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Bellows Dry Blower ???? ...... anyone familiar with this build
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<blockquote data-quote="Stingray" data-source="post: 572586" data-attributes="member: 7745"><p>Hi Teemore, I use a Gold Wizard on my lease. Have a look at the the last two pics in my post on page 2 of this topic which shows the machine and excavator I feed it with. <a href="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33330" target="_blank">https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33330</a></p><p>Unfortunately in the photo the riffle tray is not on the machine, but you get the general idea of what it should look like. It's powered by a 2.5 hp Briggs and Stratton with pulleys and vee-belts driving the bellows and the clay breaker which in a really good feature of this unit. Dirt that makes it through the grizzly screen falls down a chute and into a spinning tee piece that throws the dirt out laterally inside a steel barrel and then it falls down into the riffle tray. The dirt and rocks gets smacked into the side of the barrel (looks like a mill) which breaks up the hard lumps.</p><p></p><p>I had to make a new bellows and riffle tray and a few other bits and pieces but I was very surprised how well it works. It catches quite fine gold and I can put about 3 tonnes per hour through it when the dirt is nice and dry. Be warned though - it is heavy! Having said that it has a set of handles and wheels that slot on so you can move it around. The only thing I don't like about the design is that the oversize and classified (processed) material ends up in one pile at the front of the machine. I dealt with that by rigging up a chute off the end of the grizzly screen to take the oversize further away - you can see that on the photo. Not pretty but it was a bush fix and it works. Good luck and happy to provide advice or whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stingray, post: 572586, member: 7745"] Hi Teemore, I use a Gold Wizard on my lease. Have a look at the the last two pics in my post on page 2 of this topic which shows the machine and excavator I feed it with. [url]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33330[/url] Unfortunately in the photo the riffle tray is not on the machine, but you get the general idea of what it should look like. It's powered by a 2.5 hp Briggs and Stratton with pulleys and vee-belts driving the bellows and the clay breaker which in a really good feature of this unit. Dirt that makes it through the grizzly screen falls down a chute and into a spinning tee piece that throws the dirt out laterally inside a steel barrel and then it falls down into the riffle tray. The dirt and rocks gets smacked into the side of the barrel (looks like a mill) which breaks up the hard lumps. I had to make a new bellows and riffle tray and a few other bits and pieces but I was very surprised how well it works. It catches quite fine gold and I can put about 3 tonnes per hour through it when the dirt is nice and dry. Be warned though - it is heavy! Having said that it has a set of handles and wheels that slot on so you can move it around. The only thing I don't like about the design is that the oversize and classified (processed) material ends up in one pile at the front of the machine. I dealt with that by rigging up a chute off the end of the grizzly screen to take the oversize further away - you can see that on the photo. Not pretty but it was a bush fix and it works. Good luck and happy to provide advice or whatever. [/QUOTE]
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