How I Make a Broom

[TOMMAY]

My Mom is eighty four and can't stand a speck of dirt on her floors. I've often heard her complain about the fact that you can't buy a decent broom so I ordered her a broom and it arrived for Christmas.

Although she has great difficulty walking, Mother popped up and swept the whole kitchen to try out her new broom, bragging about how nice it was. My sister sent me a pic and it made my day.

Thank you.

Tom

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, Broom showed up today! And absolutely Fantastic! Out of 100 starts possible it gets a 250 stars. I am even more blown away now after actually seeing one. Growing up there was always one in our house and all relatives in neighborhood. Have not seen anything like it in years . . A few friends that were here when it showed up today were also blown away and all want one. Again, thanks a zillion for sharing how they are built. The quality of it is simply amazing! So if you talk to that broom factory guy tell him to send another dozen and amount due . . This one of course will go to my sis in law who has a non curable cancer. 18 Siblings in her house growing up on a farm so am sure they all spent plenty of time using one similar.
We invited her & her husband to visit tomorrow night where I can present it to her. She has no idea I have one for her. She was over the day when I was reviewing your posts on how broom was made and also the time when she announced her Cancer. R

I've been negligent in visiting this thread! If you really do want additional brooms please PM me!

I finally got my brooms on Friday. They showed up earlier but I only got to the shop on Friday. Really nice. The quality is way way higher than store bought. Thanks Andy. Now I need to make something with the cut off corn.

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Thanks!

I may have missed it but I do have a quick question: Are you stitching while the corn is still damp? My guess is yes, but I can't wrap my head around the timeline of these steps.

Thanks for the great and interesting read.

The corn has pretty much dried by the time it gets in the vise. Sometimes it's several days if I'm busy doing other things.

I just stumbled upon this thread. Thank you for sharing the step by step process. I'm always very fascinated with how things are made and now I know how my ex-wife's daily driver was assembled.

Thanks Andy! Broom came today. Already using it. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Great!

I'd love to get one of these fabulous brooms. you still selling them good sir?

Yes, just PM me if you'd like one.

My Mom is eighty four and can't stand a speck of dirt on her floors. I've often heard her complain about the fact that you can't buy a decent broom so I ordered her a broom and it arrived for Christmas.

Although she has great difficulty walking, Mother popped up and swept the whole kitchen to try out her new broom, bragging about how nice it was. My sister sent me a pic and it made my day.

Thank you.

Tom

That's a great thing! Thanks for sharing that story.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Andy, thank you for sharing the process. Very nice to see old tools/components put to use.

My granddad and I used to volunteer our time to the Farm and Ranch Museum in Gering, NE. (now called "Legacy of the Plains Museum"). We rescued and rebuilt quite of bit of equipment including a horse-pushed wheat header that we dug out of the sand in a pasture.

 

[chrisBTSC]

This is absolutely great! I use brooms all the time but I never actually put any thought on how to make one. Really cool to see this. Thanks!

 

[MP&C]

Talk about stepping back in time! Thanks for sharing the process with us, awesome !