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Re: Logging & Construction Equipment

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Originally Posted by rc13 (Post 72555)

Hello, I love the grapple and the thumbs on your equipment from the beginning of this thread. Very nice!. A grapple for one of my loaders and a thumb for my excavator is definitely a future addition for me.
Thanks for sharing,
Eddie

Thanks Eddie ...I find I use the thumb quite alot for moving the bigger rock..comes in pretty handy...around these parts almost all the forestry and road builders have them..as for my grapple someday I hope to add another valve and find some small cylinders for the close

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Originally Posted by Lil Giants (Post 72537)

Good work on the scale trommel Lou. :cool:

The conveyers have always been the hang up for me to get anywhere with building one myself.. I like your splice. ;) Did you mill slots in aluminum plate, then formed it? I have some belting, I tried to use tarp tape for the splice, but it kept stretching & loosing belt tension. I'm going to try your idea.. what thickness of plate did you use?

How many ounces of gold did your father mine in his lifetime?

Thanks Joe...Im thinking 14 gauge aluminum ..Bendable by hand anyway ..Yes I used my dandy little Proxom and milled slots into a folded piece then took a sharp awl and worked a round hole threw the batch the diameter of the cable..once the slots are milled out the aluminum is pretty workable ..

Joe ..Im guessing maybe a total of about 200 ounces..the last year he worked it they did fairly good at close to 100 but gold prices were only about $600
My brother is trying to talk me into going up next summer now that my Dad has passed on ..I did run the plant the first year ..Maybe we should give those guys a holler at the discovery channel lol Very intresting work

Heres a couple more that i took when I up there working

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...3_202709AA.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...2_175721AA.jpg

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WOW Lou that cable system worked out great! Starting to take shape now. I guess this year instead of wood pellets we'll have to take some dirt to screen for gold.

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Thanks for the photos. Very creative, you will be busy this summer. Christmas is just around the corner, maybe Santa Lou would make me something out of gold. Lol

Cheers

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Thanks Rob and Greg ..Making good progress the last few weeks ..Hoping everything works well
Joe ..I managed to find my sheet metal gauge..Correction on the belt connection...21 gauge

3 conveyors working and trommel now turning as well ..Heres a few preveiw vids ..thanks for watching
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps68259735.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps43e65754.jpg

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Thats pretty cool!!!!

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Hey Lou she's looking great. What voltage are you running on the Bruder conveyors, looks a lot faster than mine. Probable better thou as the belt won't clog up.

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Nifty! :cool:

What is & where did you get the motor drives for the Bruder conveyers? Is the battery that's running the end conveyer getting low on charge? I'm thinking your trommel rpm should be faster too. :confused:

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Looks like you will have dirt going in all directions Lou. Looks like it is time to start GOLD MINNING with models. Then they could start to pay for themselfs...

greg

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thats cool gold rush here ya come lol

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Thanks everyone..Im kinda likin how its turning out ...Havent worked on it much threw the holidays but will get hard at er soon ..Rob in running a 13.5 volt converter ..running a bit fast on the bruders..Joe the gear motors came from rob ..He found them at https://solarbotics.com/catalog/moto...s/gear-motors/ Very cheap and easy installation ..took about an hour ..Im going to see how everything works with gravel or dirt going through the plant before i make any changes for speed on everthing ..so far almost every thing came from my parts boxes and havent had to spend too much $..Lol

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Cool video!! Looks like its working pretty good!!!

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Looks great Lou .. Keep it up .. Another great build to watch progress

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Looks good Lou,
A lot more detail than mine, where did you get the infeed and out feed belts from?
Paul

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Thank you Aron ,Jason and Paul ..Paul the Belt was sourced at a recycling junk yard ..Not sure where it s original use was for ..I had a heavier belt with the rubber pockets that was too heavy so i cut the pockets or should i say kleats off and glued them on the belt ..5 different glues and this one seem to be holding ok ..I did rip one off testing this weekend tho..Hey Paul ..Im thinking the the belt on a treadmill may even work better if you can find one thats been junked
I have a few buggs to work out and some minor adjustments and we will see ..The bruders had to be drilled out at the end holes to tighten up the belt and speeds a touch fast but i can live with that ..I ran some gravel through and it worked ok

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...psdd5d1eb8.jpg

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Lou, she's looking real good. We'll put it to good use next weekend.

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Looks great Lou, I can't wait to see it in action! In person that is lol!