Farm Implement Tables, Seats

Farm Implement Tables Seats FARM HOME Novelty Items Purple Heart recipient Leonard Stinar of Bagley Minn remains creative and active into his 80’s repurposing old farm equipment into patio tables and garden seats His friend Bernis Ingvaldson recently sent FARM SHOW photos of some of his handiwork One photo shows Stinar sitting on a 3-legged stool next to a 3 1/2-ft high table with a glass top Another photo she sent shows an old cast iron seat off a horse-drawn mower attached to the base of an old cream separator A round metal “flower holder” is attached to one side “I designed these seats to be mainly ornamental but they’re also practical ” says Stinar The table is supported by a 2-in dia well pipe that’s threaded into the 50-lb round metal base off an old Coca-Cola sign “The sign originally hung from an arm at the top of a pipe and would swing back and forth in the wind It might have stood outside an ice cream parlor or a drug store ” says Stinar A coupler on top of the pipe supports the stub axle off an old Deere horse-drawn mower The mower’s bull drive gear mounts upside down on the axle A 1 1/2-in dia cork “nubbin” glued to the bottom center of the glass top fits into the axle Six smaller cork nubbins farther out are glued to the glass out in a circle and rest on top of the bull gear to keep the glass in place Stinar used brass horse hames and the metal seat off an old hay rake to make the 3-legged stool The top of each hame is welded to a steel plate which is welded to a metal ring that’s welded to the seat There are horseshoe foot rests at the bottom Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Leonard Stinar 520 5th St N E Bagley Minn 56621 ph 218 694-6195; epstinar@gmail com

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