Meccano hay tedder - the second version

This is the model that from 1928 replaced the first, 1916 version of a hay tedder. Here shown in a 1930 Dutch edition instruction book; again a Hooi Keer Machine.

It is model number 2.9 so meant to be made with the parts in an outfit 2.

This iteration is a bit easier to decipher - although that may be with the benefit of having seen the previous version. Here made using a 1930 Outfit Number 3 in the dark red-green colour scheme. This time it clearly is a horse-drawn implement, with clear footsteps and a seat.

The odd thing is that whilst it is a much better looking model, it no longer demonstrates the actual working of a tedder. It is no longer a technical demonstration. With the small pulley, 3" wheels and driving a regular 1" pulley on the tedder-rod, the tedder rake rotates slower than the machine moves - so it doesn't 'ted'. 

To be fair, the manuals of the time did state that any model in them could be improved on in at least a dozen ways. To make it 'work' the transmission from axle to tedder-rod needs to be speeded up - done by changing the small pulley on the axle to a 1.5" pulley driving the 1" on the tedder-rod.

Now it works - but of course an Outfit 2 did not have a 1.5" Pulley, Meccano Part No. 21. To make this small improvement one would've had to go to buy this part - readily available in toy-shops, perhaps sold from a large dealer-cabinet.

For 4 pennies, a Meccano-boy would've set a step towards expanding his Outfit - as was of course the idea behind the tiered system of Outfits.

This hay tedded model stayed in the manuals under various numbers, until it was replaced by a new design in 1934 with the introduction of the blue-gold Outfits with many new parts.