I was over at my cousin's house Saturday morning helping him "nub" some of his white corn, getting it ready to shell and then grind. I suspect this will be his last year being able to grow and grind the corn as he is going down his fast and has fallen a couple of times and can't get up. He will be 84 in January.
I took a picture of his latest sheller project. He found it down east some where and brought it home. It is a McCormick Deering by International Harvester. He modified it to match his other sheller. Put an electric motor and a specific pully off of an old AC combine to get the same speed as turning it by hand. Mounted it onto a mobile base and added a new sheet metal chute underneath. He has several more of the old combine pullies in a box ready to convert more shellers.
This is both of them side by side. A couple more of his grist mills are right behind the shellers. 2nd pic is a 2 ear sheller that is mostly wood and has no name or markings on it. It has a flywheel that weighs probably 125# laying on the floor in front of it. You can't move the sheller with the flywheel on it or it will tip over.
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