Building the Kreekeeda 300 and 250

Mate id love to help you but im absolutely flat. If you can tig you are welcome to come over any time during the day and go for it... I just dont have the time brother

It's the same story with anyone good mate especially this time of year. I'll have a word to a couple places and get back to you. A guy who did mig and tig welding for me (pretty experienced) was looking for a few cashies about two months ago too, he's set up with an aly mig but I've never seen his aly work if that helps. Let me know if you want me to pass your details on. Another mate not long got into it too but he works rotating roster and again I haven't had any samples done... It's a tough one to crack.

G0lddigg@ said:

Mate id love to help you but im absolutely flat. If you can tig you are welcome to come over any time during the day and go for it... I just dont have the time brother

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mate that would be perfect...Quality of welds isnt a priority anymore, they are prototypes and i just need them finished so i can hit the gold over xmas. ive never tig welded but if you can just set the settings on the machine for me i'll be ok...thanks heaps for this help GD...will let you know when im coming down soon...cheers

haha i'm scared.....never tiged before but going to tig your baby.....

Goldtarget said:

It's the same story with anyone good mate especially this time of year. I'll have a word to a couple places and get back to you. A guy who did mig and tig welding for me (pretty experienced) was looking for a few cashies about two months ago too, he's set up with an aly mig but I've never seen his aly work if that helps. Let me know if you want me to pass your details on. Another mate not long got into it too but he works rotating roster and again I haven't had any samples done... It's a tough one to crack.

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thanks heaps GT...your rite ey...i cant believe how challenging getting welding done is...i will finish this 1 way or another!

G0lddigg@ said:

haha i'm scared.....never tiged before but going to tig your baby.....

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she'll be right mate

yerp that right aussie slang

Hay mate great build so far. My mate can tig like a god. Its awesome to watch someone with skill.
He is in Canberra/Qbn if that helps
And he specialises in aluminium.

Monaro Metal Works (Andrew) (number removed as per forum rules)

Cheers
Ryan

54 fabricated parts in total for each(not including fasteners and chains)...some welding and assembly to go and they are ready for thier first feed

They are looking unreal 20x...very impressive mate

There's a real good tigger in Branxton NSW, if anyone is interested?

I want to see this baby working, it looks fantastic.

The 300 ready for testing...



Double R10 leg lockers keeps this unit totally rigid and stable...







What started this wasnt an idea, i needed a riffle at the top of my old HB that i converted to expanded and cause i was 1 hr from town all i could find was a length of 40mm steel angle behind dads shed. Puting expanded in this section wasnt an idea either, after another experiment i did with the sluice i ended up with a bolt and expended in that section i filled in from the experiment. Because the hieght of the 40mm riffle is impotant i just took the moss out and left the expanded to see what would happen and bingo...it works awsome...



Custom R10/R6 combo alloy punch plate...



Built in level vials for faster setup time and to keep an eye on any movement while sluicing...

A built in ball bubble inclinometer for precise sluice angle settings and faster setup(set 1 degree out by accident lol)...


Folded up in transportation mode...


100% Alloy(except zinc/steel fasteners and chains)

100% Hand made

100% Aussie

Gold makes people do strange things...and i love it!

Awesome effort mate. What a beast

Love it 20x, awesome build, a lot of time and thought has gone into those builds, it's a credit to you mate 10points for the spirit levels, saves a lot of time setting up and making sure it hasn't changed angles when loading.
Can't wait to see the pics of the big girls in action,

Looks great many hours of work to create you should get many hours of pleasure from it and rewards regards john

Unreal 20x

Amazing idea and I hope it pays for itself on its first outing...well done

Gotta say 20x that its one of the sexiest builds I've seen in a long time
Its a credit to you and your persistence.
I hope it chokes with gold on your first run mate.... :lol:
Great job

That's a piece of art mate. Can't wait see some pictures of it in action.
Is that v mat under the expended in the top sluice? I assume that's where most of the gold will drop?
I like the built in spray bars but how do you clean them if they clogg up?

Beagleboy said:

That's a piece of art mate. Can't wait see some pictures of it in action.
Is that v mat under the expended in the top sluice? I assume that's where most of the gold will drop?
I like the built in spray bars but how do you clean them if they clogg up?

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Im glad you asked this question...

Ive sluiced with water loaded with debree and no extra filter cage around the suction hose filter, it was the small sticks that clogged the jets and i just kept pulling them through with a thin piece of hooked wire. After weeks of dealing with this i thought i would take the pvc spray bars apart for a clean out and amazingly found them empty.

I think it a filter cage is the answer to avoiding this problem at that end. I thought of this problem way before i started designing the built in spray bars. Option A would be to drill out say a 10mm hole at the end of the bars and tap some thread into it so i can install a bleeder/flush bolt. Option B would be to weld another 45 degree piece to the end of the spray bars angled to the outside of the hopper and thread the ends for screw caps.

thanx for asking the question mate

cheers