International PTO Corn Binder Twine Issue

r8f1k

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I can't get for the life of me, the twine to tie or start on my IHC corn binder. I saved it out of the weeds last fall, took a little while, but I was able to get it to tie. Now, I can't remember how to set up the knotter. Everyone explains it, but I am a visual learner. I need a photo or a video of how this thing threads. I have it threaded through the needle that pulls the twine over to the knotter, no problem. I have the twine bill cleaned up nice, everything is oiled, everything moves free.
 
Once you get the twine thru all the insulators and thru the needle, you need to tie the twine to a stationary brace or part of the frame. Then run it thru a tieing cycle and the needles will lay the twine in the disc ready for the next cycle.
 
The end of the twine still has to be tied off, without doing that it will just pull twine backwards in knotters just like a baler will.
 
Baler binder same thing. May not be a insulator but the twine needs to follow a path to the knotter and be tied to a stationary part of the frame before completing a tie cycle.
 
I own and operate the same binder. There are no videos that I am aware of. Get a manual for the binder, about 2/3 of it is how to maintain the knotter. Everything you need to know is in it complete with pictures. Without that in your hands I can tell you it will never work if you do not get it started correctly. First thread the needle then trip the knotter and pull it through a cycle by hand. You should then have twine coming through the needle, across the opening between the chains and the end caught in the twine disk. Next pull about 2 feet of twine through the needle, the twine disk should hold the twine and not pull out, you should have a loop. Then while holding the loop snug trip the knotter once more and pull it through a cycle. Best done with two people. Then pull the loop off the bill hook. You should end up with a loop of twine with a knot and the twine disk holding for the next knot.
 
I bought mine right out of the field after seeing it work, so it had the twine threaded correctly through it. I was lucky.
 

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