The guy knows what he is doing! I to, have run my trommel with little to no angle. It cleans the material a lot better. Has always worked for me. I really wish the owner would start selling these beasts again. This thing is quality made.
Not a problem and sounds good to me I would love to see that run as high amount of dirt as possible and see how fast it chews through it because it seems like a monster but I do have a question what does the trommel classify to and how much water you putting out
Brilliant machine! this thing is way better than anything else in it's class. I love how you can dump a whole 5 gal bucket and walk away. Tailings looked spotless meaning the machine is scrubbing quite well. I could improve my operation with something like this. Not to mention that it is quite portable. This would pay for itself rather quickly. Genius!....Rob (placer miner)
Good Work! For areas without direct water access, is it possible to reuse the water after it exits the sluice box, by filtering it and sending it back to the pump? Since your webpage does not exist anymore, do you send out plans to build this machine?
I am building my third trommel right now . I will be ready for the spring time on my claim . If I did not own a shop, this would be my choice for a machine built by someone else . I looked at a trommel in Boise Id. . It had a harbor freight engine . It was not even in the ball park of this machine . Nice job on the engineering and construction .
Thanks Russ, I really appreciate the compliment. I have tried to build a quality machine that will last for a long time but yet be simple in the design but also not be to complicated to operate, I like to keep things simple but effective.
Very cool..I'm gonna build one pretty soon...I'm gonna mount it on a small trailer with a 275 gallon water tank..and use a metal barrel...I'm dry washing right now but I'm sure I'm losing gold stuck on the big rocks I throw aside.
That's amazing I have been looking for equipment like this for a while. What was the price of all the parts and the hoses. Would there be blueprints of this trommel?
hello ..such a lovely job ..it looks amazing ... well done mate .I was wondering if you can share the making of this project with your admires on your channel . the stages how you build it and the kind of equipment you use for it . greetings from uk
fair enough :) I fully understand that .As I am looking forward to see more videos from you I would definitely consider buying from you . Good luck with work mate .cheers
1" per foot of drop, these sluices are around 3 foot long so need around 3 foot of drop, nothing gets past the first couple of riffles on mine running this much drop and the drop helps massively with clearing it, good drop and moderate water speed is better than fast water and little drop.
OK so I only have one comment and it isn't bad but as a experienced miner who has built a hand cranked Rommel smaller than that and feeds it with a small four foot conveyor by a friend who feeds it 6 buckets ever ten minutes you can definitely run more dirt through that. Trommels like that were made to run as much dirt as possible and when putting two or three buckets in that hopper at once you will actually get through them in the time it took you to do one get back to me on this comment section on what you think oh and the conveyor is hand cranked to so that cuts running costs
Larger feeder and more water Scotty .. More water lol hell of a rig . should do a yard to a yard and a half per hour . toss Grizzly bars on it and a small excavator and your in the big time nice little system for a small scale . would love to work a little system like that . in Nome ..
...and destroy your neurological system, as well as poison anything else it comes in contact with. Unless you are processing gold in commercial levels leave the mercury in the lab, your life, sanity, and health isn't worth an extra $25 worth of gold. (and yes, people go crazy due to mercury poisoning~ The Mad Hatter was a stereotype/caricature of actual hat makers of the time who used mercury in the creation process, unknowingly poisoning themselves).
Dave I was running the trommel on the edge of my yard so I was using the pool to catch all the rock so it doesn't get into the grass. The sluice fines are half inch or smaller and run down over the bank and not in the lawn. I was only doing a test. Hope this helps explain. Joel
TheJogdredge hey no problem LOL here in alberta we cant discharge any sluice directly into a water course so I always have the pool on the sloppy end of my set up ...
Yep, water flow and even the angle is too much, perhaps lessening the angle is worth a try, could be the simplest solution as well as slowing down the water a tad, as there is two water inputs, the one at the trommel could be slowed, yeah? And be carefull, Keene sluices are renowned for throwing away gold nuggets. Otherwise looks good. Dean Richardson. Gold GEAR International.
I like the setup - but why not go electrically driven with solar charging to battery bank? I can understand it would be cost prohibitive at first, however, once you put enough pay through that wash-plant I would see it as the best long term solution to cutting cost and noise for the owner/worker.
That's it? No results after? Wow what a lame video that was definitely thumbs down and no subscription thanks for wasting my time I could have watched that anywhere
Well... You can't tell me you manufacture it yourself.. right? What I think U meant was, Its a package you bought and assembled in your garage..but this don't mean its your idea..or something built from scratch...(HOMEMADE) now does it...? So no.. its not homemade.. sorry...lol
+Dwayne Sklar They are not built from a kit, they are not purchased elsewhere, they are built by me one at a time from scratch in my garage. All of the trommels in my video's were completely built and assembled by me from parts and materials I bought, made or fabricated myself, it is also my own design not someone else's. The closest they come to being manufactured is now I have some of my parts cut out on a CNC machine at a local shop just so they are more accurate. The shop I build them in is less than 20' X 20', you should stop by sometime I will give you the grand tour, it might last 5 minutes. Joel
Interesting... you don't say... well I apologize for my input.. but they look so store bought on your vids... and well if your doing this well of a job with them.. all the power to ya...and well done, anyway sure love to check that out and what one of these days.. and what the little trommels cost?... I'm going mining in BC next season and I'm either going to make a trommel but, a bit bigger then the ones I've seen of yours.... thanks for setting me strait..
