The Challenging Restoration of John Deere Corn Shellers

By Ted “dutch” Dehaan
Published on October 4, 2013
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An Eagle corn sheller. Eagle Machine Co. was based in Lancaster, Ohio. This sheller was restored by Dutch.
An Eagle corn sheller. Eagle Machine Co. was based in Lancaster, Ohio. This sheller was restored by Dutch.
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A restored Eagle sheller. The Eagle company also built cider and wine presses.
A restored Eagle sheller. The Eagle company also built cider and wine presses.
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A particularly rare Eagle sheller.
A particularly rare Eagle sheller.
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John Deere No. 2 Sheller
John Deere No. 2 Sheller
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Ted “Dutch” deHaan restored this Little Giant sheller.
Ted “Dutch” deHaan restored this Little Giant sheller.

What started out as a simple
woodworking hobby has grown into something way beyond my early interests. I
began by restoring an old cider press and then found myself at farm auctions,
looking for items that were essentially “beyond hope” from a structural
perspective. These implements — corn shellers, cider presses, feed grinders,
scales and horse-drawn items like single-row corn planters — were predominately

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