12 INCH TROMMEL BUILD

[russau]

also my thoughts and prayers to your brother and your family!

 

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[sleeper0986]

I hope everything went well, our thoughts are with ya.

 

[AzViper]

Thanks everyone. My brother surgery was to take 5 hours and ended up taking 16 hours. The doctor tried to save his voice box but after 7 hours of cutting with a laser and the pathogist kept finding more cancers they had to turn to their second option. At the end my brother lost his entire voice box and all lymph nodes on either side of the neck. We are very grateful for the entire team of doctors, nurses, specialist that were involved in this undertaking. When asked if all cancers were removed the doctors replied, “Nothing is 100 percent, if a doctor tells you all cancers are gone he’s lying to you” He went on to say that he has given my brother the best possible chance of surviving and that he will be checked every few weeks for the first year. If he remains cancer free up to the first 18 months that’s a good sign but it’s the 5 year mark that he can say, he’s cancer free.

I can’t imagine all the people that were involved behind the scenes of an operation such as this, totally amazing. My brother will spend the next 10 days in the hospital with the first two days in ICU. In about 18 days he will have a second operation to install a Stoma and this Bluetooth devices that will allow him to talk through his cellphone from what I understand.

 

[AzViper]

I am back in Tucson but will be heading back up to Scottsdale on Saturday. It's trying to rain so I will not be heading down south, but to take my mind off of things I will get the drill out and drill more holes. Here are some updated photos of the completed sluice box.

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[SLNugget]

Thanks for the update on your brother Keith. What an ordeal for you both. Positive thoughts continue for your brother and you.

It's raining here in Morristown (LSD) and has been all night and morning. Drywashing is over for a good while around here. Good thing we have the reverse helix trommel so we can continue to dig and process material. Your sluice looks great and I can't wait to see how it performs for you.

Keep the faith.

 

[AzViper]

Thanks for the update on your brother Keith. What an ordeal for you both. Positive thoughts continue for your brother and you.

It's raining here in Morristown (LSD) and has been all night and morning. Drywashing is over for a good while around here. Good thing we have the reverse helix trommel so we can continue to dig and process material. Your sluice looks great and I can't wait to see how it performs for you.

Keep the faith.

Stan,

The bad news just seems to keep coming. A very good friend of mine called to tell me that his wife has been placed in Hospice. Sometimes you just do not want to get out of bed in the morning. My brother on the other hand is making progress and has been up and walking. He is to be moved from ICU in the morning. Thank you for the positive thoughts.

I have yet to give my Royal Drywasher a good workout mainly due to the area we are working, hope that I can sometime soon. I sure have a collection of equipment that I need to put to use.

 

[AzViper]

I took the 100 gallon Rubbermaid trough and cut the first 10" off to lower the sides so that its more user friendly. The trough still hold 70 gallons. Found some stainless steel mesh that has what looks to be 1/16" openings. This will be used to cover the 12 two inch holes in the 15 gallon barrel. The trough will be part of the three tank recirculating system of which will be the last tank inline housing the 8000GPH or 133 GPM pump.

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[AzViper]

I cut out four 11-3/4" rings and all to the same size. The backflow ring fits like a glove as I had to tap it in to the cylinder then rotate 90 degrees and tap until the backflow ring was flush to the edge of the cylinder. The remaining three rings will be divided into 90 degree sections and used as I explained above.

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[AzViper]

For those who are following this thread that have a trommel, building a trommel, who plan to build a trommel or anyone who once to voice their opinion. Like your opinion on the 1/8 rounds as I have them currently placed. The idea is to help slow the slurry flow while giving more areas within the trommel for rocks / clay balls to fall on and break up while receiving a good bath from 101 spray nozzles from the spray bar. In all there would be 16 of these 1/8 rounds welded inside. I could cut this number down to 12 or 8.

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[Goodyguy]

For those who are following this thread that have a trommel, building a trommel, who plan to build a trommel or anyone who once to voice their opinion. Like your opinion on the 1/8 rounds as I have them currently placed. The idea is to help slow the slurry flow while giving more areas within the trommel for rocks / clay balls to fall on and break up while receiving a good bath from 101 spray nozzles from the spray bar. In all there would be 16 of these 1/8 rounds welded inside. I could cut this number down to 12 or 8.

Best way to slow the slurry down is just to lessen the downhill angle of the trommel and the best way to break up clumps is to cause more of a tumbling action.

I would attach those short cleats longways with the end toward the hopper angled at 15-20 degrees toward the left side of the drum if the drum turns counter clockwise. (angle them to the right if the drum turns clockwise)
That way you kill two birds with one stone. The material gets tumbled and is also diverted backwards away from the discharge end keeping it in the drum longer.

My opinion for what it's worth
GG~

 

[AzViper]

Goodguy that was the plan when I first cut out the metal, but to fit the angle correctly will require I grind each piece to fit and I am not up for that. This project has dragged on long enough.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

Hey AZViper
Glad the surgery went well for your brother. I'm totally amazed at the technology of today. I hope you and your brother are in good spirits.
Sitting on dirt still from last trip out and keep thinking a trommel would be much faster.

Just a quick shout:
If anybody is needing somebody to help move dirt, my soon to be son-in-law is a great digger. Man, he just kept going for the gold.lol.
I'm definitely taking him on my next outing. Oh to be young again.

 

[russau]

Az i know what youve been through with your brother!! i went throught this with my dad. no fun at all!

 

[AzViper]

Good news... After being in the hospital (Mayo Clinic) for 11 days my brother is heading home today back to Lake Havasu, Az. He will need to drive back to Scottsdale once a week for the next 6 months then its every two weeks for the next 6 months. He will have another operation to get the Bluetooth Stoma installed, have the feeding tube removed, and begin to learn to eat again. This ordeal has really stressed our 92 year old father and entire family. The 16 hour operation with no updates from the doctors during this time frame was nerve racking. I am a tuff dude and been through a lot over the years and I have to admit sitting in a waiting room 11 additional hours beyond what was scheduled (5) had me on edge.

I had planned to return to Scottsdale today but I am going to spend the day just relaxing doing whatever I fell like doing. GoldenIrishman texted me yesterday and wanted to meet up down in Greaterville today, at the time I told Jeff I was headed north. I am going to go down south one last time a few days before my shoulder replacement surgery and give my sluice, tanks, pump a run through without the trommel. Will not be able to use pain meds but I will know I will be pain free the next week and any future adventures the following year.

 

[AzViper]

Best way to slow the slurry down is just to lessen the downhill angle of the trommel and the best way to break up clumps is to cause more of a tumbling action. I would attach those short cleats longways with the end toward the hopper angled at 15-20 degrees toward the left side of the drum if the drum turns counter clockwise. That way you kill two birds with one stone.

My opinion for what it's worth
GG~

GoodGuy with the news I received late last night I have decided to spend the few hours its going to take to grind each piece to fit as I had planned. I made a template to grind the first piece then will trace onto the others to grind. The top of each piece is the same only removed metal from the bottom. Its almost 45 degrees but if I grind much more I will not have much to work with.

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[SLNugget]

GoodGuy with the news I received late last night I have decided to spend the few hours its going to take to grind each piece to fit as I had planned. I made a template to grind the first piece then will trace onto the others to grind. The top of each piece is the same only removed metal from the bottom. Its almost 45 degrees but if I grind much more I will not have much to work with.

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Keith,
It is good to hear your brother is getting to go home from the hosp.

Your build is looking good !

 

[AzViper]

Well the good news did not last long as I just found out. They had sent my brother home this morning and to be on a oxygen mist system and the system is to be plugged into a 115v outlet, somewhere someone dropped the ball and did not realized the 5 hour drive to LH. During the trip back to Lake Havasu my brother developed issues of swelling and my brother ended up at the local hospital in Lake Havasu on his arrival. The local hospital could not care for him and made arrangements to transport my brother back to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale of which he's back in their care.

To say that I am PISSED is an understatement. Just don't know at this point where my frustrations to whom should be directed at. I know I need to keep my cool and just let it roll off my shoulders but I am pissed.

Anyways today I was to be relaxing but I ended up not relaxing but instead running my sluice. Check out this thread my last post. GOLD HOG MATS

 

[Goodyguy]

GoodGuy with the news I received late last night I have decided to spend the few hours its going to take to grind each piece to fit as I had planned. I made a template to grind the first piece then will trace onto the others to grind. The top of each piece is the same only removed metal from the bottom. Its almost 45 degrees but if I grind much more I will not have much to work with.

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Glad you changed your mind. Got to thinking that every time you stopped to do a sluice clean up you would have had a buildup of material behind each cleat. Not that you really need them at all but they should add a little extra oumph to the tumbling process.

You will still want to spray out the drum before cleaning the sluice to remove any remaining material from inside.

GG~

 

[jair]

Glad you changed your mind. Got to thinking that every time you stopped to do a sluice clean up you would have had a buildup of material behind each cleat. Not that you really need them at all but they should add a little extra oumph to the tumbling process. You will still want to spray out the drum before cleaning the sluice to remove any remaining material from inside. GG~

Good guy your working with a trommel also ? I'm sure every one has ended up digging and has come upon wet pay dirt . I'm trying to design a portable trommel that will dry and clasifie before entering my dry washer .

 

[AzViper]

Good guy your working with a trommel also ? I'm sure every one has ended up digging and has come upon wet pay dirt . I'm trying to design a portable trommel that will dry and clasifie before entering my dry washer .

Run the trommel dry and classify to 1/2. If you have a generator handy use it to power up a heating element in the top of you trommel where the spray bar would normally be position, after awhile the cylinder is going to get rather hot of which will aid in drying out the dirt. Your going to need to have the hopper to have a really aggressive angle and be vibrating to get the dirt to flow into the trommel. Your also going to need the trommel action to be aggressive to separate the gold from the dirt and rock.

Please start another thread for your waterless trommel...