I found the plans for this corn crib in an old Model Railroad Craftsman, so I thought I would build it for my abandoned farm scene. I have the eight wall frames built and starting to add the cover boards. This will take awhile.
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The "non-round" corn cribs here are generally made by simply stacking boards "flat" in an octagon shape. Huge requirement for wood, but I guess it was plentiful in those days.
This one is from out west, but there are/were similar ones here. There is also a variation where the boards aren't fitted together, just overlapped, which creates a semi-open structure (for drying?).
Andrew the ones I have seen around here have spaces inbetween the boards to let the air to flow so the corn dries out. It is only used for cob corn. I like the picture!
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Steve I use the NWSL Chopper 2, the all metal one.
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All eight walls finished, now to paint the inside and get them glued together.
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Andrew, the one in your photo looks more lile a silo than a corn crib.
As for the original Chopper, rather than patching the groove created in the Masonite base, I simply covered that area with a small piece of .017" sheet aluminum. It seems to not affect the cutting edge of the blade, as it's soft enough to yield, and as it gets scored, I simply move it around. It's held in place with the Chopper's own guide clamps (with which I'm not all that impressed - I modified them with a nut on the bottom side of the base, which prevents the threaded brass insert from being pulled out as the screw is tightened).
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All the walls are painted and weathered and assembled.
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