Rockerbox With Hand Operated Bilge Pump

[7.62marksman]

 

[Banjo68]

Well done mate. :Y:
Good luck with it on the weekend.
Hope ya find some yella
Looking forward to seeing the pics
Have a good one

 

[7.62marksman]

Thanks mate
Hope to have lost of gold pictures
But as you know thats not the way my luck is 8.( 8.( O O

Done some minor adjustments already with the grinder

 

[Banjo68]

I'm sure it will have some teething problems
But I reckon you're onto a winner
And don't forget to take some cable ties :lol: :lol:

 

[7.62marksman]

LOL Yes they are packed already :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Banjo68]

Good on ya :Y:

 

[Comet Tail]

Nice job Ken, keen to see how it goes. ickshovel:

 

[7.62marksman]

Yes will fine tune it this Saturday lol

 

[Chris Price]

Beautiful job 7.62Marksman, I love a bit of creativity. I like how you avoided the electric motor pump, and how your classifier sits in the top. Have a top day buddy. :trophy:

 

[7.62marksman]

Well i hit the river about 8:30 still to high
Young Luke turned up about 9:00 and set up
Done about 6 buckets got some small (very small) bits to small to show up on the photos

Set up and had a bit of a dig
Found one problem and fixed it there
Another problem but couldn't fix it there so will do it this week need some small riffles and a better spray for the water as there is to much in one spot

Luke at work once we worked out the sluce

 

[Jaros]

Well done mate.

 

[Dave79]

A water saver shower head should break up the clay, they feel like are taking skin off in the shower!

 

[aussiefarmer]

Do you think the river has changed coarse or will it go back over to old forde crossing when it goes down ?

 

[7.62marksman]

I think it will change course

 

[Comet Tail]

Try puddling the dirt first to break it up, should save you a lot of hard work. ickshovel:

 

[7.62marksman]

Only very small amount of sticky stuff the rest was all sandy
So it broke up easy mate

 

[reefer]

Wish I'd been there mate...still not quite right though...thought you might need riffles in that set-up...when you first posted the pics those mats don't create much low pressure behind their little ribs without a good and even source of water flow over them...at least 3/8" for that size..so I have found early on in the day the double action pump is what it needs .., and 2" would be the one more likely to give you the flow rate you'll need especially once you wack in some riffles...in which case you'd want around 1/2"inch of water running over them if their in the order of a 1/2" in themselves...been there and done that years ago running a banjo in the way of the old timers(and my Pop and Dad were old-timers of the first order and knew what they were on about...as I think you have seen in the pics the scoop dad was using through near on a gallon of water onto grate in one almighty SSSLLOOSHH...That's how they broke up the clayey bits and sent it pelting down the back plate and spew'n down the sluice!...old pop used to say "if'n yer want the bloody riffles ta' work good yer gotta send as much water over em.' as is how high they is'. :lol: :lol: anyway mate...food for thought! and a work in progress. :lol:
"

 

[7.62marksman]

Yes was thinking along the same lines mate :Y: :Y:

 

[Dave63]

When Electric Pumps where ruled out. My 10" High Banker build changed to a Cradle

 

[7.62marksman]

When Electric Pumps where ruled out. My 10" High Banker build changed to a Cradle

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16796/1618915417_img_0203.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16796/1618915417_img_0204.jpg

Looks good how did it go
I had to do a few changes to mine