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DIY Trommel on a shoe string budget
malo
post Mar 26 2012, 09:42 PM
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Here you'll find directions to build an inexpensive, compact, and light weight hand trommel. It is designed to classify quantity material for your dry-washer, high-banker, sluice, pan, and can also be used in garden composting and worm harvesting. The cost of construction is around $50.

Mike's Trommel

http://mlaine.homeip.net/Trom/Trom
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post Mar 26 2012, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE (malo @ Mar 26 2012, 10:42 PM) *
Here you'll find directions to build an inexpensive, compact, and light weight hand trommel. It is designed to classify quantity material for your dry-washer, high-banker, sluice, pan, and can also be used in garden composting and worm harvesting. The cost of construction is around $50.

Mike's Trommel

http://mlaine.homeip.net/Trom/Trom


Looks great ! Is it long enough to straddle a mixing tub? If so that would be a handy catch bin that you may already have with you.
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post Mar 26 2012, 10:17 PM
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QUOTE (amorton @ Mar 26 2012, 10:09 PM) *
Looks great ! Is it long enough to straddle a mixing tub? If so that would be a handy catch bin that you may already have with you.



I actually upgraded it to accommodate Home Depot buckets and it is much faster and ergonomically pleasing to the back. Check out the website and the links I posted. I have folks all over the world building these little guys now. What fun!
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post Nov 3 2014, 01:22 AM
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I have tried to edit the link above but can't. Here is the updated link to the page where directions to build Mike's Trommel can be found.

Mike's Trommel
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post Nov 3 2014, 04:56 AM
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I like it! Gonna have to build me one!
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post Oct 4 2015, 12:01 PM
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Mike's Trommel is now located at: Mike's Trommel

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Mike Laine
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post Dec 14 2015, 01:55 PM
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Wow! That's a great looking little unit. Nice work.
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post Dec 14 2015, 07:23 PM
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planning on heading to AZ to do some prospecting; might be a good way to classify dry stuff!


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post Jan 14 2017, 09:39 PM
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Watching videos again in preparation to make one. Will be using it to classify to 1/8 out in the desert to run my gold wheel.

Here's someone that took this idea and set up a desert wash plant. Brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQfhd9MVNI



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post Jan 14 2017, 10:36 PM
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Lots of good mods to Mike's design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd6iV70f6fs&t=106s


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Nice detailed step-by-step video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n5BZKZBKJE


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