Today I MADE

Uneven thickness in the plastic could cause you problems, see how it goes If you know how to make a foam cutter from a car battery, it will cut the hdpe much better than most tools except power tools / dremel. Be careful not to cut yourself, its slippery stuff!

ABS styrene thermoform plastic sheets better

made this for my wife for when she wakes up out of cigarette butts while drunk this morning it was like domino bricks kept falling over anyway here is a pic


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today I built mark 1 of my detecting pick complete with neodymium magnets to speed up getting the nails and junk out of trashy ground , it started as a test to see if I could make the tapered handle holder like a mattock and also how the bends would work out , only zapped it up with arc welder as I wasn't planning on using it but its good enough I will use it ,wish I had of fired the mig up now but any way

scale = head is 320 mm long and handle approx. 1200mm its a half thickness mattock handle

I cloned a Garrett sand scoop from a horse feed scoop found on ebay. Drilled 100 or so 10mm holes. Total cost after purchase including postage was $14.95, about a third of the cost of the Garrett.





I must give full credit to PA Member "Horse" for the idea on this thread https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=10042

PT73 (McHail) that is a ripper, well done. I made one fron a two litre milk container but the plastic is too soft I much prefer yours.
Cheers
Mackka

watch out for wild brumbies

Cheers Mackka, you should try and get one of these.

Thanks AussieFarmer for the warning!

step drill bit would of made a nice finish

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/172309569635?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1PC-Hex-...482374?hash=item5b275dcbc6:g:-R4AAOSwXeJXf5Nt

Yes they are handy bits, I do have one somewhere? Anyhow I hit it with the lighter after this pic and it cleaned up the burrs fine. As long as it scoops up the treasures and exits the sand I'm happy.

http://www.gearbest.com/trekking-poles/pp_377215.html?wid=21

took 3 hours but found some thing to do the job $5.50 inc post .19mm and 22mm tube

just waiting for more parts will finish soon

Mackka said:

PT73 (McHail) that is a ripper, well done. I made one fron a two litre milk container but the plastic is too soft I much prefer yours.
Cheers
Mackka

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try 2l tomato sauce bottle, plastic is 2mm thick very strong

tally ho said:

step drill bit would of made a nice finish

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/172309569635?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1PC-Hex-...482374?hash=item5b275dcbc6:g:-R4AAOSwXeJXf5Nt

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Thanks for the link, ordered a couple.

Mike.

Today I made a river sluice with some aloy sheet I had laying around and I also cut up the old security screen, the rest I got from Bunnings for around $15

aussiefarmer said:

today I built mark 1 of my detecting pick complete with neodymium magnets to speed up getting the nails and junk out of trashy ground , it started as a test to see if I could make the tapered handle holder like a mattock and also how the bends would work out , only zapped it up with arc welder as I wasn't planning on using it but its good enough I will use it ,wish I had of fired the mig up now but any way

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Nice mate, where do you get the magnets please?

DEANY243 said:

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Today I made a river sluice with some aloy sheet I had laying around and I also cut up the old security screen, the rest I got from Bunnings for around $15

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looks real good mate, you'll get nice feed rates with that length of sluice

aussiefarmer you can get the magnets from Ebay about $2.65 for 10 magnets, free postage from China. Beware they are very brittle.

Thanks wishfull!

Yep ebay search either Rare earth magnets or neodymium magnets , i probably should have mounted them on the back but i can tell you they work a treat in the garden , they catch old nails and little iron stone pellets real easily.