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posted 4 years ago

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Animal Care.

For this BB, you will build a manual baler!

Related Thread:
- The Bale Press at Wheaton Labs

(source: The Bale-Press at Wheaton Labs)

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- manual baler must make a standard size bale
- must be made out of dimensional lumber

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
- materials used to construct the manual baler
- progress of building the manual baler
- the completed manual baler

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Raphaël Blais

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posted 3 years ago

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Finally ! My hand baler is finish, i'm eager to try it this week! The rabbits will eat planty this winter

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Radis.
Living and growing on my small homestead near a project of permaculture school.

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Hal Schibel

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posted 2 weeks ago

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I am ready to apply for my "Build a Manual Hay Baler" BB. I'm super proud of this!

If you would like to see the full build, please see this thread. You'll see my husband helped me test it out but I built the whole thing myself out of scrap wood we cleaned out of the barn (plus three new 2x4s to replace some parts that broke during testing).

Starting to build.