DIY Vibrating Soil & Compost Sifter 

Would love to see more of your creations or ideas or even a garage tour!

Best video I've seen yet. I don't have a cart, but can still use your idea with this lightweight sifter that can "roam" around my 24'x16' raised garden bed. I can sieve reclaimed soil around the border (say a 4' swathe) and eject rocks, twigs directly into a wheelbarrow standing outside the bed. Inside the bed I will be re-sifting existing material which will produce gradually reducing loads of detritus. Again: Thank You; an award-winning idea.

Watched a lot of homemade sifter videos and 1 minute in I knew this was the best design. Nice job. Thank you!

I have seen a lot of videos about compost sifters and I think this is the best design for its simplicity. Congrats.

Clever design and it stores neatly under your bed! Just like those old exercise machine ads. Nice work.

This is a good design, much better than the guy selling plans for an over-built but under-engineered contraption that uses a reciprocating saw to shake the screen table back and forth.

Brother, let me just tell you. I have looked at so many sifters on RU-vid. Some are so complex it is unbelievable, with pulleys and motors and the like. And you know some are not that complex. And I am aware, that people are doing what they can with what they have. But this model that you’ve designed is so fine. I also like the revisions. I do a good little bit of composting because I have, to me a lot of flowers. Sometimes I use 3 or 4 buggies of soil on a bed. So you can understand why I appreciate so very much you taking the time to go through all the trouble you did to put this on video and bless us all with this information. God bless you and yours.

This is the best solution for the home DIY'er and I have looked at many sifting solutions. Yours is the most compact and convenient, not resulting in a pile to be moved again.

Just came across this. It looks like it works great and nothing better than a straight forward simple design. Nice job!

Holy cow I'm trying to sive lots of compost this is genius

That’s a great design. Well done. Definitely going to steal some ideas for my soil sifting problems

Love the Skill and Ingenuity, I appreciate the creative assistance. I'll be using or keeping several key features of your design in mind when constructing my sifter.

Brilliant idea. Fantastic design. Exceptional work!

Great video, perfect length, clear, pleasant to watch. What a nice clean design!

I have seen dozens of designs and love what you did.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 totally amazing , I love this idea , Ive looked at loads and even started assembling a trommel out of salvaged parts . But this is so simple and effective I'm not going to bother with the trommel build and will go with this design instead . Good job 👍👍👍👍 Best wishes Steve

Nice short video filled with quick information easy to process and answer questions for building one. Thank you

Ingenious, efficient, simple & effective. A very innovative mind.

Great work. Took it to the next level. Very clean.

Great build and even I get follow your easy set-up. Thank you Don❤

This was great! I love your design. I'm glad I saw it.

Excellent design, very cool!

What a great setup, thanks very much for posting this.

I admire all your work. I've made 6 screens from 1/4 to 2" spacings, and try to use the largest gapped rack to do the least bashing of soil particles yet catch most weeds and biggest stones . I'm going for small-ish volumes hence will not 'go' electrical etc.

Great video and a great sifter. Thank you for sharing!!

You're a daggum genius Russ! Compliments on the detailed, but lean voiceover as well. I'm going to try substituting the motor with a cordless reciprocating saw (without the blade) when I get around to trying this build. Hoping that'll work, provided it'll probably take two people to run. I've seen others use cordless sawzalls to get air bubbles out of concrete form pours so I figured it'd be worth a shot. Thanks again!

Awesome set up. Love it

Wow this is good. I will try to make one about half this size. I have backyard goats and here in dried up California I feel like I am tossing out 1/2 the back yard with the poops. I am sure the city compost loves our contributions 😉. Anyway I have tried a number of hand devices and each has a flaw. This is great! I wonder if I need the 100w motor or if I could get by with the smaller one.

An UPDATE - I made a couple modifications to the design: I replaced the angle iron with a 2x2 board (& eye hooks) and now use toolbox clasps to secure that board to the rails instead of wing nuts. The angle worked fine, but now I can assemble or disassemble the sifter in under 1 minute. I also attached a thin piece of rubber on the board where the compression springs bounce, to make in run even quieter. Vibrating motor (100W). I bought mine for $61 in January. Shop around for the best price: www.amazon.com/Concrete-Vibrator-Vibration-Aluminum-Vibrating/dp/B076Q59PPB/ref=pd_sbs_60_2/146-4685711-2905920?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B076Q59PPB&pd_rd_r=230b2237-b115-46ff-be7b-437f79ab1fed&pd_rd_w=vWzbw&pd_rd_wg=46yF4&pf_rd_p=12b8d3e2-e203-4b23-a8bc-68a7d2806477&pf_rd_r=RME86QR9QSN1R520XYSX&psc=1&refRID=RME86QR9QSN1R520XYSX Reostat: www.amazon.com/Electronic-Controller-Variable-Adjuster-Hydroponics/dp/B07T9BLJ7L/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=rheostat&qid=1590715251&sr=8-1 Cub Cadet Hauler: www.homedepot.com/p/Cub-Cadet-Hauler-1000-lb-Capacity-10-cu-ft-Modular-Tow-Behind-Dump-Cart-19B40026100/301057815

Wow,this is great!Good job man!

wonderful concept sir ! thumb up

Awesome build. Thanks

Nice Work Russ, Thanks

5star thank you very much for sharing this

You can also find vibrating motors on old hospital type beds with vibrating option

of all the ideas ive been mulling over im going to go with this one for my gorilla cart. nice video

Old video but thank you. Gonna make a little bigger one for the backyard.

this is beautiful. I am wanting to break up huge clumps of peat moss and have it all fluffy - this will do it. Thanks Russ. I subbed just incase you come up with any other helpful wisdom to post.

This would awesome for worms. What a cool way of doing this. Nice and simple.

Nice design.

nice job, really smart

Well done sir!

Nice job!

Yup genius for sure love it👍

Excellent!

This is actually really great. I'm gonna try to make one

Brilliant!

I love this, and now I'm building my own since I'm tired of manually sifting soil in the Texas heat. Can you provide a little info on the compression springs? Any info would be helpful.

I need to build a tabletop mini version

Nice!

Have you had issues with the screen falling apart (the welds breaking) due to the vibration? I've built a few versions of your screen, and it seems to be the limiting factor thus far.

Brilliant!👍🏻🇨🇦

This is great! Wish you had links to the items (vibrating motor, cadet cart, etc) you used for this great project in your description. Cheers!

Genius!😊

Genius!

May use your idea.

Can you please add the moter link

Hey, I saw your video and I was so impressed by the shaking effect! Can I ask what kind of mechanical device you're using to achieve that? It looks really cool!

Russ, How did you connect the compression springs to the board and wooden construction that sits at the bottom of the cart ? Thanks Ron

You need more videos

Possibly the simples vibration sifter I've seen.

Excellent design. Do you have a link or name & model no. of the reostat?

my next plan great info thank you sir what type motor is that ?

Do you have a link to the extension springs you used on the upper portion of the screen? I have searched on Amazon and there are sooo many choices. I ordered one pair that looked like yours but they are way too stiff.....any help would be appreciated. Cheers, bob

Can you tell me what size (watts) vibrator you used? Thanks

How did you secure the compression springs? Think it would hold up if compression springs were attached to both ends, so that the sieve is parallel to the ground?

How do you connect the compression springs?

Russ, can you please provide plans?

what size motor is that?

RU-vid use your big brain algorithms

Will you build me one?

dudes a lejan

You don’t show it working efficiently. Probably because overall it doesn’t work all that great. It needs to shake not vibrate.

5star thank you very much for sharing this