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  1. Mike678

    Shaking table Mk 3 -

    His name is E,J. Pryor . The book is 844 pages . One for sale on Amazon less than $100 . A bargain !!! Mineral processing .
  2. Mike678

    Shaking table Mk 3 -

    Iwill have to ask my last boss Steve Rayner for10 years , he will know .
  3. Mike678

    Shaking table Mk 3 -

    I have used Wilfley tables . They have a special mechanism that makes the table go back faster than forward . That is how the separation comes a bout .Other tables have a knock , that is the table hits the frame to give it a bump to make the separation Details of the Wilfley...
  4. Mike678

    good advice before buying rural

    I went to to see the dragsters at SP . Also been to Sandown Raceway and Calder Drag racing . Saw Brockie going around in his A35 at Sandown .
  5. Mike678

    Sieve ,PVC trial .

    You can buy stainless steel mesh on E-bay . Not expensive . Using a soldering iron , you can melt the plastic and press the mesh in . Put the mesh on top of the plastic first . Then use the iron to heat up the mesh and melt the plastic .
  6. Mike678

    good advice before buying rural

    Amaroo Park , Oran Park . Been to all 3 mentioned as spectator .
  7. Mike678

    New To Prospecting - Equinox 800

    Hallmarks on the spoon can be translated by using Google . One of the marks should be the maker and another the year it was made .
  8. Mike678

    Chest cold 3 way fridge. Not working properly on gas.

    This fridge is a Chestcold Explorer .It has been stuffed up by a mud wasp . I took the burner out and cleaned it . Also cleaned the chimney , no dirt in it . I had blown mud wasp dirt out before with an air line . It had a flame but not strong enough . So I poured metho down the...
  9. Mike678

    New gold nugget in WA. Called The Lock ?

    Should be able to buy a bit of fuel with that !
  10. Mike678

    New gold nugget in WA. Called The Lock ?

    Looks like a female hand with long finger nails and tatts ??? Any body know her ?
  11. Mike678

    New gold nugget in WA. Called The Lock ?

    Yes that is the one , think I saw it on FB . Thank you !
  12. Mike678

    New gold nugget in WA. Called The Lock ?

    I cannot find a link to this nugget , I need some help .... I saw it on the screen , it does look like a lock .
  13. Mike678

    Opal mining: If It Glows Do I Want It

    When I was mining , we used to ride up and down on York hoists , up to 60 feet . You just had to trust the guy that was working it . If he made a mistake you could go straight down . No safety brakes .
  14. Mike678

    Removing old roofing screws.

    On the top left , that self tapper and pop rivet could be giving you the leak . I would not move the sheets 20 m.m. The timber will now be hard as hell . They put the old screws in when it was green timber .
  15. Mike678

    Opal mining: If It Glows Do I Want It

    Mate of mine bought a noodling set up in Coober Pedy . He mounted it on a semi trailer so he could move it around . Before they were carting it by truck to the fixed set up . He was one of the first doing large scale noodling . Said he was making $80, 000 per year . There was one set...
  16. Mike678

    NAPFA General News, Member Information & Updates

    Photos of dredges from the book .
  17. Mike678

    NAPFA General News, Member Information & Updates

    This was a good buy . Worth a few dollars now .. Hard cover 150 pages .
  18. Mike678

    NAPFA General News, Member Information & Updates

    I used to go to the Dept . of Mineral Resources near Circular Quay . Used to finish work at 3 p.m. in Artarmon , gave me time to drive there and park in the street .... Try doing that now !!! They were later at St . Leonards for a number of years before moving up to the Hunter ...
  19. Mike678

    DIY Stamp Mill Plans

    Build or buy a chain hammer mill . That will smash it to less than 3 m.m. If you want to go finer , then you will have to use a ball mill . Look on You tube for DIY chain hammer mill .
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