john
Super Sluicer
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Post by john on Apr 26, 2011 10:59:43 GMT 10
G,day,
Does anyone have any thoughts,plans,ideas on building such a thing.Having built a banjo that is capable of fine gold recovery i am now looking to expand on this and want to build a vibrating classifier for -8 mesh gold.This is to pre-classify before going through the sluice.Has anyone done this? Is it worthwhile?
Cheers John
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john
Super Sluicer
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Post by john on Apr 26, 2011 16:49:02 GMT 10
G,day Rod,this is not to attach to the banjo at all,separate piece of kit altogether,basically all i'm after is some rough plans on a stand alone powered shaker classifier thingy,from there i will shovel it through the banjo,which will be situated on a creek quite a distance from where i'll be digging.It might lessen by a fair bit the amount of trips i make.i'd like to power it with a 12v motor.
Cheers John
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Post by detecta2 on Apr 26, 2011 22:25:54 GMT 10
Was justed camped next to trevor from creswick engineering[think i got the name right]at windeyer, he had one of these machines in his ute,he does sell them, very approachable gent
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rege
Claim Staker
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Post by rege on Apr 27, 2011 23:22:12 GMT 10
If you have standard sized classifiers like Keene makes, you can cut a hole in a piece of metal to fit and just drop them in. Stacked one above the other different sizes can be processed at one time. Metal transmits vibration better than wood although it will work also. You also need to make some legs and have an electrical source (generator). A cheap oscillating hand sander is used to provide vibration. When properly built these units can process alot of material fast. I have used 12 v vibration motors also, but they are not as powerful but do work.
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pol
Gold Digger
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Post by pol on May 3, 2011 20:42:50 GMT 10
G'day, I hadn't thought about it before...good idea.
Would be so easy to make, would work like a screen at a quarry or mine, any good 12v motor would be ok to power the unit, for the vibration you just need to make sure that the thing is out of balance.
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john
Super Sluicer
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Post by john on May 4, 2011 8:03:04 GMT 10
G,day pol,any ideas on a design for a simple design would be good.Can anyone rough out a simple design for one of these?
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Russ
New Chum
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Post by Russ on May 6, 2011 14:07:17 GMT 10
Check this one out. We use it in the desert and on the creek. Very solid machine and portable. We can classify a 5 gallon bucket in 3-5 minutes. www.bbrmfg.com |
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Russ
New Chum
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Post by Russ on May 6, 2011 14:11:00 GMT 10
I guess I should clarify: 1/2 and 1/4 inch in 3-5 minutes, 30 and 100 mesh takes a bit longer. www.bbrmfg.com |
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john
Super Sluicer
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Post by john on May 6, 2011 16:44:47 GMT 10
G,day Russ,
Interesting piece of kit,somewhat like i had in mind.Don't know if this is available here in aus or not,ihave not seen it advertised anywhere here.Thanks for the link.Welcome to AGP,don't know if we have anyone else from USA,you might be the first,someone will know.Welcome and enjoy the circus.
Cheers John
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