The Ultimate Home-Built Thread

[Caminochaos]

Post all your homemade stuff here!

 

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[rgecy]

Here is a Fluid Bed Highbanker I built.

 

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[strickman]

good, ya'll keep em coming !

 

[Goodyguy]

Here is my "Bucket Chariot" or "Tote a Bucket"
Built it out of scrap materials left over from other projects.

 

[strickman]

a lot better than carrying it .

 

[mcscs]

How many garages have you filled up this year. Another quality project completed. Looks great and I especially like the long handle should make for easy maneuvering.

 

[greydigger]

Is that OSHA/DOT approved?
LOL

 

[Gelmac]

Hi Sam, What do you call that nice looking Build? a Wash-banker ?! kidding , I like this thing. Would you share any more info about it, any chance of plans , dimensions or parts list ?

Thanks you very much.

 

[Vance in AK]

Hi Sam, What do you call that nice looking Build? a Wash-banker ?! kidding , I like this thing. Would you share any more info about it, any chance of plans , dimensions or parts list ?

Thanks you very much.

Sam's not around any more... The highway dept finally figured out where all there signs went... Just kidding

 

[Goodyguy]

Sam's not around any more... The highway dept finally figured out where all there signs went... Just kidding

Vance,

 

[Gelmac]

Sam's not around any more... The highway dept finally figured out where all there signs went... Just kidding

I know , but hoped some one would figure a way around this and post any ideas or concepts about Sam's unit. Vance that is Funny, just noticed those signs , I think I was blinded by the shiny glory of this highbanker , LOL

 

[Aurabbit79er]

Building can be as fun as finding the gold, and when you find the gold with what you built then it get even more fun.
Here are some of my fun builds.


Right now I'm building a Mud settling Re-circulation system to use out in the desert, after drywashing, on the tailings.
I brought a few buckets of desert dirt to work with.
I found some fine flour gold in the tailings.
I need to run the dirt several times a remove the sediment.
The goal is to reuse the water and clear out the sediments.
I always appreciate any Ideas.

 

[kazcoro]

Here is my first recirculating sluice build. I made it 6 feet long, 10 inches wide. It has a removable Hungarian riffle section with miner's moss, expanded metal, and v mat ribbing. 1350 GPH AC pump. I sold it to finance my drywasher. Terry may actually run across is, as I sold it to a guy that belongs to his club. Sad to see it go. My first build/baby.

 

[Fabrication Specialists]

I like you PVC stand Aurabbit79er, thats smart thinking and budget friendly!

Looks good!

Chris

 

[Goodyguy]

Building can be as fun as finding the gold, and when you find the gold with what you built then it get even more fun.
Here are some of my fun builds.

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Is that a water powered pump for a dredge?

Very cool

 

[Sackett]

Here are a few pictures of my last 2 builds from this winter. A highbanker that was built out of a worn out spreader, and stainless steel sluice...I picked the stainless steel up at a scrap yard for a $1.00 a lb. My peice was 10 feet x 9 inches and I have about $25.00 in it. I used 6 feet for the highbanker and have another 4 feet for a future build. I built it to pull behind my 4 wheeler.

Here are a couple of pictures of a Millers Table that I built out of 1inch slate.. I believe(old age)haha it is 14 3/4inches wide x 36 inches long, but it works!!

 

[Aurabbit79er]

Is that a water powered pump for a dredge?

Very cool

It ran my highbanker for one day, then the coupler on the pump broke off the drive sprocket.

It was a fun build but needed higher ratio.
Had to throw my Last great dog in there.
She love to go gold mining.
This had 40:1. It needed 100:1 to get up to 1000gph., even more would have been even better.
I was hoping to run a dredge with it but I decided a floating waterwheel would work in variable areas without the need to build a dam or use a flume.
Better to have the waterwheel run a generator and power an electric pump.
I haven't built that, Yet!

 

[Aurabbit79er]

Latest Build for the desert. Clay settling washplant.

 

[Gold Maven]

Not the prettiest set up, but seems to work ok.

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

This winters Project. ALL done now and getting me gold. I have never been panning even before this.

Gold sluicebox progression - YouTube

 

[flopper]

Here is my portable miller table I built. It is 10" X 42". Also building one that is 10' X 12".