Trommel project V 2.0

[grazjsw]

Many of u have seen my poor mans diy trommel project.
Well i stardet a new one. In finland here is atm -26.5 celsius so its good time to do new stuff for next mining season.
Im going to use same motor, watersystem and castbox. here is some photos

 

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[grazjsw]

Backup motor 230v and the power will NOT end=). One L iron to front and its 100% perfect.

 

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[BurntBear]

Nice build! I like it.

 

[grazjsw]

ok now im working on sluicebox total length 4 meters

 

[grazjsw]

I made this kind of quickrelese on my travel sluicebox . demostration video.

 

[spaghettigold]

Looks good.clarksons ?

 

[Gelmac]

Backup motor 230v and the power will NOT end=). One L iron to front and its 100% perfect.

Do you intend to use an electric generator ? a 230v motor needs a lot of power.

 

[grazjsw]

yes il use electric generator. this motor is 750 wats.

 

[grazjsw]

230v motor test video

 

[Gelmac]

Now this should be good to move a lot of material.

 

[grazjsw]

sluice box allmost ready

 

[grazjsw]

allmost ready

 

[grazjsw]

some progress

 

[grazjsw]

 

[grazjsw]

sluicebox is almost ready couple more on todolist. If this sluice wont trap any gold then the is no gold in the ground =)

 

[spaghettigold]

hey grazjsw,great working ethics there.
It could be that those riffles at the end of your sluice will need much more watervolume /speed/angle then your previous expanded section.
emilio

 

[grazjsw]

Yeah i know that well i will test it in the summer.

hey grazjsw,great working ethics there.
It could be that those riffles at the end of your sluice will need much more watervolume /speed/angle then your previous expanded section.
emilio

 

[spaghettigold]

Yes,i,m waiting for the spring bankholydays too to do some tests.

Heavy pans

Emilio

 

[grazjsw]

ok sluicebox is ready.

 

[grazjsw]

ok here it is.

 

[Gelmac]

That is one fine looking piece of Trommel ! Congrats on being able to complete your project. I am also making more progress on my build.

Thanks for taking the time to document and share the pics of your beautiful trommel .