An Improved Device for Making Paper Pots
An improved machine for making pots from common roofing paper_ was devised at the U. S. Southern Great Plains Field Station in 1954 to replace a simple hand-operated machine that had been in use since 1936.1/ The principal parts (Figure 1) are a common paper cutter, a modified roller (Figure 2) on a discarded washing machine, and a paper stapler. The 3foot roofing paper is cut into 1-foot rolls with a power saw at a local lumber yard. The 1-foot roll is mounted at one end of a frame built around an ordinary 12-inch paper cutter. The frame has a guide and a backstop so that the paper can be cut into 12- by 12-inch pieces. The pieces are then run-through the modified wringer to form the 4 creases shown in Figure 4. The creased paper is then stapled (Figure 3). The bottom of the pot is formed by making at one end cuts of suitable length with a small rose clipper and then interlacing the 4 tabs (Figure 5).
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Author(s): E. W. Johnson, G. G. Vanderslice
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 24 (1956)
