ddewees Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Not sure how useful it will be, but it's sure fun to play with. Seems very clean/dusty free too. Talked him down to $250. http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o588/SaltLakeAreaPyros/20150123_105851_zps2hettrnq.jpghttp://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o588/SaltLakeAreaPyros/20150123_110142_zpshdqyxxdj.jpghttp://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o588/SaltLakeAreaPyros/20150123_110423_zpsqxkduacc.jpg Parlon run for about a minute. http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o588/SaltLakeAreaPyros/20150123_175048_zps3azfyndz.jpg Edited January 24, 2015 by ddewees
Xtreme Pyro Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Very cool piece of equipment for the price. Nice find!
patsroom Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Could be real useful if grinding and grading your own chemicals a lot................Pat
MWJ Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Very nice, great for charcoal too. No mess. I like it! Good find.
Bobosan Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Would be great for sorting metal sizes but not with those screens.
Col Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Looks like a quality bit of kit, not only great for grading but also screen mixing stuff.
ddewees Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 Would be great for sorting metal sizes but not with those screens.what kind of screens would work? excellent snag!! Thanks WC, never seen you say anything nice before.
Bobosan Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 what kind of screens would work? Thanks WC, never seen you say anything nice before. I would think just a set of home framed regular SS screens from McMaster. Nothing too special. The US Standard sieves are kind of, well, the standard!
ddewees Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) US standard sells stainless and brass (or is it bronze?). This unit has stainless screens. Are you saying it won't work, or isn't necessary? Wouldn't you be forced to shake your arms off using home framed screens? The whole point of my purchase was to get a clean lazy man's screen process. Edited January 26, 2015 by ddewees
Bobosan Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) No, no....use the homemade framed screens on the vibrator platform. Hmmm, is the shaker made to specifically use the USS round screens?Maybe I over estimate the cost of the USS screens but assumed they were more expensive than home made screen. Just thinking it may avoid destroying a set of nice USS screens by metal particles getting caught in the finer mesh sizes if you should screen some metals. addendum - thinking of the stackable screens like Paul Moulder uses that lock into each other with pegs. Edited January 26, 2015 by Bobosan
ddewees Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 Yeah, this thing is made for those screens, but could be modified. I'm not even sure how much I'll use it, it just seemed neat. My son already has plans for a school science/geology project.
Bobosan Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Hmmm...I see an earthquake proof building design in your son's future.
FlaMtnBkr Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I think Bob was just thinking about saving your nice screens. Metal likes to get wedged in the holes and stay stuck, some of it permanently. You can use a brush to get a lot out but not all IME.
Chronicles Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Really love this purchase - especially at that price point - well worth it! As far as the screens go, like they said - this was the lazy mans way to get clean already framed screens - but this is also an easy DIY project if need be. A couple of places offer what they call "mesh assortments" ( http://www.bwire.com ) this means that for 1 decent price - you can get a large variety of small pieces of screen. THis works out nicely for me, because I don't use mesh screens a whole lot, and I dont want to buy more than I need. As far as cutting these screens, I found out the hard way through scratches, cuts, and blood that the best way to go is leather gloves and Wiss Aviation Snips - yellow handle!
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