Auto feeder

[G1sammons]

Looking for some ideas on a auto feeder for cleanup sluices ect.

 

[omnicron]

You searched for auto feeder » Angus MacKirk

 

[bill-costa rica]

this is a good auto feeder

 

[omnicron]

this is a good auto feeder

Now that's getting serious!! You must have one hell of a operation Bill to need that kind of auto feeder for your cleanups!

 

[G1sammons]

this is a good auto feeder

wowsers that look like it cost more than my dredge... What do ya think ya have in it bill...also do ya wet or dry feed?

 

[bill-costa rica]

i wish it was my build, a guy in alaska built this for his auto feeder into shaker table. i am sure you could build this for well under 200 bucks. it is a wet feed. no custom parts. a wood auger for the feed.

bill/cr

 

[omnicron]

A small scale one could be made very inexpensively using a 12v motor...hmm maybe a future project for me...

 

[Jim in Idaho]

I built a rotary auto-feeder a couple of years ago. It could be built to any scale needed, if a guy was handy. You can see it operating here:

 

[G1sammons]

I built a rotary auto-feeder a couple of years ago. It could be built to any scale needed, if a guy was handy. You can see it operating here: YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLoqfj9-yXI

That's nice Jim!

 

[G1sammons]

I built a rotary auto-feeder a couple of years ago. It could be built to any scale needed, if a guy was handy. You can see it operating here: YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLoqfj9-yXI

hay Jim where do you get the gear reduction motors?

 

[bill-costa rica]

granger has them

bill/cr

 

[Jim in Idaho]

hay Jim where do you get the gear reduction motors?

The ones like the one on the smaller jig (other video) I bought 4 of them on EBay...cost me a total of $57.00, including shipping. The one on the jig in the video is also from EBay....they sell for $78 new + shipping. They have an ouput speed about 200RPM, and are more powerful. The smaller units have an output about 75rpm. The one I used on the auto-feeder is a window motor off a Chevy of some sort. All these smaller motors have gears on the output shaft, and I have to machine an adapter to fit them to a round shaft.
The chain and sprockets on the auto-feeder came off a kid's bike I bought at a thrift store for $5.00. They had to be modified to work on the feeder, but no big deal.
Jim

 

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