Research of the movement of working part of the machine for cutting furrows, which acts on the principle of "swinging washer"
Horticulture is rather an intensive and long process. Therefore it is necessary to pay attention to the garden development initially. Creating nurseries contributes to receiving high quality saplings. The most labour intensive process during the rootstock cultivation is planting in precut furrows. The use of unspecialized machines does not allow making furrows which meet agrotechnical requirements. There is a need to create the general purpose unit which can cut furrows of different depth and width with minimal labour effort and power consumption. The paper deals with the theory of cooperation between tools and soil. The conclusion that the rate of response influences the mechanical soil structure is made. The movement of the swash plate tool is considered. Theoretical research was conducted by means of the computer-aided design program.