What Clamps for Dreammats?

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Leo W

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Hi I'm new to this whole prospecting thing and I'm trying to build my first sluice using a dream mat I'm following a plan I've mad but I've seen very little information on how to hold down dream mats so do I just get a clamping system screw them down what do I do
 
Hi I'm new to this whole prospecting thing and I'm trying to build my first sluice using a dream mat I'm following a plan I've mad but I've seen very little information on how to hold down dream mats so do I just get a clamping system screw them down what do I do

It doesn't need much holding down. I just have a piece of very thin stainless steel with a downward facing lip that holds the top end while guiding the flow over it. To release the Dream Mat I simply lift the edge, bending the thin springy sheet of stainless steel. No screws or other fasteners to fiddle with. I'll try to get a photo but it's a bit dark out there.
 
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I put my finger in the curved recess, raise it a little and slip the mat in. Same to get it out, just lift the stainless steel flap a little and slide the Dream mat out.

The rubber flap (with the moth) above drops to the top of the waterflow and steadies it preventing a lot of turbulence.
 
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