Dry Edible Bean Sheller for Less than thirty dollars

I've watched a number of videos where folks have come up with their own contraptions for shelling dry beans, so I've added mine as well. I walked through several aisles of my favorite man store in Fargo, ND, to get the creative juices flowing, and this is what I came up with.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Thanks for this invention. I had quite a few beans, but both of these tricks worked fine.

[@olddave4833]

back in the 40s, our grampa would put the beans, shells and vines in a burlap sack after he has dried them in the sun and wind,, then us kids would beat the hell out of the burlap sack with a few sticks,, he would pull out all the vines and heavy stuff and on a very windy day he would dump the beans from one tub to another to blow out the chaft. the women and girls would sort and soak the beans the night before cooking them..

[@rb5046_]

I've been looking for some cheap way to do this, and it looks like a winner. I was thinking about buying one of those pea shellers with the hand crank rollers, but wasn't sure if it would do larger beans, so I'll try making one of these things for a few bucks instead. Thanks

[@michaelheggen]

Thanks for demonstrating some great ingenuity! I always like to see off-the-shelf items re-purposed. When I first started watching this, I said to my wife, "He sounds like Charlie Selberg! I wonder if he's from North Dakota? " And sure enough, you're in Fargo, which is where Charlie grew up.

[@DougStevenz]

+Michael Heggen Folks from other parts of the country say we have a dialect up here, too. I spent 30 years doing radio here in Fargo. You'd think I would have learned to cover it up better by now! ;-)

[@michaelheggen]

+DougStevenz, it was mostly in your first few sentences. :-) You've got a great radio voice.

[@peterjohnson5234]

Great video boys! I plan to make similar machines to process my beans, wheat, and rice. Fun!!!

[@stevedouglas389]

Good for you, Peter! Maybe you can shoot a video of what you come up with and post the link here. I'm sure others will be interested, as are we.

[@decifal]

Interesting contraption... I've seen folks use a pillow case and a shifter, but hey man, if it works dont' fix it! :-)

[@PenelopeVW21]

Hey Steve! Love your idea and love Fargo (the movie) hahaha We live here in Hawaii and are searching for ways to clean the various beans we grow....including Christmas Limas , which won't fit through the holes! Anyhow....thanks for this great idea! Will let you know how it goes....

[@MrAirbiscut]

nice and simple, I like it

[@mugginsquilts1]

WiND is your friend. Or direct the fan on it pouring from one container to the other. My mother used to work up 100 lbs from wash tub to wash tub, using the wind on the side of a hill, and pouring from bucket to bucket. We jumped on the beans when we were little kids, to get them shelled....all that was 'free'.

[@flanmaryj]

Pretty cool!

[@kyleyoung8707]

you must not compost or mulch. thank you for the great idea

[@waltlars3687]

bolt a finish sander to your top plate you hit with rubber mallet let run for a while should break up all the dry outer hulls use a small desk fan and give wivey back her hair dryer :-)