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willo1

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Hi everyone,

I am planning on trying my hand at building a Gold Miller Table. I was wondering if anyone has built one and what you used for the flat base. I have looked at a few things and am thinking a good base may be a white board, or would this be toooo smooth??..... Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jason.
 
hey mate only built one and used blackboard paint, maybe 6 coats between sanding. the trick is to get it as smoooth as you can the smoother it is the flatter the water will be and the easier it is to dial the water feed in.

If i was making one again i would use a sheet of perspex with a 2000 wet and dry sand paper and blackboard paint, and id use aluminum for the rails so the wood doesn't swell, i found that even with everything seemingly sealed the bastard has a few swelled spots. they work really well though, i bought a 200 mesh classifier for it and you could go even finer tyo increase recovery. its amazing how much fine gold is on the table once its dry and you brushed it all up.

Good luck on your build i'm sure it'll be a ripper.

PS - mine was very similar to this guys

[video=480,360]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LS-A399GFE[/video]
 
Colin&Lee said:
Have a look here to Willo, joe made one a while back

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=491&p=1

Cheers

Col
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Cheers Col, yes Willo it's working ok mate.

You could also use your existing sluice as a base with cutting mat (I would prefer green over black)
Something like this
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That's looks great Joe. Thanks for the direction Col, much appreciated. I have a few days off coming up and hopefully I will get a chance to knock something together.
 
I have never used one or seen one with my own eyes but always wanted to build one. If I ever did make one I think I would go for green chalk board paint for the contrast. The other thing too is , I love my gold more than the next man but if I had to look thru a magnifying glass to see it I wouldn't bother! The weight for a whole days digging I doubt would even register on a scale. Maybe u love it more than me lol.
 
All I ever find is the really fine stuff. But at the end of the day, every flake counts, no matter how small. After a while I hope that I will be able to put all my small stuff together and it will eventually get a reading on the scales.....
 
nice little setup there Ditherer and Son :)

I think you will find you can run a bit more water if you classify down to specific size, I run 200 mesh only on my Miller table and the fines are impossible to see until its dried in the sun. thanks for the videos very entertaining love the helicamera thinghy i want one
 
Thanks for the info Ditherer, that's pretty well similar to what I was thinking of. Great videos by the way. After watching them I might just have to plan a trip up to Ophir during my next lot of holidays. Looks like a great spot.
 
Ditherer
Awesome video's mate top class quality, love the drone footage, do you mind sending me some contact details for the drone owner via pm as I am really interested in them & his platform seams very stable, Thanks.
Nice table too.
cheers
Lee
 
Thanks guys, the parts list for the miller table dad built is 1:26 into the first video. Glad you guys liked the video.

(As a side point, could you please give the video the thumbs up at the top right of the vid) Thanks again :8
 
Chiming in with a suggestion, there's a product called esp (easy surface prep) a rub on "key" that will make just about any surface you can imagine paintable. We used this back in the day to paint glass and perspex, so i know it will work if used correctly, but you have to be careful of chipping out like any surface, but its a product i still use today under all sorts of paint types on all types of substrates, very effective and will help retain the ultra smooth finish you guys are after.
 
Goldtarget said:
Chiming in with a suggestion, there's a product called esp (easy surface prep) a rub on "key" that will make just about any surface you can imagine paintable. We used this back in the day to paint glass and perspex, so i know it will work if used correctly, but you have to be careful of chipping out like any surface, but its a product i still use today under all sorts of paint types on all types of substrates, very effective and will help retain the ultra smooth finish you guys are after.
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Hey Goldtarget
Mate thanks for that info, it's these little insider tricks that make all the difference to DIY projects, any particular brand name that you suggest looking for???
cheers
Lee
 
Its called ESP. Made by flood company. Prob get it at hardware, but specialist paint store will definitely have it. Pretty good value for money you will only need a small amount, the half litre tin would be heaps. I painted up two huge sawn rocks for my dad after using this stuff ten years ago, through all those summers and frosts its still in bloody good intrigity, probably find a few uses for it. My old wheelie bins still have three numbers painted on to this day, just a bit scratched on my block, same deal many years of weather.Just follow the directions can't go wrong
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I'm not affiliated with this company, my recommendation is based on personal use only. This pic should help in sourcing the product.
 
Goldtarget said:
Its called ESP. Made by flood company. Prob get it at hardware, but specialist paint store will definitely have it. Pretty good value for money you will only need a small amount, the half litre tin would be heaps. I painted up two huge sawn rocks for my dad after using this stuff ten years ago, through all those summers and frosts its still in bloody good intrigity, probably find a few uses for it. My old wheelie bins still have three numbers painted on to this day, just a bit scratched on my block, same deal many years of weather.Just follow the directions can't go wrong
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I can also vouch for the stuff.
Redid all my kitchen cupboards and draws with this stuff prior to painting and it worked brilliantly
 
That stuff looks great ive got a an old cracked mirror out back do might make a small miller tabke out of it.
 

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