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Bellows puffer style drywasher plans
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<blockquote data-quote="gcause" data-source="post: 78505" data-attributes="member: 1497"><p>So I have been looking into dry washers lately as I am looking at going west and trying my luck and they seem to be priced anywhere from AUD$1000 to $2500 and they all seem to require a leaf blower to operate.</p><p></p><p>Inspired by Goldigg's excellent build and others on the forum I have decided to build an old style bellows puffer dry washer rather than a leaf blower version as I can't stand the noise of the leaf blower versions and I want to be able to operate it by a small electric motor off my troopy's secondary battery or by hand crank if that runs down.</p><p></p><p>I want to be able to get at least a days run out of the battery so a small motor with low draw would be the go.</p><p></p><p>I want it to be portable and easy to setup and get going.</p><p></p><p>The best plans I have come across so far are these from an old popular mechanics magazine:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1497/1400487522_image.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1497/1400487584_image.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is a couple of videos of the sort of thing I am talking about:</p><p></p><p>[video=480,360]<a href="http://youtu.be/aaaqT30AIPU" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/aaaqT30AIPU</a>[/video]</p><p></p><p>[video=480,360]<a href="http://youtu.be/rUJMoFKPK3Y" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/rUJMoFKPK3Y</a>[/video]</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any other plans, experience building one or suggestions on how to go about building one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcause, post: 78505, member: 1497"] So I have been looking into dry washers lately as I am looking at going west and trying my luck and they seem to be priced anywhere from AUD$1000 to $2500 and they all seem to require a leaf blower to operate. Inspired by Goldigg's excellent build and others on the forum I have decided to build an old style bellows puffer dry washer rather than a leaf blower version as I can't stand the noise of the leaf blower versions and I want to be able to operate it by a small electric motor off my troopy's secondary battery or by hand crank if that runs down. I want to be able to get at least a days run out of the battery so a small motor with low draw would be the go. I want it to be portable and easy to setup and get going. The best plans I have come across so far are these from an old popular mechanics magazine: [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1497/1400487522_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1497/1400487584_image.jpg[/img] Here is a couple of videos of the sort of thing I am talking about: [video=480,360][url]http://youtu.be/aaaqT30AIPU[/url][/video] [video=480,360][url]http://youtu.be/rUJMoFKPK3Y[/url][/video] Does anyone have any other plans, experience building one or suggestions on how to go about building one? [/QUOTE]
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