A honey extractor, made from old parts and bicycle wheels "There are few people more symbolic of rural African ingenuity than the bush mechanics. People with no formal training in mechanical repair, or engineering, who build strange contraptions to solve everyday problems and maintain fleets of ancient vehicles that keep Africa slowly moving forward...Dr Garth Cambray, a self professed 'bush mechanic' (and biotechnologist by profession) shows how he designed and built a very low cost honey extractor from readily available scrap parts." [via] Link.
HOW TO - Make a low cost honey extractor
A honey extractor, made from old parts and bicycle wheels "There are few people more symbolic of rural African ingenuity than the bush mechanics. People with no formal training in mechanical repair, or engineering, who build strange contraptions to solve everyday problems and maintain fleets of ancient vehicles that keep Africa slowly moving forward...Dr Garth Cambray, a self professed 'bush mechanic' (and biotechnologist by profession) shows how he designed and built a very low cost honey extractor from readily available scrap parts." [via] Link.
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