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FATHER’S DAY

_ Mini tractor project takes Gardner back to farm days

_ It took four years of dedica-
tion and ingenuity for the presi-
dent of the Saanich Historical
Artifacts Society to recreate a
piece of farm machinery from
his childhood.

By GLENN WERKMAN
Review Staff Writer

Art Gardner, 76, recently
completed a one-third scale
model of the 1912 Sawyer-—
Massey tractor he spent many
hours working on as a boy on

. the family farm in Harris, Sask.

The original was: an 82-

-horsepower steam traction trac-

tor-and was bought by Gard-
ner’s father. and uncle when
Gardner was one year old.

“dT never had any blueprints,”’
he says. Most of the tractor was
built on machinery in Gardner’s
workshop. A ship’s tool room

lathe with a four-foot bed was

used to machine many of the
components. A_ milling

machine, welder. and drill press -:

were also used in the manufac-
turing process.

The boiler was made to code
qualifications after being
designed by a pressure tester
designer, Gardner says. The on-
ly other components not made
in Gardner’s workshop are the
retread rubber tires and some.
gears he rescued from a scrap
piles:

‘Actually, that’s what got me
Started, because the. gears
became available to me,”’ Gard-
ner said. ‘‘I was: literally born

and brought up: in the steam.

era, and it.stayed with me, as it
has for other people.’

The. working scale. model is
made from a variety of scrap

-.- parts. A .differential’ assembly.
-from ‘a. Model. T-. Ford: was
‘modified for.use on: ‘ihe tractor: -
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Gears from an old lathe were
found in a scrap pile and used
for the main. drivetrain. The
pressure gauge was taken from
the first acetylene welding unit
Gardner bought, back in 1934.

The flywheel is cast iron, and

machined to the proper
specifications.

Brand new fully qualified
steel was: used to build all the
pressure-related parts, Gardner
says.

The tractor weighs about

~ AFTER. FOUR YEARS in the workshop,

1,200 Ib. — so Gardner had a
bit of a chore removing it from
the workshop once it was finish-
ed. The door was too narrow
for it.to fit through, so a win-
dow was removed, ramps were
built and the tractor was raised
up on stands.

It only tooka few minutes for
Gardner to back the
through the window frame and
down the ramps once everything
was in place.

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A few bugs had to be worked
out once the tractor was put on
the road. The engine speed was
designed to put out about 250
t.p.m. and the gears used gave it
a maximum speed of three
m.p.h., which proved to be a lit-
tle too fast. Gardner plans on
changing the gears to reduce the
top speed to about.two m.p.h.

Coal. bought from the
Courtenay area is used in the

‘Art: Gardner. had. no: other. choice. but. to».
remove a window. to get his one-third scale replica of a steam-powered tractor onto.
the street. The president of the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society paid careful at-
->tention to detail while | building. most. ‘of the tractor with a machine lathe, using’.

__ miscellaneous’ parts.’ The tractor and other rete farm: machinery will, be: on a

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Gardner estimates the value
of the finished tractor at about

$10,000. He displayed: it Jast
week in Market Square in Vic-
toria and will have it on display
at the Saaanich Historical ar-

tifacts property June 18 and 19
at the summer fair.

It will. also appear in the
Sidney. Days parade and is
scheduled to be part of a display
at the official opening of the
B.C. Summer Games at UVic:
July 29.

Pioneer spirit offered
at Summer Fair

Yesteryear comes alive at the
Saanich Historical © Artifacts
Society. Museum on Pat Bay
Highway, Saturday and Sun-
day, June 18 and 19.

The museum’s annual Sum-
mer Fair will feature forest
walks, demonstrations of equip-
ment, hay rides, displays, a flea
market and a home baking sale. -

The sociey will demonstrate
steam: and gas. engines, a
sawmill, a planer. mill and a
“blacksmith’s shop.
- A model railroad and model
boats will be operating for the

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~The Vancouver Island: Regional .

Library: has. based_ its ‘summer. librarian Sherry. Ann O’Hara.

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The society’s country kitchen
will be. open and the Lions
Lunch Box will also be there.

Raffle tickets for. three
chances on a cord of wood will
be sold. The draw will be held
Sunday at 4 p.m.

The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., each day, on the grounds,
which are billed as ‘‘29 acres of
country. fun and
ment.”” -

The museum is on the east
side of the highway, just north
of the island View Road.

Students to follow
stegosaurus —

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Each child: who: registers in’

‘the program will be .given,an ac-
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booklist and a stegosaurus craft
sheet. Each time: he finishes
four. books, ~ he . brings ° the
booklet. to ‘the circulation desk,
to have his diary stamped.:.

The stamp also entitles’ ‘the
child: to‘enter the weekly draw. *
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