jasong Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 There used to be a guy named Wet/Dry Washer that posted to forums about 10 years back who built a similar type device. I was skeptical of it, but invited him onto one of my claims and he used it with a fair degree of success on the picker size gold and up, but it did get some smaller stuff too. His was much simpler, from my recall it was just basically a plastic tub from Walmart, a bit of steel angle, and some various Harbor Freight parts like roller bearings, etc. It was a lot lighter and easier to set up than a drywasher, he was in his 70's and hiked it around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack and dog Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 13 hours ago, jasong said: There used to be a guy named Wet/Dry Washer that posted to forums about 10 years back who built a similar type device. I was skeptical of it, but invited him onto one of my claims and he used it with a fair degree of success on the picker size gold and up, but it did get some smaller stuff too. His was much simpler, from my recall it was just basically a plastic tub from Walmart, a bit of steel angle, and some various Harbor Freight parts like roller bearings, etc. It was a lot lighter and easier to set up than a drywasher, he was in his 70's and hiked it around. Hi , Do you remember what the shape was ? I'm curious ? Cheers Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Jack and dog said: Hi , Do you remember what the shape was ? I'm curious ? Cheers Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack and dog Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Thanks for the photo , converted cement mixers have been used for decades , I made a similar design around 2011 , it worked but required a sweep back design near the lip to help stop gold being thrown out in the discharge . The weakness was the material slides when turning ' I hid wake up & started using slump angles to improve my future designs ☺️ Mine below : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Nice work! Love to see the evolution of an invention! Your last pic (red with logo) looks like your latest model is octagon shaped! Worked out better than round? Or easier to build, due to inward angle of walls? Sorta hard to tell from the one pic! And one in previous pic is painted black! I would guess any dark colors would get very hot in high temperatures! But white is probably too hard on the eyes, to be practical in bright sun! Interesting development in any case! Keep up the good work!?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack and dog Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 6 hours ago, Joe D. said: Nice work! Love to see the evolution of an invention! Your last pic (red with logo) looks like your latest model is octagon shaped! Worked out better than round? Or easier to build, due to inward angle of walls? Sorta hard to tell from the one pic! And one in previous pic is painted black! I would guess any dark colors would get very hot in high temperatures! But white is probably too hard on the eyes, to be practical in bright sun! Interesting development in any case! Keep up the good work!?? Yep that one with the logo was the last model with the updated internals etc' ' yes it's eight sided with inward sloped walls because that shape out performs the round one's . Color has little bearing except if you prefer camouflage ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack and dog Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 11:56 AM, Joe D. said: Nice work! Love to see the evolution of an invention! Your last pic (red with logo) looks like your latest model is octagon shaped! Worked out better than round? Or easier to build, due to inward angle of walls? Sorta hard to tell from the one pic! And one in previous pic is painted black! I would guess any dark colors would get very hot in high temperatures! But white is probably too hard on the eyes, to be practical in bright sun! Interesting development in any case! Keep up the good work!?? Yep that one with the logo was the last model with the updated internals etc' ' yes it's eight sided with inward sloped walls because that shape out performs the round one's . Color has little bearing except if you prefer camouflage ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack and dog Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Well that's the end of the story , I've made a dry concentrator that uses gravity better in a newer way to separate any gold from dry dirt material , the internals make the gravel / dirt ~ liquid for a short time drop & secure any gold for later collection , They are not for sale yet Cheers jack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 If you get to selling them, be sure to add that to your post and the classifieds, etc... I'm sure that there are many here that could benefit from your hard work! Great job!?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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