Best video I've seen yet. I don't have a cart, but can still use your idea with this lightweight sifter that can "roam" around my 24'x16' raised garden bed
I can sieve reclaimed soil around the border (say a 4' swathe) and eject rocks, twigs directly into a wheelbarrow standing outside the bed
Inside the bed I will be re-sifting existing material which will produce gradually reducing loads of detritus
Again: Thank You; an award-winning idea
Watched a lot of homemade sifter videos and 1 minute in I knew this was the best design. Nice job. Thank you!
I have seen a lot of videos about compost sifters and I think this is the best design for its simplicity. Congrats
I admire all your work. I've made 6 screens from 1/4 to 2" spacings, and try to use the largest gapped rack to do the least bashing of soil particles yet catch most weeds and biggest stones . I'm going for small-ish volumes hence will not 'go' electrical etc
?????????????? totally amazing , I love this idea , Ive looked at loads and even started assembling a trommel out of salvaged parts . But this is so simple and effective I'm not going to bother with the trommel build and will go with this design instead .
Good job ???????
Best wishes
Steve
Great video, perfect length, clear, pleasant to watch. What a nice clean design!
Great work. Took it to the next level. Very clean
That’s a great design. Well done. Definitely going to steal some ideas for my soil sifting problems
Love the Skill and Ingenuity, I appreciate the creative assistance. I'll be using or keeping several key features of your design in mind when constructing my sifter
You're a daggum genius Russ! Compliments on the detailed, but lean voiceover as well
I'm going to try substituting the motor with a cordless reciprocating saw (without the blade) when I get around to trying this build. Hoping that'll work, provided it'll probably take two people to run. I've seen others use cordless sawzalls to get air bubbles out of concrete form pours so I figured it'd be worth a shot
Thanks again!
Have you had issues with the screen falling apart (the welds breaking) due to the vibration? I've built a few versions of your screen, and it seems to be the limiting factor thus far
What a great setup, thanks very much for posting this
I love this, and now I'm building my own since I'm tired of manually sifting soil in the Texas heat. Can you provide a little info on the compression springs? Any info would be helpful
Brilliant idea. Fantastic design. Exceptional work!
I have seen dozens of designs and love what you did
This is great! Wish you had links to the items (vibrating motor, cadet cart, etc) you used for this great project in your description. Cheers!
Great build and even I get follow your easy set-up. Thank you Don?
Wow this is good. I will try to make one about half this size. I have backyard goats and here in dried up California I feel like I am tossing out 1/2 the back yard with the poops. I am sure the city compost loves our contributions ?. Anyway I have tried a number of hand devices and each has a flaw. This is great! I wonder if I need the 100w motor or if I could get by with the smaller one
this is beautiful. I am wanting to break up huge clumps of peat moss and have it all fluffy - this will do it
Thanks Russ. I subbed just incase you come up with any other helpful wisdom to post
Brother, let me just tell you. I have looked at so many sifters on YouTube. Some are so complex it is unbelievable, with pulleys and motors and the like. And you know some are not that complex. And I am aware, that people are doing what they can with what they have. But this model that you’ve designed is so fine. I also like the revisions. I do a good little bit of composting because I have, to me a lot of flowers. Sometimes I use 3 or 4 buggies of soil on a bed. So you can understand why I appreciate so very much you taking the time to go through all the trouble you did to put this on video and bless us all with this information. God bless you and yours
This was great! I love your design. I'm glad I saw it
Ingenious, efficient, simple & effective. A very innovative mind
Excellent design, very cool!
Possibly the simples vibration sifter I've seen
Wow, this is great! Good job man!
An UPDATE - I made a couple modifications to the design: I replaced the angle iron with a 2x2 board (& eye hooks) and now use toolbox clasps to secure that board to the rails instead of wing nuts. The angle worked fine, but now I can assemble or disassemble the sifter in under 1 minute. I also attached a thin piece of rubber on the board where the compression springs bounce, to make in run even quieter
Vibrating motor (100W). I bought mine for $61 in January. Shop around for the best price: https://www.amazon.com/Concrete-Vibrator-Vibration-Aluminum-Vibrating/dp/B076Q59PPB/ref=pd_sbs_60_2/146-4685711-2905920?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B076Q59PPB&pd_rd_r=230b2237-b115-46ff-be7b-437f79ab1fed&pd_rd_w=vWzbw&pd_rd_wg=46yF4&pf_rd_p=12b8d3e2-e203-4b23-a8bc-68a7d2806477&pf_rd_r=RME86QR9QSN1R520XYSX&psc=1&refRID=RME86QR9QSN1R520XYSX
This is actually really great. I'm going To try to make one
Old video but thank you. Going To make a little bigger one for the backyard
Awesome build. Thanks
You can also find vibrating motors on old hospital type beds with vibrating option
Clever design and it stores neatly under your bed! Just like those old exercise machine ads. Nice work
This is the best solution for the home DIY'er and I have looked at many sifting solutions. Yours is the most compact and convenient, not resulting in a pile to be moved again
Do you have a link to the extension springs you used on the upper portion of the screen? I have searched on Amazon and there are sooo many choices. I ordered one pair that looked like yours but they are way too stiff.....any help would be appreciated. Cheers, bob
Well done sir!
Russ, How did you connect the compression springs to the board and wooden construction that sits at the bottom of the cart ? Thanks Ron
Excellent design. Do you have a link or name & model no. of the reostat?
This would awesome for worms. What a cool way of doing this. Nice and simple
Awesome set up. Love it
Yup genius for sure love it?
nice job, really smart
Russ, can you please provide plans?
Brilliant!
Nice job!
Brilliant!???????
Excellent!
Nice design
my next plan great info thank you sir what type motor is that ?
Genius!
5star thank you very much for sharing this
I need to build a tabletop mini version
Can you tell me what size (watts) vibrator you used? Thanks
Can you please add the moter link
what size motor is that?
May use your idea
You need more videos
YouTube use your big brain algorithms
Will you build me one?
dudes a lejan
You don’t show it working efficiently. Probably because overall it doesn’t work all that great. It needs to shake not vibrate
5star thank you very much for sharing this