Sluice feeder

[Terrraaustralis2014]

Hey guys,

Short 'n' sweet ( or I'll try )

I'm thinking of building a feeder for my high banker. Needing to control the feed. Hoping to maybe take some of the load off my back and knees when loading her up during the day.

Thinking something along the lines of the principle an 'hour glass' works on. Something that can be sat on some sort of legs to elevate it.

Maybe a thin metal pipe running from a cone shaped bucket with a sieve on top.

I'll still run the bigger rocks through the hopper.

You get the idea. ...any thoughts?? :/

Cheers,

Chris

 

[yobskin]

How are you feeding the hb currently?

 

[Terrraaustralis2014]

What's doing, yobskin

Just with a shovel. Was thinking a scoop but I think that's more for clean ups. I was sitting here thinking of it and thought what a cool idea, ey? ...so I quickly postedvit on here so I didn't forget it

Like a tripod over either side of the sluice with some kind of tapered polished bucket so the material slides down and out.

Am hoping someone gets me and I don't have to knock-up a diagram :lol:

Chris

 

[Terrraaustralis2014]

The material that wheelie bins are made out of are both sturdy and have a nice slip to them. :/

 

[yobskin]

Hey Terra....not much

Wheely bin would do put folding legs on it.. a self feeder is tough.
Even water feed gets jammed...either way you will need a lil scraper to help...

 

[backcreek]

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/vev0U8NRkpM[/video]

 

[PabloP]

My immediate thought was to use an spiral auger type device like is used for grain and the like, with a hopper at ground level that you could feed from a bucket, shovel or even a wheelbarrow. It could be either motor or hand driven, depending on regulations and personal likes/dislikes.

Rob.

 

[Terrraaustralis2014]

 

[Terrraaustralis2014]

I'm in need of a good feed 8.(

 

[Terrraaustralis2014]

Another interesting idea.

Just throwing food around for thought

 

[limpalot]

Hi all, have used pvc pipe to shift material over XX distance down to sluice, split the pipe longway at the top about a ft and heat and fold out for hopper , have a water feed at top, by the time the material gets to the sluice it has spread out. Two person opp though, shoveller at top and sorter at sluice. Have used black plastic to do the same thing in a stream, and it's a lot lighter and easier to carry, can have a couple of shovellers to feed sluice, swap around with the sorter.
Cheers John

 

[AtomRat]

If your using PVC pipe, why don't you cut a meters length of slits across to screen material straight into the box and the large rock will fall off the end..?

 

[nucopia]

Some great ideas here
And Very interesting information thanks