IH Corn Sheller update

After visiting the Wisconsin Historical Society website, I found my corn sheller is a McCormick-Deering No.2 Corn Sheller. Thanks to FastFarmall for directing me to the website.

That's a really cool rig! Nice that you were able to get it. I saw your other post.
Are you planning to get it operable and try using it?

Yes, my intentions are to replace the wood this winter and make it usable. All of the joints of the main frame are a blind mortise joint. I've had it stored in a garage for 20 years, but had to remove it because the property was sold.

McCormick-Deering No. 2 Cylinder Corn Sheller
Medium Capacity Sheller
The McCormick- Deering No. 2 cylinder corn sheller with a capacity of 100 to 123 bushels per hour is similar in construction to the large No. I cylinder sheller. While the McCormick- Deering No. 2 cylinder sheller is smaller than the No. I both in size and capacity yet it is an ideal machine for individual shelling work, especially on farms where a large corn crop is raised. It can also be used effectively for custom work within the limits of its capacity. The frame and sides are made of wood. The frame is 20 1/2 inches wide. 79 1/2 inches long. It is mounted on trucks, the center of the cylinder shaft being 50 1/4 inches from the ground.

Easy Running Sheller
Even where the shelling is tough, or snapped corn is shelled, and where drag feed extensions are used, the No. 2 sheller can be operated at full capacity by a 8 to 10 H.P. engine. If conditions are favorable it can be run satisfactorily with as low as a 6 H. P. engine. Any of the small tractors have sufficient power to operate it efficiently and at full capacity. Angle or Parallel Belt Drive
The sheller is equipped with cross shaft so the drive belt can be run either parallel or at right angles to the ma? chine. A jointed tongue is provided so that the sheller when being transported may be drawn by horses or tractor. Cone-Shaped Cylinder
Simplicity in construction and principle of operation has been the aim in designing the No. 2 cylinder sheller. The com is delivered by the feed elevator to the hopper. It is forced to the shelling cage by a spiral where it is shelled by a cone- shaped cylinder. 15 inches long and enclosed in a shelling cage with adjustment at one end. Simple Separating Device
The separation of cobs, husks, light trash, and corn is accomplished by a set of parallel rods, placed longitudinally in the machine, with a set of sheet steel toothed agitators working between them which carry the cobs to the cob stacker. A suction fan is placed at the rear end of the machine to carry away the husks and light trash. Delivers Clean Shelled Corn
The shelled com together with heavier trash falls through the separating device to the cleaning device which consists of a no-choke sieve in a cleaning shoe. Here it is subjected to a blast from a cleaning fan which blows away the remaining trash and allows the thoroughly cleaned corn to drop to the foot of the elevator. Run at 600rpm and weight is 1350 lbs.

You'r welcome, but after you get it done. your going to need some guys to shovel ear corn at a show,I cant help you there, LOL!!

Hello Mark, Please give me a call at 320-468-6474.....I have a source for cast malable chain...and I may have some parts. I also have a No. 1 Sheller like this that I got out of Fort Dodge, Iowa about 10 years ago.

Darn it!