Bob Callison Threshing Bee
Bob Callison Threshing Bee
| One of the most diligent old-iron restorers in
our club is Bob Callison of rural Kendrick, Idaho. If that name rings
a bell it's probably because you saw it on Successful Farming's
Ageless Iron 1999 calendar. A picture of Bob's magnificently restored
Model R Minneapolis Moline graced the cover that year.
Here, we see another of Bob's meticulous restorations, a beautiful little Case 22-36 stationary threshing machine. The other half of his binder-thresher pair is a John Deere binder. It's no fun to have machines sit, unused, so in August of 2001 Bob staged a mini-threshing bee where we all could enjoy them in action.
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Here, the club president tries his hand at pitching
bundles into the feeder. Bob modestly stayed back out of the picture
while he tended his nicely restored F-20 Farmall tractor at the other
end of the drive belt.
One of the more observant members of the club noticed that every one of the thresher's bolts and nuts was nicely painted, but there wasn't so much as a drop or a smear of color on the sheet metal. Yup, you guessed it. Bob masked off every one of those dozens—if not hundreds—of bolts before painting them. Patience. Perseverance. He's got it! Click here to see larger image 101k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.)
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This view takes in the whole machine. Orrin
pitches while fellow member Jim Martin keeps an eye on things. (Jim
proudly drives his beautifully restored 1937 Indian Scout everywhere
through this stunning landscape.) Bob and Judy's farm literally sits
on top of the world. The straw pile didn't have much time to grow by
the time Cathy snapped this picture.
Bob put on the show for his friends and fellow club members during his harvest season, right smack dab in the middle of his "payday," so to speak. For this the members of the Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club are grateful and extend a hearty thank you to Bob. Good job! Here's hoping you'll do many an encore. Click here to see larger image 89k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.) Click here to zoom in on the thresher 59k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.)
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Andy Gortsema makes his rounds, checking out the thresher
and doing some fine tuning, here and there. All's well.
The more observant viewer will quickly recognize the use
of a hay fork for pitching bundles. Bob found himself busy enough getting
the machinery ready without having the added chore of finding his three-tined
bundle forks.
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After threshing the first load of bundles, Bob
showed off his "Minnie Mo" "R" and the ten foot JD binder.
Check out the landscape. Bob and Judy literally sit on top of the world! The day turned out to be the hottest one of the year and the resultant haze didn't do much for the view. It must be spectacular after a freshening rain! Click here to see larger image 41k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.)
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