LeTrap Angle?

[A#1]

What is the optimum, designed, or desired angle for the Le Trap sluice.

Building a stand for a level floor. It can be anything i want it to be. What's my target?

 

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[arizau]

What is the optimum, designed, or desired angle for the Le Trap sluice.

Building a stand for a level floor. It can be anything i want it to be. What's my target?

The ultimate angle the sluice is set at will probably vary with water flow, feed types etc. I'm a proponent of the KISS method so Iwould just build it to the desirable height and adjust the angle by shimming the high end to a desired angle. You can build in adjustment by inserting bolts on either side and adjusting height/angle and level with a wrench.

PS A usual rule of thumb (starting point) for sluice set up is about 1" drop per foot of run but it is often plus or minus.

 

[mytimetoshine]

As flat as possibly while still exchanging material at your desired feed rate.

 

[A#1]

So 1 in 12 pitch is 4.8 degrees....

At 5 degrees it seems to work pretty nice, but i'd like to experiment more.

I think i'll shoot to make the stand adjustable from 0 to 10 degrees then.

Thanks for the input.