures are movably interconnected (even door hinges can be used).

Ripper wonder shovel for light tillage

The photo shows one of the implementations, which is made on the basis of the corner and round pipe. When working, they drive the pins into the ground by pressing on the crossbar, and not on the stop, as in most models.

digger

A variant called "Digger" is essentially a wide fork with an emphasis for easier eversion and a high powerful handle.

Miracle shovel "Kopalka"

A feature of this design is the emphasis and adjustable handle. It is fixed with two bolts, it is selected according to the height of the working person.

The emphasis is not stationary, but movable. It is attached to the frame. When the pins are immersed in the ground, they press on it with their foot, then, without removing the leg, turn it out by pressing the handle of the pitchfork from the ground.

The physical load at work is low, the work progresses quickly. But this miracle shovel will not work for hard and lumpy soils: it does not crush the soil. She pushes through the forks under her own weight. But this is only possible on loose soils. On clay or black soil, it is better to have a second comb with pins.

How to make a miracle digger, see the next video.

light cop

This miracle shovel design is slightly different from the previous one. The stops in it are rounded, the handle is arched, but the basic design is the same. Some drawback - there is no way to adjust the handle, but otherwise everything is the same - a movable stop and a working fork.

Two variants called "Light Cop". The simplest ripper for the garden, garden and cottage

It's hard to say whether this variation is better or worse. It could only be assessed by comparing the performance of both specimens in the same area.

If you watch the following video, you will see that you can dig with such a miracle shovel not only loose soils, but also heavy ones. And the second thing you can pay attention to is that for such soil it is better to have a second comb of pins, on which you can crush the turned-out clods.

From what and how to make

The designs, as you saw, are different, but the set of materials will be approximately the same. Their number differs, but the cross section and characteristics remain unchanged.

You can use a round or profiled pipe, metal bars or "parts" from the pitchfork

Materials for manufacturing

They start by making the frame. It is often made from a profiled pipe, the optimal section is 30 * 30 mm or so. In this case, the wall thickness is important - at least 3 mm. In some models, a corner was used. The width of the shelf is also about 30 mm, the thickness of the metal is at least 3 mm.

The handle can be made from the same profile pipe, you can use round. The wall thickness is also important. In principle, having made a latch, you can use a wooden handle from a shovel. Some purchased models provide for the installation of a wooden holder.

The main attention should be paid to the material that is used for the teeth of the working forks. It should be good structural steel. The forks are made from a bar of at least 8 mm in diameter.

What craftsmen make them from:

They are cut off from ordinary pitchforks, welded onto a miracle shovel.
Straighten suspension springs.
Saw into narrow strips of automobile springs.

If you can find a good bar - round, square or hex - it does not matter, you will be much easier. Not a bad option, by the way, with a pitchfork. But you need to take good ones, and this is not cheap. And one more thing: calculate the dimensions of the miracle shovel so that the working forks have 8 pins. Then you will need to buy two jokes of ordinary pitchforks.

If the design is chosen with two forks - working and thrust, you can put pieces of a suitable length of a metal bar on the thrust. The loads here are not so high, so the strength should be enough. The diameter of the bar is 10 mm, you can use ribbed reinforcement, which is used when reinforcing the foundation.

Dimensions

Most companies that produce miracle shovels have a range of sizes for this product. Our people are different in size and physical fitness. For men, you can make more massive models, and for women and the elderly - smaller and lighter. The average sizes are:

All other sizes are selected depending on the design and material used.

Blueprints

Detailing the stop and fork stop

The most enjoyable part of gardening is, of course, harvesting. The most unpleasant thing is the war on weeds and digging up the land. Help with weed control chemicals and an ordinary chopper. With digging, things are more complicated. Of course, you can borrow a cultivator from a neighbor, or you can make a high-speed shovel yourself with which the time for digging a garden will be halved.

Necessary materials
- An old bicycle, or rather a steering wheel from it
- Pipe with a diameter of 22 mm made of stainless steel
- Shovel made of stainless cold-rolled steel 2 mm thick
- Movable steel pin or regular pin with spring

Having made this shovel, you will forever forget about back pain after such a garden exercise. It should be noted right away that it is not suitable for digging cereals or grass, as it turns the soil 180 degrees.

If you can't find a cold-rolled steel shovel, you can use a mining shovel. A high-speed shovel is made taking into account the height of the person who will directly work with it. In order to make your work easier, a formula is proposed

Using the formula, you can determine the height of the shovel from the steering wheel, which acts as a handle, to the cutting part that needs to be sharpened.

Assembling a speed shovel

For greater clarity, a diagram is provided.

The assembly process itself is not complicated. The emphasis should be on a few things:

The bicycle handlebar must be aligned in a straight line and pieces of rubber hose should be put on its handles so that the hands do not slip during work;

- insert the pin into the pipe and lock it with a 2.11 M8 bolt. This pin is necessary so that you do not bend over and do not make great efforts while turning the soil.

Working with a high-speed shovel is easy and pleasant. Now with such an assistant, your nightmare will turn into pleasure, and your neighbor will abandon his cultivator and look with envy at your blissful expression. If you have suggestions for improving this

Who does not know the feeling of nasty fatigue and discomfort in the back from the autumn or spring plowing of the garden. For centuries, people have been digging in the ground with a bayonet shovel in their hands - an invention that is wonderful and concise in design, but not so universal as to forever grind their beds with a bayonet and a handle.

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Characteristics of the manual plow "Vyatka plowman".

Shovel "Vyatka plowman" - interesting invention Orthodox priest Gennady Khlopov, which significantly increases labor productivity and, at the same time, dramatically reduces the gardener's chances of bending over from back pain. At the same time, the miracle shovel of Gennady Khlopov retains a certain continuity: it looks like bayonet shovel, is also extremely simple in design, and according to the drawings, a Vyatka plowman should make a shovel for home master easier than many other varieties of miracle shovels.

A monk's shovel is used for manual digging of the soil, but it can also be used for laying trenches. Unlike the bayonet we are used to, it is asymmetrical, it is difficult to change legs when working with it, but this is hardly a big drawback, you can design a tool for the left or right working leg.

In the upper part there are two long horizontal handles, reminiscent of a bicycle handlebar, and at the very beginning, when the monk-inventor invented it, just such a handlebar was used.
The work is based on pressing the working part of the shovel into the ground with the foot and the subsequent turning over of the earth layer with a side plowshare using the upper handles. Maintaining the vertical position of the worker during work reduces the load on the spine.

The Vyatka Plowman shovel was invented by Georgy Kuptsov, rector of the Vyatka Church of the Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia in 2006 for the cultivation of virgin forest land. The scientist-surveyor Viktor Olegovich Kryuchkov also participated in the work on the design. The inventors, creating one of the most convenient garden tools, set the task of maintaining health when processing virgin areas, which they succeeded.

How to make the “Vyatka plowman” shovel yourself?

N.M. Mandrigel from the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk proposes to make Father Gennady's shovel according to a drawing that is close to the original, and the model made according to this scheme has been tested and has shown itself well.

In the manufacture of a shovel, the following materials are used: a handlebar from a bicycle, on which you can put hose cuts for convenience; stainless steel pipe with a diameter of 22 mm; shovel made of cold-rolled stainless steel 2 mm thick; pin with a spring or steel movable (adjust according to the ground). The steering wheel is in a straight line. The pin enters the pipe and is fastened with an M8 bolt and serves to rotate the miracle shovel. the formula in the figure is for determining the height of the shovel from the rudder (upper part) to the cutting part.