Daba/en

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Dernière modification le 07/08/2024

Difficulté

Medium Moyen

Durée

1 day(s) jour(s)

Coût

5 EUR (€)

Description

A tool of African origin used by farmers, which can be used in Europe for gardening (weeding, ploughing, etc.).

Sommaire

Jardinage, outil, réglable

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Introduction

The Daba offers a solution to help gardeners. Depending on its intended use, the handle can be long and straight, for high crops, or short with a bent end, for crouching work. The blade is flat and perpendicular to the handle. The daba is used indiscriminately for ploughing, aerating the soil or harvesting, or for making various cuts.

Easy to handle, the handle is adjustable to fit all sizes of user, to avoid health problems (back pain, bad posture, etc...).

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Matériaux

Bamboo

Steel daba blade (for tools)

Small wooden part or trunnion

Natural varnish (based on natural linseed oil)

Outils

Sanding paper: Corundum on paper or cloth

Metal and wood saws

Hammer

Driller

Fabrics

Étape 1 - Assembling the bamboo with the blade

Étape 2 - Attach the blade to the bamboo handle

Drill a hole across and perpendicular to the end of the bamboo handle. Then drill a second hole across and perpendicular to the daba blade.

Next, insert a wooden dowel into the hole to secure the blade to the handle.

Étape 3 - Making the "large" handle

The "large size" handle is an additional handle added to the daba handle. This allows the size of the tool handle to be adjusted to suit the user's needs.

- Take a piece of bamboo with a smaller diameter and insert the end of the handle inside the handle attached to the daba.

- Next, drill a cross-hole in both sleeves and insert a dowel.

The trunnion can be removed or replaced if you want to unhook the "large" handle from the other one.

Étape 4 - Finishing touches

Poncer les manche avec du papier abrasif

A l'aide d'un morceau de tissu imbibé d'huile de lin, passer le tissu sur les morceaux de bambou déjà poncés. Cela protègera le bambou de l'humidité et des moisissures.

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