Chain morticer

Just in case you are not familiar with the chain morticer here he is. A geared motor drives a sprocket which powers a complicated little toothed chain like a mini wide chainsaw blade. This arrangement can be slid up and down on two steel pipes to be pushed down by the two handles on the side and cut a slot into wood held under the machine. I had to take th ething apart a little as the chain had stretched beyond the scope of the adjuster so it would not tension up properly.
It works OK now and is a little sharper.
Sammy did a little digging again, but it was another split day with translation work in the morning. His excavation is not quite as speedy as one would hope, but it is nice to see some new space opening up. And there is a nice lot of new brown earth down in the field.
Charcoal on cartridge 45x55cm