Galvanized long handled Scoop for about $10.00

[FLauthor]

If money is tight then build my scoop for about ten dollars. Go to a feed store and buy a galvanized grain scoop, go to hardware and buy a 8 foot section of EMT (electrical metal tube). Have hardware store bend the tube into the shape of a U. Buy some stainless steel 1 1/4" bolts and two 2" bolts with locknuts plus washers. Take a 3/8" drill bit and drill sifting holes in the scoop but don't drill the back until the handle is installed. Drill out the rivets on the scoop handle and enlrge holes to 1/4". Lay handle alongside EMT and match its length plus one inch. Mash that last inch flat then bend it down at a right angle. At the other mark, beat it flat and bend it to match the area where the grain scoop handle was. Take a scrap piece of EMT, from the other end, to use as a cross beam as the grain scoop was. You'll want to measure the other end so it lines up with the bottom and then hacksaw off the excess. Drill your holes to assemble everything. Drill your 3/8" holes on scoop back.
This scoop lasted me about 8 years until I found enough to buy a $200 scoop.
Good luck.

Harry

 

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[EDDE]

picture?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Yes, picture please if you can.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I too would like to see pic if you still have it. 8)

 

[FLauthor]

Sorry, no picture available. I made those scoops 20 years ago when money was tight. I use a stainless steel scoop today that I bought from Kellyco for $90 about 10 years ago. I can probably draw up a diagram of it and post it.

Harry

 

[Old Fart in TN]

Harry thanks it would be great if you could do a drawing or something to help me out I would love to try making one of the scoops. thaks again Jeff Tx.

 

[GaBeaSwpr]

Uh, Reilly's Treasured Gold makes an aluminum scoop pretty reasonable. Tough too!
Jim

 

[spez401]

The simple truth is... you can't beat a well made scoop. Sure you can hack one together, and it might work reasonably well, but getting a quality made scoop (rom reilleys, sunspot, jimmy sierra) is well worth the investment. You get great quality, a scoop that has been used/designed/tested by tons of beachcombers, and more importantly... something that is gonna last and make your time on the beach easier and more productive. Remember what you get when you make a cheap scoop: a cheap scoop.

Can it be done? yes, but i can drive a finish nail with a sledgehammer too... doesn't make it the best or the easiest way.
steve

 

[FLauthor]

Well Spez401:
I have a Reilly scoop that cost me $40.00, 20 years ago and it was classified a cheap scoop. Today that same scoop is probably $100. The components maybe be cheap but they are galvanized just like many of the scoops sold by Kellyco. If you include the Labor of building one of my scoops then the price would naturally go up. This scoop can be manufactured by anyone with basic handtools and have an excellent long handled scoop at minimal cost. They do wear out but they usually last about 8 years and I received many compliments from other TH'ers who were impressed in the simplicity of it.
Attached is a drawing of the scoop, experiment and you will be able to build my scoop and when you do, post it on this site and tell me how you like it.
HR

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Attached is a drawing of the scoop, experiment and you will be able to build my scoop and when you do, post it on this site and tell me how you like it.
HR

It didnt attach.

 

[EDDE]

what you blind and deaf

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

what you blind and deaf

He went back, modified and attached. Thanks.