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Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 7:38:14 PM    flasherr Posts: 686 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Denton Texas Status: offline i would like to see pictures and plans of what people use for screening dirt from digs if they do. I have been wanting to build on but haven't come up with an idea that i really like. i know its a simple thing to build but i would like to learn a little something form The more experienced diggers, Thanks in advance Brian _____________________________ Know anyone around Denton Texas that digs? Post #: 1

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 8:29:48 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online Here's one I knocked together from an old Pepsi crate...plenty sturdy with built in handles. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to flasherr) Post #: 2

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 8:58:36 PM    diggerdirect Posts: 275 Joined: 5/2/2010 From: New York State Status: offline Heres a plan I got off the internet a couple years ago. We tweaked the dimensions somewhat making the base alittle longer & the sifter alittle shorter. Works fine, usually set on a pair of those folding sawhorses over a tarp or on a wheelbarrow. Al (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 3

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 9:04:30 PM    flasherr Posts: 686 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Denton Texas Status: offline thanks for the pictures. Digger how does it slide once it gets dirty? I saw a real neat screen a man made for arrow head hunting. he basicaly took a folding table legs and built a frame on top of them and a screen so it was all self contained. ive given idea to something with a vibrator on it possible 12v car battery or something you could hook to a drill battery. Not sure if they make a unit that would work on 12 or 18v. The only dump im able to dig right now is a good 3/4 mile hike in so you have to carry all supplies in with you. _____________________________ Know anyone around Denton Texas that digs? (in reply to diggerdirect) Post #: 4

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 9:09:24 PM    Plumbata Posts: 1660 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline My father, back in the day, made a sifter which hung from a frame, the frame being attached to 4 feet/legs. The screen was attached to the open frame with old mattress springs, so he would rather easily bounce/shake the sifter. He used it for removing rocks and debris from a garden plot we had. _____________________________ Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. - Thomas Jefferson (in reply to flasherr) Post #: 5

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/2/2012 10:20:49 PM    surfaceone Posts: 7141 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline From. Some good ones in This Thread. Others HERE. (in reply to Plumbata) Post #: 6

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/3/2012 11:03:07 AM    diggerdirect Posts: 275 Joined: 5/2/2010 From: New York State Status: offline quote: Digger how does it slide once it gets dirty? That is a drawback of the slide frame I use, not a big deal but every couple buckets ya have to lift up the sifter and wipe the rails. Also we went to the galvanized 3/8" mesh (here they call it 'Hardware Cloth') as the 1/2" & bigger will let dime size stuff fall through, and the 1/4" takes way to many shakes to process a bucket & they back up. Sifting a whole dump eh? Thats ambitious! & a power unit would seem in order, or a half dozen young fellas to help out! We'll usually only sift out the use layers of a privy, and a year like last year so many were wet or had standing water making it impossible to even do that. I like the look of the folding sifter on two legs surfaceone posted and figure I'll tinker around with that design waiting for the snow to go! Al (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 7

RE: Shakers and screens for digging - 2/3/2012 1:19:27 PM    CALDIGR2 Posts: 2270 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline My A-frame swinging screen works great for privies and point digging. _____________________________ Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to diggerdirect) Post #: 8

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