DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF GARDENING EDGE TRIMMER

An edge trimmer is gardening or agricultural tool which uses a blade for cutting grass, trim weeds, small trees and other plants on steep or irregular terrain. It consists of a cutting blade at the end of a long shaft with a handle. Various blades or trimmer heads can be attached to the machine for specific applications. Edge trimmers provide solutions for removal of long grass or weeds through dense vegetation. Using edge trimmers shaping of bushes and small trees can also be done. Garden grass needs to be trimmed periodically as it grows taller and wider which makes the garden untidy. The effective use of hand held grass cutters for shaping the trees are time consuming, less efficient and creates fatigue for human operators. Hence mechanized grass trimmer needs to be designed for effective and accurate working which is time saving and makes the work easy. The aim of our project is to design a gardening edge trimmer with flexible movements, modified features and reduced cost.The project is carried out with reference to existing grass trimmer. It is realized that there are many areas where performance specifications of new model can be improved.