Gone West Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I want to grade my crushed rubble manually through a 50mm sieve. I was thinking along the lines of a 600mm by 600mm riddle with a 50mm welded steel mesh base hanging on a frame which allows it to swing. I haven't been able to find anything like it or even find steel mesh offcuts, at a sensible price, so I could have a go at making one. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Have you got a machine handy? You could hire a riddle bucket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, willbish said: Have you got a machine handy? You could hire a riddle bucket No I don't have. I will be doing this job over quite a long period of time and I would like to be able to use the same riddle later on for screening our garden soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I'll look in the garage in a bit. Might have a piece. If not P & W Nash at Hoo ask for Stuart. He'll be able to supply mesh in various sizes, cut to size, galvanised if required. Tell him I put you onto him The BiL made a reciprocating sieve that sits atop his dumper. Slide rails, motor with a cam. Will try and get a pic tomorrow. Rotating drum types good for soil mainly. Get on Pinterest and have a look there for ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Only got this bit. Nominal 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" so about 35x35 through the hole - too small I assume. Not taken a vernier to it but looks about 4mm dia rod. Guessing about 6'x4'. Red oxide painted. Will happily dig it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Onoff said: Only got this bit. Nominal 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" so about 35x35 through the hole - too small I assume. Not taken a vernier to it but looks about 4mm dia rod. Guessing about 6'x4'. Red oxide painted. Will happily dig it out. Thanks Clive but the grid size is a bit small for what I want. I'll try P & W Nash as you suggested. I saw a wheeled one on Youtube which has given me an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 This sort of thing but motorised: Using an actual recip saw: I rather like this one: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 @Onoff yes the first one was the one I saw. I like the idea of using a reciprocating saw. Plenty to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 At a project I know they grade bark and have a number of drums made up in different grades or sizes think of a hamster wheel only bigger and made of grid like mesh one bloke shovels it in another turns the wheel and the graded stuff gets bagged and sold this is a project for adults with learning disabilities 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I think @Onoff and a few scrap bicycle wheels would be all that’s required the drums of various grid spacing and bobs your aunties lover from Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 P & W Nash would likely roll you a heavy duty mesh drum if you went that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 As an update, what we did in the end was as simple as possible, surprise, surprise. We bought some 2.4 x 1.2m 50mm mesh, laid it over some 50 x50mm timbers for support and riddled it by hand. We started in the middle of January and finished a few days ago. We have been doing it every day except when it rained and when there was a bitterly cold wind. I've been shovelling and Wendy riddling. All the larger than 50mm rubble we put in a telehandler bucket and the farmer took it. We started with around 40 tonnes and the farmer took around 11 tonnes. The only good things I can say about the process is that it has saved us a lot of money and kept us fit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3 hours ago, PeterStarck said: As an update, what we did in the end was as simple as possible, surprise, surprise. We bought some 2.4 x 1.2m 50mm mesh, laid it over some 50 x50mm timbers for support and riddled it by hand. We started in the middle of January and finished a few days ago. We have been doing it every day except when it rained and when there was a bitterly cold wind. I've been shovelling and Wendy riddling. All the larger than 50mm rubble we put in a telehandler bucket and the farmer took it. We started with around 40 tonnes and the farmer took around 11 tonnes. The only good things I can say about the process is that it has saved us a lot of money and kept us fit. You two are very dedicated. You are not related to the Wombles are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete said: You two are very dedicated. You are not related to the Wombles are you? Nah! If they were, they'd have broken up that 11 tonne they gave away with club hammers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Pete said: You two are very dedicated. You are not related to the Wombles are you? So is that because of Wendy's hat or the fact we recycle everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpd Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Only just seen this thread.... I have riddled soooo much gravel in my life....I mean literally hundreds of tons.....life as a remote area walking track builder....... we make frames like what you have but put it at an angle, chuck spade fulls at it and the big stuff rolls down and the small stuff falls through. Good on you both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) There once was a couple from Kent On money saving t'were bent A big pile of spoil At which they did toil Went Edit: Sorry, not that kind of riddle! Edited February 20, 2019 by Onoff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 6 hours ago, PeterStarck said: So is that because of Wendy's hat or the fact we recycle everything? Do not want to upset Wendy's fashion sense so it must be the recycling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 If you have the time and a pile of old pallets to burn, you can heat big lumps of concrete to 200C and then they crumble when you hit them with a sledge hammer. Very satisfying! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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