20 Pieces of Amish Tech That Prove They're Not All Old-Fashioned

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While Amish society is stereotypically old-fashioned and limited when it comes to technology, they have a surprising amount of modern resources available. For many communities, the emphasis falls on staying disconnected from the wider grid, rather than limiting technological usage.

Take the buggies for example, which are required to be lit in multiple states. And since that electricity is off the grid, it's A-OK.

Here are 20 neat examples of Amish tech and ingenuity.

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Many buggies have functioning dashboards like cars.

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Amish buggy brake disks.

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Mini steam engine powering a 10 gallon ice cream freezer at an Amish auction.

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Horses pull gas powered hay baler.

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Amish phone booth. Many communities have landline phones.

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Gas powered lamp.

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Battery powered table saw.

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Cordless power tools used by many Amish carpenters.

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Propane powered iron.

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Amish-owned machine shop.

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“The shop relies on a 1,200-rpm natural gas generator and a diesel backup generator to heat the 60,000-square-foot building and provide the considerable electricity needed to power 30 CNC machine tools,” per Modern Machine Shop.

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Amish barbecue grill.

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Hydraulic powered sander.

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Solar powered electric fence.