This is genius! Thanks for sharing your idea. I have spent waaay too long the last few years trying to clean walnuts and have been searching for a simple fix. Cheers from Denmark.
I tried that at first thinking it would act like a rock polisher....but the sand just caused the nuts to stick together and muck up and it weighted down the bucket so that it would not turn....what actually cleans the nuts is the chicken wire and the grinding of the nuts together. the sand might work in the final phase of cleaning after the water starts to look clean. Worth a try if you make a stronger machine with a stronger motor to turn the weight.
@@americanplayscapes Thanks for the reply! I have 7000 black walnuts hanging and curing right now from this season's harvest. I think I'm done collecting for now. I think next year I'm going to make something similar to what you have, but instead use a steel barrel with something like a 1hp, single phase motor to turn it.
Did it your way for a few years...was to much work and messy. My way is better....and you can walk away and let them clean themselves. Plus more people have an old drill than a pressure washer.
